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BeagleBoard successors, CAD & Robots - Haussmannized Halloween Hypostrophe

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  • Happy Halloween! Has anyone heard of people giving away circuits as a Halloween?
  • Did you know: CR2032 batteries reference the size of the battery? Chris didn't!
  • The BeagleBoard folks just released the BeagleBone! It looks great! Also, kudos to the folks at TI, especially those on the team.
  • Dave has a deposit in on the new place!
  • CadSoft is releasing EAGLE 6 soon! It will now use XML data.
  • Chris is working on KiCAD tutorials right now:
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu7P3L3hvo4
    • Download KiCAD for Windows, Mac or Linux.
    • The XML data on EAGLE 6 will help with diff-ing files. EMSL has a great article on the usefulness of visual diffs.
    • If people know of a good system for FPGA project revision control, please let us know.
    • Dave is a judge for the Dangerous Prototypes 7400 Contest! Lots of great entries so far!
    • The IEEE sent out a note to their email alert recipients about the less-than-desirable title for a recent email:
      • Please accept our sincere apologies for the headline in today's Tech Alert: "With the Arduino, Now Even Your Mom Can Program." The actual title of the article is "The Making of Arduino."

      I’m an IEEE member, and a mom, and the headline was inexcusable, a lazy, sexist cliché that should have never seen the light of day. Today we are instituting an additional headline review process that will apply to all future Tech Alerts so that such insipid and offensive headlines never find their way into your in-box.

      • In brighter and awesomer news, The White House has a video encouraging young female scientists and engineers to "Start Breaking Stuff!". Great advice!
      • India has waaaaay more schools than they need for engineering students.
      • Robots are getting creepier and are now walking upright. The petman robot from Boston Dynamics...one step closer to the Terminator!
      • Reminds Dave of one of the robots from his childhood favorite show The Thunderbirds.
      • Robots are also useful, like the agrarobots in this recent hackaday post.
      • They're also a career opportunity as more and more jobs are taken over by robots.
      • Silicon Valley is looking for software talent as well, even outside of those with degrees. Learn on the job, right? Perhaps going from high school to "the pros" is a good way to entice engineering extracurriculars in school?
      • Or perhaps SV should adopt a model more like Germany's apprentice system and co-develop curriculum with schools.
        • Don't forget, you can reach Chris or Dave on twitter or can leave a comment on this entry!
         
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