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Ambient Health Monitoring and More
One problem with aging is that it tends to be gradual. To date, the slow decay brought by time has been difficult to measure on a day-to-day basis. The approach that Somalytics is taking with its prototype mat may change the immeasurable part of the decline. Using their carbon-nanotube capacitive technology, the scientists, and engineers…
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Fungible Urban Green Canopies – #CES2022
Pop-up urban canopies from France can bring the beauty of foliage to the concrete jungle, without the expense and schedule challenges associated with infrastructure construction. Urban Canopee’s solution is a self-contained pot with a unique expandable scaffolding that allows various climbing plants to grow anywhere. Its onboard reservoir automatically waters the plants. When a water…
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A Cyber Security Resource from Uncle Sam – #TIS22
ISPs could use all the help they can muster in the war against cyber criminals, cyber terrorists, and other bad actors. Brian Kettman faces this problem every day. As CTO of digiMAX Fiber, Kettman has found a no-cost scanning resource from the federal government that helps him understand potential vulnerabilities in his network. In the…
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The Networked Water Heater
With an increasing reliance on renewable energy sources, stabilization of the grid becomes increasingly important. That is, a sunny, windy day has the potential to produce excess electricity that will not be there come evening. Midwest Energy & Communications (MEC) is solving that problem with the help of its customers, their respective water heaters, and…
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Monster Mike – Helping the Competition Is a Win-Win – #TIS22
A leg amputation would end the career of most professional sports athletes. In the case of Monster Mike Schultz, his snowmobile crash and resulting recovery was a springboard to a new career, a different sport, and a broadening of his horizon. In the above interview, Schultz describes the prosthetic sports leg he developed that has…
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A Dam Alternative on a House-by-House Basis – #CES2022
Could water reuse in the form of decentralized water treatment reduce the need for water storage? It could be if the technology from Hydraloop becomes mainstream. With a 4 to 7-year payback, and low-maintenance costs, treatment on a per-building basis means less treatment at centralized plants and reduced water use. In the above video interview,…
