Darwin-OP schematic via Robotsource This is a guest post by author William Hertling. The views expressed here are his own and do not reflect those of his employer, the IEEE, or IEEE Spectrum. At South by Southwest Interactive last month, I debated the future of artificial intelligence...
Next week (or, technically, this Saturday) is National Robotics Week (or, technically, week and two days). This year, you can look forward to 135 planned events encompassing all 50 states. Attend, Share and Enjoy! Plus: RoboGames! (!!!) We're not just making this up: it's official , a...
Arduino users are getting younger: Ella Smith, 10 Ella Smith, age 10, is an interesting young lady. At an age when most girls are fussing over the new dresses for the dolls, Ella actually started tinkering. She made Zeverino – a timely cat feeding device alongwith her father. With a p...
SAN JOSE, Calif.--The nation’s smart grid is constantly under threat of real attack and potentially no amount of investment in securing it will help, according to a white hat security expert. Speaking at DesignWEST panel on hacking the smart grid, senior research engineer Joe Loomis b...
Behind this stylish WiFi MIMO router, hides a fully capable media center solution. Indeed not only the TVPlug will replace your WiFi Router, your NAS (USB External drive), but it will also let you watch and record TV on any computer connected to your network, but also to both iOS and ...
NASA has awarded extensions to nine of its astrophysics missions, including Kepler , a space telescope that hunts for planets around other stars. The extension, which could keep Kepler in operation until 2016, should be a boon for the hunt for Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars,...
The famed @MBTweetFleet tweets using Arduino In case you have been following MBTweetFleet and availing awesome parking spaces, you would be happy to know that the service was made using an Arduino and GPS/GPRS shield. The cars automatically generated a tweet with GPS data out of every...
TEL AVIV, Israel-- Google Goggles may have only been a figurative name for the firm’s image recognition app, but the unveiling of Project Glass, could make real Google glasses a reality someday. The search engine giant announced Project Glass on its social network, Google Plus, showin...
In early 2005, HP was hired as the system integrator to develop the first call center and place it into operation by late 2005. The second call center and CAD system were to be completed sometime the next year. However, it took until 2007 for the current modernization effort, called t...
携帯機器の爆発的な普及とセキュリティー意識の高まりから、暗号技術の重要性はかつてないほど高くなっています。機器に暗号を実装する技術者には、目的に合った方式による最適設計が求められています。携帯機器に適した低電力かつ低コストの暗号技術の重要性も増しています。 暗号解読技術も日々進歩しています。これまで広く利用されてきた暗号に欠点が見つかったため、米国では2010年までに次世代暗号へのシフトが求められました。日本でも、「電子政府推奨暗号リスト」の改訂が2013年と来年に迫り、その対策が急務になっています。いわゆる「暗号の2013年問題」です。 一方、暗号処理LSIに流...
売上高全体の大半を占めているのが、モデムやアプリケーションプロセッサ、無線チップなどを統合したプラットフォームチップである。同分野の競争は、激しさを増す一方だ。プラットフォームチップを手掛けるメーカーとしては、QualcommやST-Ericsson、MediaTek、Intel、Texas Instruments（TI）、Broadcom、Marvell Technology Group、ルネサス モバイルなどがある。
Case study: Designed for space 4/5/2012 10:00 AM EDT MASAT-1 – Mastering the challenges of building Hungary’s first micro-satellite with Altium Designer Introduction: The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) has launched the first Hungarian satellite, Masat-1, into sp...
Panasonic today announced a new digital interchangeable lens system camera, the LUMIX DMC-GF5, which joins Panasonic’s award-winning LUMIX G Series of digital cameras, which are acclaimed for their high image quality with small and compact body and lenses. The LUMIX GF5 features a new...
It’s not often that I see a press release that talks about “Spreading the Embedded Electronics Love” … this takes me back to the 1960s (which didn’t officially end until 1973, but that’s another story). Anyway, the guys and gals at SparkFun Electronics (www.sparkfun.com ) are generall...
The digital home has been coming for decades. Ma Bell knew; 30 plus years ago, its vision of the future was "data and pictures at your fingertips." Star Trek knew; iPads were a standard accessory over 20 years ago in the show. And now reality is finally catching up. This means big cha...
TECH TRENDS: Technical flexibility can manage market demands Christof Ebert, Vector Consulting Services 4/5/2012 12:38 PM EDT This year, business will further grow across all industries. But the clouds on the horizon are visible and during the first months of 2012 did not disappear. T...
