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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 neighboring communities. In exchange for this donation, on Sunday, February 17, Joe Grand will be competing next to the world's top professional cyclists in the Prologue Time Trial stage of the Amgen 2008 Tour of California, the largest professional cycling event in the United States.

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 RadioShack brand in the "Sensor" drawer.

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 efficiency, technical complexity, and overall application innovation and usefulness.

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 expansion card that can reliably acquire the volatile memory of a live system to removable storage.

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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