Stephen Cass

Oct 22, 2024 | spectrum.ieee.org | Stephen Cass

Simone Giertz came to fame in the 2010s by becoming the self-proclaimed “queen of shitty robots.” On YouTube she demonstrated a hilarious series of self-built mechanized devices that worked perfectly for ridiculous applications, such as a headboard-mounted alarm clock with a rubber hand to slap the user awake. But Giertz has parlayed her Internet renown into Yetch, a design company that makes commercial consumer products.

Sep 23, 2024 | spectrum.ieee.org | Stephen Cass

The Media Archaeology Lab is one of the largest public collections in the world of obsolete, yet functional, technology. Located on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, the MAL is where you can watch a magic lantern show, playStar Castle on a Vectrex games console, or check out the weather on an Atari 800 via Fujinet.

Aug 28, 2024 | spectrum.ieee.org | Stephen Cass

Follow along as we build and test one of our favorite kits of all time, the Discrete 555 Timer! Build a huge version of one of the most iconic and surprisingly versatile integrated circuits of all time from transistor and resistors. The 555 chip has been used at one time or another by nearly every E.E. alive, and you can use it to detect pulses, make lights blink, debounce inputs, trigger alarms, and even make music (terrible music, but music nonetheless!).

Aug 22, 2024 | spectrum.ieee.org | Stephen Cass

In our goal of trying to estimate a programming language’s popularity, we realized that no one can look over the shoulder of every person writing code, whether that be a child writing a Java script for a personal Minecraft server, a mobile app developer hoping to hit it big, or an aerospace engineer writing mission-critical code for a voyage to Mars. Our Top Programming Languages interactive tries to tackle the problem of estimating a language’s popularity by looking for proxy signals.

Aug 22, 2024 | flipboard.com | Stephen Cass

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