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Engineering Smart Cities Should Focus on Technologies that Make Cities Better Places to Live

Engineering Smart Cities Should Focus on Technologies that Make Cities Better Places to Live

When we think “smart city”, many picture a vast landscape governed by technology in every way, shape, and form. Swathes of tech do not necessarily make cities “smart” nor an objectively better place to live, however.


News Feb 19, 2020 by Luke James
A Case for Renewables with Solar Photovoltaics: A Power Engineer’s Perspective

A Case for Renewables with Solar Photovoltaics: A Power Engineer’s Perspective

Why should we consider solar in design? Here's an argument put together by a power engineer.


Microgrids vs. the Macrogrid: The Applications of Microgrids in Today’s Power Systems

Microgrids vs. the Macrogrid: The Applications of Microgrids in Today’s Power Systems

Learn more about the argument for microgrids.


News Jun 02, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Can the IoT Save the World by 2040? Dr. Jeremy Rifkin Delivers electronica 2018 Keynote

Can the IoT Save the World by 2040? Dr. Jeremy Rifkin Delivers electronica 2018 Keynote

Didn’t make it to electronica 2018’s keynote presentation? Here’s a breakdown of how electronica 2018 kicked off with a keynote presentation from economist Dr. Jeremy Rifkin.


News Nov 13, 2018 by Kate Smith
Power Storage for Renewables: The History of Batteries and the Advent of the Virtual Power Station

Power Storage for Renewables: The History of Batteries and the Advent of the Virtual Power Station

With renewable energies on the rise there is a growing need for high capacity energy storage and one possible solution are “virtual power plants”. What is a virtual power plant?


News Jul 30, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
FLiDAR – How Floating LiDAR Aims to Help the Wind Energy Industry Fix Costly Problems

FLiDAR – How Floating LiDAR Aims to Help the Wind Energy Industry Fix Costly Problems

LiDAR has recently taken off with engineers integrating it into anything they can whether it is robotics or astronomy. But FLiDAR, or Floating LiDAR, presents some real opportunities for solutions in areas that are otherwise difficult and costly to solve.


News Jul 27, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
PCB Layout for a Photovoltaic Power Supply for Microcontroller Circuits

PCB Layout for a Photovoltaic Power Supply for Microcontroller Circuits

This article discusses the PCB layout for a power-supply circuit that generates a regulated 3.3 V rail from a small solar cell.


Schematic Design for a Solar-Powered Charge-Pump Power Supply Circuit

Schematic Design for a Solar-Powered Charge-Pump Power Supply Circuit

This article discusses a 3.3 V power-supply circuit that is built around an inductorless DC/DC converter and a solar cell.


Teardown Tuesday: Solar-Powered Floating Water Fountain

Teardown Tuesday: Solar-Powered Floating Water Fountain

In this teardown, we examine the innards of a solar-powered floating water fountain by Feelle.


News Nov 28, 2017 by Nick Davis
How the Voyager Missions’ Plasma Science Investigations Teach Us About Solar Winds

How the Voyager Missions’ Plasma Science Investigations Teach Us About Solar Winds

AAC continues to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Voyager spacecraft by looking at the Plasma experiments. In this article, we take a look at the Voyager missions' plasma experiments.


News Jul 30, 2017 by Mark Hughes
New Wind River Software Platform Designed to Battle Infrastructure Obsolescence with the IIoT

New Wind River Software Platform Designed to Battle Infrastructure Obsolescence with the IIoT

In this News Brief, Wind River introduces advancement to the Industrial IoT with a new software virtualization platform for cloud infrastructure.


News Mar 14, 2017 by Karissa Manske
Changes in Electricity Generation and Use Strengthen the Case for DC Power Distribution

Changes in Electricity Generation and Use Strengthen the Case for DC Power Distribution

The growing need to create electricity from a wider variety of energy sources including renewables is driving growing interest in DC power distribution over long distances and within buildings.


Google DeepMind Is Using Machine Learning to Cut Its Energy Usage

Google DeepMind Is Using Machine Learning to Cut Its Energy Usage

Google's artificial intelligence company, DeepMind, is using machine learning to help reduce energy use in Google's sprawling data centers.


News Aug 19, 2016 by Donald Krambeck
Build a Solar Battery Charger For Ni-MH Batteries

Build a Solar Battery Charger For Ni-MH Batteries

Build a simple solar powered battery charger for Ni-MH batteries.


Projects Mar 16, 2016 by Jacob Smith