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Joe Grand Joins WakeMate Advisory Board
Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio has joined the Advisory Board for WakeMate. WakeMate is a wearable mobile phone accessory that analyzes your sleep cycle and wakes you up feeling fresher and more rested. Joe will assist in the review of WakeMate’s electrical engineering design and provide general guidance … [ continue ]
RFID Read/Write Module Licensed to Parallax
The RFID Read/Write Module is the third in a family of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products designed by Grand Idea Studio and exclusively licensed to Parallax, Inc. The module provides a low-cost solution to read and write passive RFID transponder tags, which can be password protected to allow only authorized … [ continue ]
Joe Grand to Host Freescale’s Tower Throwdown Design Challenge
Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio will be hosting the Tower Throwdown Design Challenge at the Freescale Technology Forum Americas 2010. The 36-hour event challenges participants to create unique, interesting, or otherwise curious projects using Freescale’s Tower System modules and MQX Software Solutions. [ continue ]
Joe Grand Receives Honorary Doctorate from University of Advancing Technology
Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio has been selected to receive 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 … [ continue ]
Joe Grand Becomes Columnist for Nuts & Volts Magazine
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 ]