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Kristina Johnson: Engineering Change From Movie Theaters to Government

Kristina Johnson: Engineering Change From Movie Theaters to Government

To close out Women's History Month, we spotlight Kristina M. Johnson, the mind behind RealD's 3D technology—just one of her 118 patents.


News Mar 26, 2026 by Luke James
Constructing a Solar-Powered Snake Robot

Constructing a Solar-Powered Snake Robot

Learn how to create a batteryless crawling robot using basic electronic components and a 3D-printed chassis.


Build Your Own Clock With Analog Dials, Part 3

Build Your Own Clock With Analog Dials, Part 3

To complete this project, we add backlight control and temperature-sensing functionality to the clock we built in the previous installments.


Bulgin Vitalis Buccaneer Solutions | New Product Brief

Bulgin Vitalis Buccaneer Solutions | New Product Brief

Bulgin Vitalis Buccaneer Solutions represents a breakthrough in sustainable engineering, offering a rugged connectivity solution constructed with up to 86% bio-based content by weight. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Light Research, Heavy Implications: LEDs for Medicine, Displays, & Optics

Light Research, Heavy Implications: LEDs for Medicine, Displays, & Optics

Recent research has pushed LED and OLED performance into new territory, from photothermal cancer therapy to nano-OLEDs capable of directional light control.


News Dec 16, 2025 by Luke James
Tech Teardown | 4.3” LCD USB Digital Microscope 1000X Coin Magnifier with 8 Adjustable LED Lights | Mouser Electronics

Tech Teardown | 4.3” LCD USB Digital Microscope 1000X Coin Magnifier with 8 Adjustable LED Lights | Mouser Electronics

In this episode of Tech Teardown, sponsored by Mouser Electronics, we discuss this 4.3" LCD Digital Microscope provides crisp 1080P imaging with 50X–1000X magnification, adjustable LED lighting, photo/video capture, ample storage, a rechargeable battery, and an adjustable stand—making it a versatile, eye-friendly tool for inspecting coins, jewelry, and other small objects, and an excellent portable gift for hobbyists, students, and tech enthusiasts. Watch and find out!


Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up: Charting a Path to Sub-GHz Deployment

Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up: Charting a Path to Sub-GHz Deployment

Making informed choices about network ecosystems, protocols, and hardware is critical when developing large-scale IoT networks. Learn more in this article.


ams OSRAM PLPM7 Vegalas™ Power Multi-Die Edge Emitting Laser | New Product Brief

ams OSRAM PLPM7 Vegalas™ Power Multi-Die Edge Emitting Laser | New Product Brief

ams OSRAM PLPM7 Vegalas™ Power Multi-Die Edge Emitting Laser delivers powerful, efficient blue light performance with its 455 nm multi-die, multi-mode design. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Creating Vivid Multi-Color Lighting with Lumileds LUXEON LEDs | Tech Guide

Creating Vivid Multi-Color Lighting with Lumileds LUXEON LEDs | Tech Guide

In this Tech Guide from Mouser Electronics, discover how Lumileds LUXEON Color LEDs empower designers to create vivid, energy-efficient multi-color lighting. Watch now to get started!


UCLA and Broadcom Team Up to Craft Wafer-Scale Unidirectional Imager

UCLA and Broadcom Team Up to Craft Wafer-Scale Unidirectional Imager

A new multilayer diffractive optical processor blocks images in one direction while passing them in the other.


News Aug 18, 2025 by Luke James
New Wave of Research Expands View of What Semiconductors Can Do

New Wave of Research Expands View of What Semiconductors Can Do

Recent research breakthroughs are pushing semiconductors far beyond traditional logic and memory roles into chemical catalysis, sustainable manufacturing, and quantum photonics.


News Jul 30, 2025 by Luke James
Max Planck: The Founder of Quantum Theory and Modern Physics

Max Planck: The Founder of Quantum Theory and Modern Physics

Max Planck introduced the idea that energy is quantized, a breakthrough that reshaped modern physics.


News Jun 23, 2025 by Luke James
Littelfuse ATO® FHAC Series In-Line Fuse Holders | New Product Brief

Littelfuse ATO® FHAC Series In-Line Fuse Holders | New Product Brief

Littelfuse ATO® FHAC Series In-Line Fuse Holders deliver compact, reliable circuit protection for automotive and industrial applications. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Silicon Labs Debuts Its First 22 nm SoC Aimed at Smart Lighting and More

Silicon Labs Debuts Its First 22 nm SoC Aimed at Smart Lighting and More

Announced today, the SoC taps a new technology node, enabling it to integrate larger memory blocks and execute at higher frequencies without compromising power efficiency.


News May 21, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Kawasaki Uses Hydrogen to Create Serious ‘Horse’-Power

Kawasaki Uses Hydrogen to Create Serious ‘Horse’-Power

The manufacturer envisions a rideable, hydrogen-powered robotic horse. Is this back to the future?


News May 02, 2025 by Kevin Clemens
Historical Engineers: Isamu Akasaki, Inventor of GaN-Based Blue LEDs

Historical Engineers: Isamu Akasaki, Inventor of GaN-Based Blue LEDs

Nobel prize winner Isamu Akasaki invented efficient blue light-emitting diodes, enabling bright, energy-efficient white light sources.


News Feb 21, 2025 by Luke James
IBM Introduces Co-Packaged Optics, an Optical Link Packaging Scheme

IBM Introduces Co-Packaged Optics, an Optical Link Packaging Scheme

IBM believes its new research may increase the efficiency and density of generative AI computing.


News Jan 14, 2025 by Jake Hertz
How Times Square’s New Year’s Eve Ball Got Its Sparkle

How Times Square’s New Year’s Eve Ball Got Its Sparkle

The Times Square Ball has come far from its first iron-and-wood model. Here's how the New Year's Eve icon has evolved over the past century.


News Dec 31, 2024 by Luke James
Casting a Light on Dennis Gabor, Inventor of Holography

Casting a Light on Dennis Gabor, Inventor of Holography

In a remark that aptly foreshadowed his career, the Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist famously said, "The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented."


News Dec 27, 2024 by Luke James
Littelfuse SRP1 High-Endurance Solid-State Relays | New Product Brief

Littelfuse SRP1 High-Endurance Solid-State Relays | New Product Brief

Littelfuse SRP1 High-Endurance Solid-State Relays are versatile and durable, designed to deliver superior reliability in high-frequency operations with 2x to 3x the life endurance cycles. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!