Radiation Chips & Old Package Types - Technocratic Toilet Troubleshooting

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• Great comics from OhmArt! Be sure to check them out and buy some of their merchandise!
• Tales from the cube talks about a label over an EPROM...has anyone seen this article?
• Bill Schweber wrote about the persistence and insanity of engineers chasing problems.
• Katie Luper is a former lawyer going back to school for EE! That's different...and awesome!
• You can be a winner at the ACE awards! If you pay...
• The Dangerous Prototypes 7400 Contest is over! (or is it? Dave wasn't sure)
• We need more engineers in popular culture! Scotty (James Doohan) tells that over HALF of the Milwaukee school of engineering listed him as an inspiration for them joining the program.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqedcvB8MKw#t=46s

• Dean Kamen talks about the role of innovation and why we need people to solve problems...not create jobs.
• 31% of new grads don't have jobs?! Crazy. Also, this survey says that the majority of new hires make <$30k. Is this realistic in your area?
• Chip of the Week:
  • Maxwell's HNS-1000 Nuclear Event Detector...know when there's a nuclear event with a chip!
  • NXP puts an ARM Cortex M0 in a DIP package!
• Potential art for Dave's new office? A toilet made out of PCBs!
• Extra Charge Capacity:
  • A recent hour-long tribute to Jim Williams at the Computer History Museum.
  • Old news for Dave, but RS232 transmitted over a wet string!