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Joe Grand Becomes Columnist for Nuts & Volts Magazine

Tuesday, Feb 9th, 2010

Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio has signed on as a columnist with Nuts & Volts magazine for 2010. Joe will be writing a series of technical articles on topics including hobbyist projects, creating the DEFCON badges, and his experiences as a co-host of Discovery Channel’s … [ continue ]

Galvanized Steel Candelabra Included in Jewish Contemporary Art Exhibition

Saturday, Aug 15th, 2009

Joe Grand’s Galvanized Steel Candelabra will be included in an exhibition entitled Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life appearing at The Jewish Museum in New York City from September 13, 2009 to February 7, 2010 and the Contemporary Jewish Museum in … [ continue ]

Design Patent Granted for chumby

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio along with Steve Adler, Andrew “bunnie” Huang, Duane Maxwell, Ken Steele, Steve Tomlin, and Thomas Meyerhoffer have been granted patent #D592,678 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent describes an ornamental design for chumby, an Internet media player. [ continue ]

Joe Grand Nominated for Honorary Degree

Monday, Feb 2nd, 2009

Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio has been nominated for a degree of Doctor of Technology (Hon) from the University of Advancing Technology. Each year, the University seeks to award an honorary doctorate to an individual whose life work emulates the kind of technology innovations found in their … [ continue ]

Joe Grand’s Discovery Channel Debut on Prototype This

Friday, Sep 19th, 2008

Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio is a co-host of Prototype This, a new engineering entertainment program for Discovery Channel. The show is centered around the conception, design, and testing of gadgets, machines, and robots, and aims to follow the real-life engineering process of a unique prototype every … [ continue ]

Press

Exotic Liability

Double Stuffed w/ Joe Grand

Hosts Chris Nickerson and Ryan Jones interview Joe Grand in … [ continue ]

Government Computer News

Old hacks never die, they just attack new systems

As the world becomes increasingly dependent on information technology and … [ continue ]

USA Today

Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked

Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, … [ continue ]

CNET News

In their words: Experts weigh in on Mac vs. PC security

When I am asked the question “Which is more secure, … [ continue ]

The CyberJungle

Interview with Joe Grand

Host Ira Victor interviews Joe Grand, electrical engineer and proprietor … [ continue ]

LoftLife Magazine

Modern Menorahs for Hanukkah

With the countdown to Hanukkah already underway, what better time … [ continue ]

The New York Times

Shopping with Jonathon Adler: To Light the Nights

The designer Jonathan Adler is known for bringing whimsy and … [ continue ]

The Star Online

Hardware hacking a cat and mouse game

If you ask Joe Grand, president of Grand Idea Studio … [ continue ]

Press

Exotic Liability

Double Stuffed w/ Joe Grand

Government Computer News

Old hacks never die, ...

USA Today

Security chip that does ...

CNET News

In their words: Experts ...