Casual Friday: Cosmetic tech empowers disabled, Bitcloud plans Internet replacement, Gadgets work without electricity, more

Volume 3 • Issue 5 January 31, 2014 Now that the week is winding down, you can (finally) catch up on some of the most popular articles from these past five days on ElectronicProducts.com. Top industry news, insightful career advice, helpful how-to’s, and more - it’s all right here. Our Casual Friday newsletter gets you up to speed before you take off for the weekend! Makeup embedded with electronics allow disabled to control devices Katia Vega has a good thing going with her Beauty Technology Project, where she’s creating cosmetically-based electronics that can interact with a bevy of gadgets.…more Four handy tech gadgets that don’t require electricity What 5 ordinary electronics look like under a Scanning Electron Microscope Facebook announces plan for Artificial Intelligence How dependent are you on your smartphone? More Education Center Articles >> Bitcloud developers plan to replace the Internet with a better version Bitcloud is emphatically not down with ISPs being greedy - which is why they’re proposing that individuals take over the Internet trade as opposed to corporations…more Opportunity is alive 9 ½ years longer than expected; celebrates with a selfie from Mars Hackers use refrigerators and TVs to launch cyber attack Laser helmet battles baldness A robotic muscle that overpowers humans More D.I.Y. Articles >> Two-Switch Forward Converter: Operation, FOM, and MOSFET Selection Guide The two-switch forward converter is a widely used topology and considered to be one of the most reliable converters ever.…more Switching vs linear regulators: Time for a fresh look New developments in linear regulators challenge the accepted view of linear vs switched-mode designs.…more Sunlight readable OLEDs suit hand-held devices A 2.4-in. sunlight readable mono graphic OLED features a passive matrix mono graphic OLED display module that suits applications using small size LCDs.…more Pmods offer easy circuit evaluation Small boards extend eval kit capabilities…more