Category: Electronics
IKEA enters the home automation market
It was only a matter of time before IKEA entered the home automation market. Sales of smart home and connected devices are expected to increase 500% over the next two years. So it is fitting that IKEA just announced the launch of its Tradfri line of home automation devices. Tradfri means “wireless” in Swedish and…
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The best skills to use on Alexa
Alexa is Amazon’s voice assistant that powers its Echo series of home automation devices. One of the main reasons for its current popularity is the number of third party skills. There are as many as 4000 skills available covering everything from controlling light bulbs to reading jokes. For a new owner, there are just too…
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Future upgrades to voice assistants
There are two hardware based voice assistants available today: The Amazon Echo and Google Home. They both do the same thing: they listen for a keyword and use any voice input from that point to structure a command. Google Home is a recent entrant, so it lags behind the Echo in both available third party…
Read MoreThe Advantages E-Beam Evaporation Brings to the Scientific World
Written by: Denton Vacuum, LLC Read below to see how e-beam evaporation is a favorable alternative to film evaporation. The process of e-beam evaporation is similar in the way thermal evaporation works. The source is heated to a certain temperature that’s above boiling point and then evaporated down to form a thin film on the…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Differences between a Basic Sputtering Process and Magnetron Sputtering
Guest post is provided by Denton Vacuum, LLC, a leader in processes such as thin film vacuum coating. Browse their website for more information. There are some important differences between a basic sputtering process and a magnetron sputtering system. There are various ways to deposit materials, including metals and plastics, onto a substrate, in order…
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