Taiwan market: Canon to launch digital camera IXUS 125 HS Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Thursday 5 April 2012] Canon will showcase a new digital camera model, IXUS 125 HS, at Softex Taipei, an annual computer show that takes place during April 6-9, for sale at retail price of NT$8,99...
LONDON – Fabless network processor company Netronome Systems Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has announced that its next generation of dataflow processors will be manufactured on Intel's 22-nm FinFET process thereby extending a strategic relationship with Intel that began in 2007. Netronom...
"Before, if someone wanted to shut off power to my home, the electricity company would have to send someone around, physically, to cut me off. Now, it's all being networked and can be shut off remotely, which creates a dangerous risk," he said. Where the hell does this crap come from?...
Samsung社の大型液晶部門がSamsung Display社として発足 2012/04/05 14:43 赤坂 麻実＝Tech-On！ 会社設立式でスピーチするCEOのPark氏。式には350人以上の従業員が出席した（写真：Samsung Electronics社） [クリックすると拡大した画像が開きます] 韓国Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.の大型液晶パネル部門は2012年4月2日、新会社の韓国Samsung Display Co., Ltd.として新たなスタートを切った（ニュースリリース ）。同日、会社設立式を行い、翌4月3日に...
What Would You Create with a Revolutionary Touch Sensor? What if you had a high-performance, highly flexible touch sensor that enabled you to develop products with curved surfaces, or even add functionality on edges? What would you create with a breakthrough new sensor for your touch-...
Book Review: Hacker’s Delight by Henry S. Warren, Jr. Clive Maxfield 4/5/2012 10:49 AM EDT First and foremost, this book is NOT about hacking in the modern sense of finding out weaknesses in a computer system and exploiting them. In the early days of computers, a hacker was someone wh...
I’m just back from ESC/DESIGN West, which was last week in San Jose. The conference held a very low-key meet-and-greet with students in engineering programs. I had the chance to talk to a couple of Juniors from San Jose State. The meeting was too loosely organized, but I’m told they w...
Samsung announced today that it is now mass producing Ultra High Speed–1 (UHS-1) interface microSD cards that support the highest performance levels required on advanced LTE (Long Term Evolution) smartphones and tablets. The new UHS-1 memory card comes in a 16 gigabyte (GB) density. I...
April 5, 2012... Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology has just announced the appointment of Dan Ayres to Managing Director with immediate effect. Dan previously held the position of General Manager at the company, and prior to this was Operations Director. With over 10 years experienc...
The NAND flash boom: Q&A with Phison chairman Khein Seng Pua Josephine Lien, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Thursday 5 April 2012] Demand for NAND flash application to eMMC, SSDs and USB 3.0 devices is expected to take off in 2012, according to chairman Khein Seng Pua for IC design ho...
Next week (or, technically, this Saturday) is National Robotics Week (or, technically, week and two days). This year, you can look forward to 135 planned events encompassing all 50 states. Attend, Share and Enjoy! Plus: RoboGames! (!!!) We're not just making this up: it's official , a...
複数の報道によると、Samsung Electronicsは、中国陝西（せんせい）省西安市に建設予定のNAND型フラッシュメモリ（以下、NANDフラッシュ）の製造施設に70億米ドルの資金を投じるという。 Samsungは2011年12月、中国にNANDフラッシュの製造施設を建設する予定だと発表していた（関連ニュース ）。中国のスマートフォン/タブレット端末メーカーにNANDフラッシュを供給するためだ。この発表では、新設する製造施設では、20nmプロセス技術を適用し、2013年末には量産体制に入る見込みだと伝えられた。 Samsungは2012年4月2日、製造...
Stuart Gain is the first person to complete an Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Engineering at Link Microtek . Gain was also the first apprentice at the Basingstoke firm, which makes RF and microwave components and systems for military and commercial communications. "Manufacturing the...
ホンダ、「ステップワゴン」と「同スパーダ」のFF車を部分改良し、新たに開発したCVTを採用 2012/04/05 19:32 浜田 基彦＝日経Automotive Technology [クリックすると拡大した画像が開きます] [クリックすると拡大した画像が開きます] ホンダは「ステップワゴン」「同スパーダ」のFF（前部エンジン・前輪駆動）車を部分改良し、新たに開発したCVT（無段変速機）とアイドリングストップ装置を全タイプに採用した。この結果、5ナンバー、排気量2.0Lクラス、全高1800mm以上、7/8人乗りとしてトップ（2012年4月現在：同社調べ）の低燃...
