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Grand Idea Studio Donates to Tour of California Charity Event

Monday, Feb 11th, 2008

Grand Idea Studio has proudly donated over $2,500 to the 2008 Amgen Tour of California Time Trial Charity Challenge. Proceeds benefit the Palo Alto Recreation Foundation, a non-profit, publicly-supported group that promotes the social, cultural, and recreational needs of local youths and residents of Palo Alto and …

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RadioShack Now Carrying RFID Reader Module

Tuesday, Dec 18th, 2007

The Parallax RFID Reader Module, designed by Grand Idea Studio, is now available at most RadioShack locations throughout the United States. Because 95 percent of the country lives within 5 miles of a RadioShack, instant gratification is just around the corner. Look for them under the …

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Top Ten Finalist in Freescale's Black Widow Design Challenge

Tuesday, Aug 28th, 2007

Freescale Semiconductor has announced the top ten finalists in the company's Black Widow $10,000 Design Challenge. Grand Idea Studio's DEFCON 15 Badge has been selected among the top ten from a field of more than 775. Each submission was judged on creativity, design …

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Patent Granted for Memory Acquisition Tool and Procedure

Tuesday, Feb 20th, 2007

Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio and Brian Carrier of digital-evidence.org have been granted patent #7,181,560 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, entitled: Method and Apparatus for Preserving Computer Memory Using Expansion Card, is based on Joe and Brian's Tribble, a hardware …

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Awesome Electronics Workshop Video Podcasts

Tuesday, Feb 6th, 2007

In conjunction with MAKE, Grand Idea Studio introduces the Awesome Electronics Workshop, a series of skill-building video podcasts. Primarily focusing on electronics and engineering tutorials for hobbyists, the videos cover any component or technology interesting or compelling enough for us to experiment with.

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NetSecurity.ne.jp

Proof-of-concept Wii hack is announced

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Information Security

Melting Pot

For talented security engineers, hardware and software hackers and researchers, there was no cooler place to work  . . .

PC World

Great Presents for Your Favorite Geek

Although everything is online in the Web 2.0 world, there are still a few brick-and-mortar places in Silicon Valley  . . .

SF Station

When Electronics Become Art

Some of the most fascinating works of art come as a result of experimentation and endeavors in non-fine-arts related  . . .

YouTube.com

Gallery shows hacker Joe Grand's work as art

Hardware hacker Joe Grand has never really thought of himself as an artist, but he's having his first gallery  . . .

ArtBusiness.com

San Francisco Art Galleries - Openings

Joe Grand knows electronics, computers, engineering, and how sophisticated circuitry ticks — and  . . .

CSO: Blogs

Hacking as Art -- Joe Grand's 20 goto 10 exhibit

I had the pleasure of meeting & hanging out with Joe Grand last night, the former L0pht Heavy Industries hacker  . . .

PC World

San Francisco Gallery Shows Hacker's Work as Art

Joe Grand has never really thought of himself as an artist, but on Saturday night he's having his first gallery opening.

Press Archive

Press

NetSecurity.ne.jp

Proof-of-concept Wii hack is announced

Information Security

Melting Pot

PC World

Great Presents for Your Favorite Geek

SF Station

When Electronics Become Art