For those of you who are addicted to merge new technologies to interface-archeology here is a new ‘Tworsekey’. A vintage looking tweeting device which takes input in the form of morse code and tweets the output. It features arduino and the ethernet shield. The sketch can be downloaded...
Back in December, we showed you a bunch of concepts from DARPA's crowdsourced UAVForge competition . The teams involved have just submitted their proof-of-flight videos, and while there are a bunch of quadrotors and hexacopters that won't surprise you, there are at least a few designs...
An even more dramatic way to put the point is this: if quantum computing is really impossible, then we ought to be able to turn that fact on its head. Suppose you believe that nothing done by “realistic” quantum systems (the ones found in Nature) can possibly be used to outperform tod...
Last summer, Alta Devices announced a record in the efficiency of an individual solar cell, at 27.6 percent conversion of the sun's energy to electricity. The same company has now set an efficiency record for an entire solar panel , at 23.5 percent. The record was independently confir...
Accenture（アクセンチュア）は今回、新しいリポート「A Returning Problem: Reducing the Quantity and Cost of Product Returns in Consumer Electronics（返品問題：家電業界における返品数および返品にかかわるコストの削減へ） 」を発表した。それによると、米国の家電小売業者および家電メーカーが家電製品の返品によって受ける損失額は、2012年に約170億米ドルに達することが明らかになった。これは、2007年比で21％増となる。この損失額の内訳には、返品の受け取りや評価、修理...
Samsung's New Remote Features Touch Pad, Voice Recognition Function Feb 7, 2012 08:58 Ikutaro Kojima, Tech-On! Samsung's new remote Samsung Electronics Co Ltd developed a remote featuring a voice recognition function and a touch pad. It will be offered as an accessory for a smart TV t...
Dungeons and Dragons Dice Gauntlet by Emcee Grady | February 07, 2012 | 4 comments Today we have a very cool tutorial from our e-textiles guru Dia. This tutorial has kinda already made the rounds on the interwebs (such as on Gizmodo ), but we wanted to mention it here because, well, i...
SAN FRANCISCO--Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins has announced the first class of recruits for its engineering internship program, which aims to place selected students in Kleiner-funded startups over the summer for work experience and mentoring. The program, announc...
Achieving the perfect balance of supply and demand is every supply chain professional's dream. Unfortunately this is a dream that rarely comes to fruition -- at least within the current command and control reactive supply chain paradigm. Let's face it, supply chain decisions driven by...
An even more dramatic way to put the point is this: if quantum computing is really impossible, then we ought to be able to turn that fact on its head. Suppose you believe that nothing done by “realistic” quantum systems (the ones found in Nature) can possibly be used to outperform tod...
Global warming is a contentious topic. Opinions on both sides can be loud and angry. But in the past week, the loudness and anger climbed a few more notches. When a group of so-called "skeptics" expressed an opinion, a Huffington Post blog argued they were scared of science, saying, "...
A recent study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reports that electronics, more than ever, are a desired purchase among women as well as men. The newest "Women and CE" study shows women's interest in consumer electronics devices has increased since a similar study in 200...
Today, imaging leader Nikon Inc. announced the highly anticipated D800 HD-SLR, engineered to provide extreme resolution, astounding image quality and valuable video features optimized for professional still and multimedia photographers and videographers. A camera with an unmatched bal...
無線の制御をつかさどるREC（Radio Equipment Controller）と、送信アンプ機能を備えるRE（Radio Equipment）を一体化した基地局である。送信出力が5Wで2チャネルのMIMO（Multi-Input Multi-Output）構成を採用した。自己管理ネットワーク（SON：Self Organizing Network）機能を搭載しており、ネットワークの最適化を自立的に行うとともに、効率的な基地局構築や電波干渉の自動制御を実現できるという。「通信事業者の設備投資費や運用費の削減に貢献できる」（同社）。
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Next-generation server products expected from Intel Corp. in March will accelerate the growth of 10 Gbit Ethernet and narrow opportunities at the high end for rival Advanced Micro Devices. Those are just two of many shifts rumbling through the data center, according...
最近、スポーツカーの話題がなぜか尽きません。代表例はもちろんトヨタ自動車と富士重工業が共同開発したスポーツカーの「86（ハチロク） 」と「SUBARU BRZ 」。それ以外にもホンダがデトロイトショーで「Acura NSX 」を発表し、日産自動車は電気自動車のスポーツカー を見せています。 今はエコカー隆盛の時代。スポーツカーは遺物と言えそうなのに･･･。 一昔前は、スポーツカーと言えばメーカーの“顔”でした。個人的な各メーカーの代表車を挙げるとトヨタは「スープラ」、日産は「スカイラインGT-R（R32）」、ホンダは「S2000」、三菱自動車は「ランサーエボ...
