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Ultrasonic Rangefinder Musings

There’s a lot of similarity between the seismic imaging problem and ultrasound; the difference is for the most part a matter of scale. In some recent work, researchers brought exploration seismic imaging techniques to the medical ultrasound world with some success. Continue Reading

TI Chronos ez430 Watch

I’m really liking the looks of the Texas Instruments ez430-Chronos development kit in watch form. The biggest impediment is my MacBook; last year’s switch to Mac OS has been okay for most things, but especially with EE related tools, I find there is often no Mac OS support. It’s slightly ironic that I switched away from Linux after years of exclusive use on the desktop, just when everyone started supporting it.

Regardless, TI seems to have put together a really interesting platform. I’d be even more excited if it ran via bluetooth, but I understand that the power consumption and cost … Continue Reading