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Chip is an easy and fun electronics kit for everyone.  Attach the Pixel Power base and play.  Plug Chip into an Arduino and he becomes a friend you can program. Chip's cross activity design builds S.T.E.M / S.T.E.A.M skils. CHIP -  An electronics kit with character  Chip is cute and playful. Whether he is on your desk in his Pixel Power board or in an Arduino, his big LED eyes draw you in. His large size makes him easy for makers of all ages and skills to build.  . Chip is easy to build for all skill levels, especially  beginners .  Chip encourages exploration and play. Chip can be used to learn other skills, such as programming.  Chip is fun.  Chip builds S.T.E.A.M. Skills Many soldering kits do not offer anything more than a battery and a LED. Once completed, those kits end up in a drawer, never to be used again. At the other end of the spectrum, there are electronic kits that are really interesting but have so many parts that they are intimidating for beginners. That is w

This month, we take another journey into Agile thinking. We will go in-depth into an article on Examiner.com titled “ 5 Fails Agile Entrepreneurs May Regret and Never Recover ” with Taffy Williams, Examiner writer and entrepreneur, and the co-founder & CEO of Colonial TDC. Taffy gives examples from his experience of Agile ways of thinking and insights on how investors think . Give it a listen or a view!

Printed Electronics, Wearable tech, cloud tech, robot tech, education tech, and Interactive Reality will be present at btrax 's Japan Night VII. Six innovative companies were selected at the JapanNight semi-final in Tokyo  earlier this month .  On November 5, they come to SF to pitch at the popular  A utomattic Lounge in San Francisco . Check out your Nerd Stalker discount tickets here . Check them out!

First Thin Smart Fabric Sensors to Measure All Aspects of Physicality: Force, Location, Size, Twist, Bend, Stretch & Motion Patented Monolithic Fabric Sensors Let You Answer Calls from a Shirt, Predict Diabetic Events & Measure Gait through Insoles, Show Hand/Foot Location on Gym Mats, &  Track Driver Alertness in Steering Wheels For Clothing, Shoes, & Gear for Sports, Medical, Gaming, Robotics, Aerospace, & Security  Applications Include Controllers, Measurement, Monitoring, 3D Modeling, & More Berkeley, CA, October 27, 2014 – BeBop Sensors, Inc. www.bebopsensors.com , the wearable sensor technology company created by musical instrument inventor Keith McMillen and KMI, announced today their first products, BeBop Wearable Smart Fabric Sensor, the first and only ultra thin wearable smart fabric sensor that measures all aspects of physicality, including bend, location, motion, rotation, angle, & torque.  Employing BeBop’s patented p

It’s no secret that women in tech roles in STEM—the science, technology, engineering and math industries—face significant challenges.  Catalyst ’s groundbreaking new global report,  High Potentials in Tech-Intensive Industries: The Gender Divide in Business Roles ,  shows that those on the business side are impacted too, and it reveals a culture that is particularly unwelcoming to women, no matter what the job. This research is the first to study men and women in business roles in technology-intensive industries such as high tech and telecommunications, oil and gas, and automotive manufacturing. It shines a light on the male-dominated culture of STEM companies as a whole and provides specific steps organizations can take to better attract and retain talented women across both its tech and business sectors.   “STEM companies face a serious talent drain as women take their skills elsewhere, but these organizations also have a remarkable opportunity to turn things around by focusing on ho

We like to introduce you our latest content partner- Retrenders . Retrenders is a  complementary trendy blog focused on products and trends from all around the world – with a focus on art, fashion, videos, books, and toys – and bring them to you. If you look at our logos, it's Ying and Yang. We are excited to collaborate with Retrenders as they will bring more depth and variety to our tech blog and they are much like us - indie, small and stalkers. We have a tab on our website to get to their content. Check them out.

This entrepreneur spun away from the high tech but mature semiconductor market to being an entrepreneur at 500Startups and closing a seed round from GGV Ventures. Vijay Ramani is betting on mothers and sliming down their children's closets. TotSpot is a community of moms that have a marketplace for children's clothes. Please give it a listen.

Photo Courtesy of University of Southern California The Nerd Stalkers received news that researchers from the University of Southern California(USC)  studying how big the Internet is have found that it “sleeps,” almost like a living creature. The finding will help scientists and policymakers develop better systems to measure and track Internet outages, such as those that struck the New York area after Hurricane Sandy and other disasters.  Understanding how the Internet sleeps will help them avoid confusing a sleeping Internet with an Internet outage. Check out their short video below.

