About

Aaron is a devout student and follower of anything shiny with flashing lights. He built his very first computer at the ripe old age of 16 and learned the valuable lesson of using too much of the silver heat transfer paste. Aaron’s writing can be found on ElectronicProducts.com as well as for his personal IoT blog, TheConnectedPlanet.net.

More importantly, Aaron loves to play with the latest and greatest technology, as well as taking long walks through Best Buy.

Interests

Embedded Automotive Consumer Electronics IoT Mobile Smart Grid/Energy Wearables

Articles

April’s Kickstarter Hardware Roundup

The month of April has brought us some truly unique crowd-funded toys in the form of some DIY speakers and two development boards with some great hardware features.

April 25, 2016 in News

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Wearables and Trackers for Competitive Sports

These sports wearables and trackers are pushing how we track our performance on and off the field, and how engineers devise ever more svelte packaging and clever ways to improve ourselves.

April 20, 2016 in News

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sports tracker sports wearable wearables piq adidas micoach catapult optimeye

Three Awesome Maker Tools that aren’t 3D Printers

3D printers have reached a huge amount of popularity due to their ability to print things seemingly out of thin air, but there are other worthy maker tools out there ready for a place in your shop.

April 14, 2016 in News

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maker tools cnc cnc machine laser cutter 3d mapping 3d scanning

Does Seegrid Hold the Key to Cheap Autonomous Vehicles?

There are plenty of companies entering the autonomous vehicle ring like Google, Tesla, and Baidu to name a few. But none of them currently have the operating know-how of a small Pittsburgh-based company called Seegrid.

April 09, 2016 in News

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seegrid autonomous driving autonomous vehicle vision guided vehicles

Will Qualcomm Make Mobile Virtual Reality Competitive?

Qualcomm's new VR SDK is designed to help engineers and developers seamlessly integrate their brand spanking new Snapdragon 820 SoC, but is it enough power to keep up with desktop and console VR systems?

April 01, 2016 in News

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qualcomm qualcomm vr snapdragon 820 qualcomm soc vr sdk

Is IoT Getting Out of Control with Smart Ovens?

We have two new smart ovens that look to make cooking a little easier, will ovens be the next IoT device in everyone's home?

March 31, 2016 in News

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Smart Device smart appliances smart ovens connected home Smart Home tovala june oven