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Spin Glass: Nano-Magnetics That Show Similarities to the Human Brain

By Dick Weisinger

In ferromagnetic materials, the atomic spins of the poles in the material all line up in the same direction to produce a magnetic effect. Unlike ferromagnets, spin glass materials have randomly distributed equal number of positive and negative poles and…

Solar Energy: Capturing Infrared Radiation to Make Nighttime Solar Possible

By Dick Weisinger

Solar energy by definition is energy produced from the sun. Max production is possible on sunny days and can drop to as much as only 10-25 percent of their maximum output on cloudy days. Both the predictability and the non-predictability…

Technology: Boring is often Better than Shiny New

By Dick Weisinger

Being an ‘early adopter’ has a sense of coolness about it that can be irresistable for a lot of people. But new technology generally comes with a unique set of glitches, bugs and incompatibilities, that in more cases than not,…

Coding: Date-Format Bugs Cause Big Headaches

By Dick Weisinger

The days leading up to January 1, 2020 caused many IT teams worry because on that day the two-digit year abbreviation used for storing dates on many computer systems would roll over from 99 to 00. The date rollover was…

AI and New Product Search: Accelerator for Innovation

By Dick Weisinger

In many fields product innovation has historically been one of trial and error. The classic example is Thomas Edison spending 1200 hours testing a range of filaments before finding the right one that could be used to charge an incandescent…