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Wearables Trend Toward Becoming the New Well-Being Coach

Wearables Trend Toward Becoming the New Well-Being Coach

More wearables and accompanying apps are aiming to track emotional wellness.


News Jan 18, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Electromagnetic Radiation Is Decreasing in New Generations of Smartphones

Electromagnetic Radiation Is Decreasing in New Generations of Smartphones

Newer smartphones have lower SAR measurements, exposing users to less radiation.


News Jan 04, 2017 by Donald Krambeck
Teardown Tuesday: Pulse Oximeter

Teardown Tuesday: Pulse Oximeter

Pulse oximeters estimate the percentage of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin. This teardown looks inside a portable finger-type pulse-oximeter.


News Nov 08, 2016 by Mark Hughes
Computers Designed to Mimic Human Brains May Achieve Truly Intelligent AI

Computers Designed to Mimic Human Brains May Achieve Truly Intelligent AI

Semiconductor producer SK Hynix have announced that they are partnering up with Stanford University to research and develop a semiconductor device that will resemble the human brain. How will this affect computing in the future and what can we expect from such devices?


News Nov 02, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Build Your Own LED Saber—Firmware, Microcontroller, and Testing

Build Your Own LED Saber—Firmware, Microcontroller, and Testing

In part 3, we compile the firmware and build the controller at the heart of the Saber, then do initial testing and diagnostics.


Projects Oct 20, 2016 by Jeremy Lee
World’s First Robotic Eye Surgery Is a Milestone for Biomedical Tech

World’s First Robotic Eye Surgery Is a Milestone for Biomedical Tech

A new device, the Robotic Retinal Dissection Device, has been used to restore the sight in an eye. What will this mean for robots in delicate surgeries in the future and how will we benefit from such involvement?


News Sep 18, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
How Legitimate is the Science Behind These New Health Sensors?

How Legitimate is the Science Behind These New Health Sensors?

It seems like every week a new personal health sensor is designed that can track something we never thought to track, but are they actually effective?


News Mar 13, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
ZigBee vs Bluetooth and Bluetooth Smart

ZigBee vs Bluetooth and Bluetooth Smart

ZigBee, Bluetooth and the newer Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE/Smart) are all communication protocols for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), but they are optimized for different applications.


Practical Uses of Instrumentation Amplifiers

Practical Uses of Instrumentation Amplifiers

Basic refresher on instrumentation amplifiers, followed by a several real world applications in which an engineer would find this circuit.