Notes from the Electronic Cottage 11/09/06

Producer/host: Jim Campbell
On this program, we take a hint form the current approach to public education and begin our new initiative – No Listener Left Behind (NLLB). After NLLB, not only will you be able to understand what computer salespeople are talking about, you may even impress your kids! Today, we start with one of the basics: bits and bytes.

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 11/2/06

Producer/host: Jim Campbell

Catch up time today – time to update issues we’ve dealt with before like cell phones and your health, the security of your medical information, and, of course, electronic voting machines.

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 10/25/06

Producer/host: Jim Campbell

Time to take another look at RFID tags, those tiny electronic chips that can take the place of bar codes, and do so much more. These days they are not only appearing on product shipping palettes, they are also showing up on the wrists of grammar school children. Don’t take too long in the restroom, kids – your tag will tell a tale on you!

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 10/19/06

Producer/host: Jim Campbell

We walk around all day with electromagnetic waves surrounding us, and actually passing right through our bodies. Our eyes and ears can see and hear only a tiny part of that spectrum, both in the physical world and through the media of radio and TV. So it might be worth wondering justwhat the electronic spectrum is, how it is divided up, and where our radio and television channels live in it. Let’s.