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Lik-Sang.com Distributes Stelladaptor
Lik-Sang.com, the largest online video game and accessory importer in the world, has become a distributor of Grand Idea Studio’s Stelladaptor Atari 2600 Controller-to-USB Interface. The Stelladaptor allows the use of standard Atari 2600-compatible controllers, including joysticks, paddles, and driving controllers, with modern computers running Windows, Macintosh, or Linux operating systems. Please visit Lik-Sang.com’s SmartJoy Section for more details. [ continue ]
Best Academic Paper of 2004
Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio and Brian Carrier of Purdue University’s work entitled “A Hardware-Based Memory Acquisition Procedure for Digital Investigations” was selected as the Best Academic Paper of the Year for 2004 by the Digital Investigation Journal Editorial Board. The work is based on Joe and Brian’s ‘Tribble‘ product concept and presents the general requirements and procedure for the acquisition of volatile memory from a compromised computer. [ continue ]
RFID Reader Module Licensed to Parallax
Parallax, Inc., creators of the BASIC Stamp microcontroller family, has become the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of Grand Idea Studio’s Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Reader Module. The module is the first low-cost, integrable solution to read passive RFID transponder tags from up to four inches away and can be used in a wide variety of hobbyist and commercial applications, including access control, automatic identification, robotics, navigation, inventory tracking, payment systems, and car immobilization. [ continue ]
Announcing Involvement with MAKE Magazine
Grand Idea Studio is pleased to announce our involvement in O’Reilly Media’s new MAKE: Magazine, a do-it-yourself technology magazine that celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will. Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio is a Contributor and sits on MAKE’s Technical Advisory Board. Joe provides guidance on the technical direction of the magazine and is writing a number of articles for upcoming issues. [ continue ]
Circuit Cellar and GIS Provide Series on Embedded Security
Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio brings practical computer security experience to the electrical engineering industry with a two-part article entitled Embedded Security Design, published in the March 2005 and April 2005 issues of Circuit Cellar magazine. The articles provide real world solutions to the design of secure embedded systems. [ continue ]