In our first year covering Dreamforce 2014, we stumbled upon a unique cloud service solution. At the NTT Group booth, we stalked an interesting IoT application - Intelligent toilets. Toto has conceptualized the intelligent toilet for years and now has partnered with NTT PC Communications to develop a pure secure cloud solution integrated with the Salesforce's service cloud. Egested gas is detected by a gas sensor and its data is sent to a middle-ware/IoT secured network called IP-WARP. This middle-ware in the secure IoT network can take the data, analyze the data and encrypts the data which can then be accessed by the user or by a cloud solution like Salesforce. 

Picks of the Week: Where We’re Going Next | Adaptive Path http://bit.ly/1o5ghmF Google hit by more than 144,000 'right to be forgotten' requests http://bit.ly/1stJnfG (Lance Whitney / CNET) Coin vs Plastc vs Final: New credit card concept focuses on security | BGR http://bit.ly/1vWXyJ9 Stalking Greatness: This Cryptocurrency May Save America http://bit.ly/1qmhNew RoomAlive transforms your living room into an interactive video game http://bit.ly/1o5hEBN Google Ordered To Remove 122 Search Results Possibly Damaging Complainer’s Reputations http://bit.ly/1smVa0d (Akky Akimoto / Asiajin) Speed Round: Two Engineers Have Created the Doll Every Young Girl Should Be Playing With - Mic http://bit.ly/1vWVOPZ What to expect at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce pcworld.com/article/282517 … via @pcworld (Chris Kanaracus / PC World) What Everyone's Getting Wrong About Home Automation http://bit.ly/1o5hJp5 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick Flouts Beats Ban, Ge

In light of the social news network Reddit's announcement that it is  planning its own cryptocurrency , a very big deal for its 115 million unique users per month, we talk with Eric Yaverbaum of town hall network Saving America which launched in September and is already featuring the use of cryptocurrency for its users. In many ways, the concepts are similar, except that Saving America already users already receive digital currency for their site interactions. We talk with Eric about how cryptocurrency will redefine interactions on social networks. Give it a view.

SF Mobile Entrepreneurs is holding an interesting event tonight at Life360. Evernote's Jamie Hull and Kara Hodecker will share their thoughts on design strategy and creating user-centered mobile products. Jamie Hull is the VP of Mobile Products at Evernote and Kara Hodecker is the senior product designer for Evernote. If you see Jamie tonight ask her how she used Skitch to design her bike . The discussion will be moderated by product communicator  Kate Rutter  who is a co-founder of LUXr  and has her personal creative blog at Intelleto . The event is organized by Stanfy - who offers quality App design and development services. When: October 8, 6-8:30p Where:  Life360 ,  539 Bryant Street, suite 402,   San Francisco ,   CA   94107 Grab your tickets here .

  We are stalking the next "Whole Foods" for your best friend. We interview Candace Dannenbaum , CEO and founder of Barker Kitsen - a service that gives your urban dog some love. Candace talks about the exciting tech and dog service space, how the service came about and why she turned a finance career into a being an entrepreneur. Check it out.

l Have a startup? Looking for funding? Here are some events to help you find some potential funding opportunities from Founders Space. 

Seems the tools for retailers are always in the hands of the 'haves' and not the 'have nots'. So, small retailers, here is your chance to have a high tech solution for engagement whose promise is to be simple. Cheers+ is based on the TV show "Cheers" where "everyone knows your name. We talk with Sri Palakanam of neurLABS who developed this product. The premise is simple, a customer walks in, a low power beacon detects the customer, alerts the store owner and then the fun begins. Watch how Sri describes this simple but effective solution.

Day 1 of the Evernote EC2014 conference brought about several interesting announcements, speakers, food, decor, heat and more. New Web Interface  Augmented Intelligence - Context Presentation Mode WorkChat More Best Speakers of the Day: Adeo Ressi CEO & Co-Founder Founder Institute Carley Knobloch Digital Lifestyle Expert @carleyknobloch Tim Ferriss New York Times Best Selling Author @tferriss

We recently caught up with Steve Hoffman, CEO of Founders Space, to discuss his advice on closing a funding round. Through the school of mistakes, Steve shares 5 tips on how he has learned to close funding even though is mainly a Nerd. Check it out!