Ben Krasnow, an engineer behind the Applied Science YouTube channel, documents home-built science and electronics projects like electron microscopes and aerogel.
Commenters call him a standout maker with deep knowledge across electrical, mechanical, materials and chemistry topics, and praise how clearly he explains complex processes.
Ben Krasnow is a peripheral hardware designer (and all-around hacker) that recently went to Valve to work on "Top Secret" projects. Previously he developed specialized input devices for use around MRI machines so I assume his "Top Secret" projects at Valve involve peripherals.
His blog is really interesting and definitely worth following.
G+ profile: https://plus.google.com/115054970849159689228/about
A post on his blog where he discusses his previous business and mentions working at Valve: http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/2012/08/tour-of-bens-shop-2012.html
Ben Krasnow (Applied Science on YouTube) did some research into driving e-Ink displays, and he made some similar observations:
> All of the lookup table information has been removed from this datasheet, because the industry thrives on secrecy or something
Highly recommended, as usual for him it's a great video/write-up:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsbiO8EAsGw
* http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/2017/10/fast-partial-refresh-on-42-e-paper.html
I thought I'd add to the list for non-programming stuff.
- Ben Krasnow of Applied Science: Great for any maker, he currently works for Google X. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCivA7_KLKWo43tFcCkFvydw (blog http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/)
- Dan Gelbart: If you want to learn any prototyping https://www.youtube.com/user/dgelbart/videos
- EEVblog: All things electronic https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2DjFE7Xf11URZqWBigcVOQ
Most anti-theft tags are not RFID and the gates are not full RFID readers. At least in Europe, vast majority I see are still based on simple resonators that get disabled on checkout. Effectively, the gates only provide a yes/no signal and can't be used for tracking.
Applied Science has a good video on how they work:
https://benkrasnow.blogspot.si/2015/11/how-anti-theft-tags-work.html
Thanks! I really appreciate it. My source image is 1000x1500, which redbubble.com says is not large enough for a poster. I admit, even at 150dpi, it wouldn't be much of a poster. As I upgrade my SEM image acquisition hardware, I'll be able to make higher res images. If you'd like the raw PNG, check out my blog: http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/
Ben Krasnow (a Googler by day) has one of the most incredibly interesting channels on youtube - and accompanying blog [1].
The effortless way he is able to describe complex processes and techniques used in his experiments borders on being Feynman like.
[1] https://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/