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Technology: The Next Generation of Electronics will be Soft

By Dick Weisinger

Jie Xu, assistant scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, told Newsweek that “the next generation of electronics is not going to be rigid anymore. It’s going to be soft, comfortable. It can even be biocompatible, like our tissue or skin.” Flexible…

Low Code/No Code: Are Template Solutions the Future?

By Dick Weisinger

No-code GUI-based tools target non-developers and make it possible to configure applications without any code changes. Low-code means that an application provides a way to perform simple and quick customizations usually via scripting. But some vendors have stretched just what…

Encryption, Security, and Open Source: Exposed Secrets Can Be Catastrophic

By Dick Weisinger

“The only method that currently exists for reliably protecting the world’s information is encryption,” wrote Edward Snowden for the Guardian. “The internet is more secure as a result.” Encryption is great! But encryption can also be a headache! Securing encryption…

Data Centers: Making Them More Power Efficient

By Dick Weisinger

Data centers are notorious users of energy. US data centers use about 90 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, the equivalent of 34 coal-powered generators. The amount of energy consumed by data centers is expected to grow dramatically over the…

Using AI to Animate: Realistic 3D Avatar Motion in the Metaverse

By Dick Weisinger

Meta/Facebook and other companies are betting big that the future of on-line social interactions will be a network of virtual worlds that is being called the metaverse. Participants in virtual reality of the metaverse will be able to interact with…