Micron Technologyのチェアマン兼CEO（最高経営責任者）を務めるSteve Appleton氏が2012年2月3日、自身が操縦する小型飛行機の墜落事故によって米国アイダホ州ボイシ（Boise）で亡くなった。台湾の市場調査会社であるTrendForceは、「Micron Technologyは、エルピーダメモリと提携交渉を進めているとうわさされていた。しかし、Micronの経営に長年かかわってきたAppleton氏を失ったことで、この交渉への影響が懸念されている。両社の提携の遅れはメモリ業界にも重大な影響を及ぼし、業界の再編が必要となる可能性もある...
In total, the programmable logic device specialist will be hosting no less than 17 demos – all of which are new. Xilinx has released the following details on the demos: 1. Xilinx 7 Series FPGAs Power Advantage This demonstration uses a Kintex-7 FPGA to illustrate the low total power c...
蒸気レスIHの従来機種でも同社は、炊き上がりのバラツキ低減に取り組んでいた。図2は、従来の方式を示したものだ。仕込み段階では、徐々に加熱して釜の内部の温度を約60℃にまで上げる。その後、一気に火力を上げて約100℃にまで温度を上げて沸騰させる。この沸騰までの温度変化を見て炊飯量を予測。その後の温度を制御することで炊き上がりを調整していた。しかし、この方法では、炊飯量を予測するまでに時間がかかってしまう。そのため沸騰までの温度遷移を細かに調節できず、多少のバラツキが生じていた。
There was a hint that something was in the air when the Japanese consumer electronics giants reported fairly uniformly disastrous financial results for the final calendar quarter of 2011. Even though Japan has come off the back of an awful year, marked by the natural disaster of the G...
LG Electronics and PRADA today unveiled actor Edward Norton and model Daria Werbowy as the faces of the global advertising campaign (shot by British fashion photographer David Sims) to launch the latest smartphone, the PRADA phone by LG 3.0. This is the third phone from the collaborat...
解説：マイコン業界，黒船来航で競争激化 統合を決めたNECエレクトロニクスとルネサス テクノロジは，いずれもマイコンに強みを持つ。マイコンは，そもそもどういうチップなのか。現在，マイコン業界の構図はどうなっているのか。マイコンとSoC（システムLSI），さらにはASICやASSPとの違いは何か。こうした疑問に答える記事を，日経マイクロデバイスが2008年11月号から転載する。 検証：日本半導体はどこで道を誤ったのか 1980年代，DRAM事業の成功で日本の半導体メーカーは栄華を極めた。ところが1990年代以降，韓国勢をはじめとするライバルの攻勢を受けて国内各社は急...
Commentary: Japan Inc. faces choppy seas Junko Yoshida 2/7/2012 5:07 PM EST Nikkei, Japan’s economic journal, reported Wednesday (Feb. 8th) the potential merger of the SoC design/development divisions of Japan’s big three electronics companies – Renesas, Fujitsu and Panasonic – into o...
Nikkei: Japanese firms look to merge system IC units 2/7/2012 1:09 PM EST SAN FRANCISCO—Japanese chip vendors Renesas Electronics Corp., Fujitsu Ltd. and Panasonic Corp. are in discussions about the possibility of integrating their system chip operations, according to a report Tuesday...
today announced that they will be demonstrating µClinux for the ARM Cortex-M3. This embedded Linux will be running on the energy friendly EFM32 Gecko range of microcontrollers at this year’s Embedded World Show. This new port of µClinux features the latest version 3.2 Linux kernel, an...
One million - that’s the number of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) graduates needed over the next decade to fill the growing number of jobs that require STEM skills, according to a report released this morning by the President’s Council of Advisors in Science and Tec...
The GreenChip SPF TEA172x family of highly integrated flyback regulators designed for systems under 15 W and featuring sub-10 mW standby capability at 230 VAC mains input. Available in a compact SO7 package with HV spacer, the TEA172x family includes an integrated power MOSFET and pri...
三菱電機が開発した、マルチバンド対応の送信用高周波増幅器 [クリックすると拡大した画像が開きます] 三菱電機は、スマートフォンなどの携帯端末に向けた、マルチバンド対応の送信用高周波増幅器を開発した（リリース ）。3GPP（the 3rd generation partnership project）規格に準拠し、1.7G〜2GHzにおける六つの周波数帯に対応する。電源効率を含む増幅器の電力変換効率（電力付加効率）は最大40％とマルチバンド増幅器として業界最高水準とする。パッケージ寸法は3mm×3mm×1mmと、単一周波数対応の既存の増幅器と同等。今回の技術は電池...
Any electronics engineer or technical person you speak to will know about Hewlett-Packard (HP) test equipment. And many of them will talk nostalgically of a certain item they have owned or worked with. I’m certainly like that. Whenever I see or hear of HP test equipment I get a kind o...
Vendors dropping ultrabook prices in preparation of second-generation models Aaron Lee, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 7 February 2012] As ultrabooks from brand vendors such as Acer, Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all recently seeing price drops in the North America, sou...
