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The Voyager Mission: Insight into Our Solar System

The Voyager Mission: Insight into Our Solar System

Here is a look into both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2’s mission objectives, the experiments onboard, and the data it collected that has complimented and expanded our knowledge of our solar system.


News Aug 13, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Wisconsin Company’s Use of RFID Microchip Implants Raises Questions of Health, Privacy

Wisconsin Company’s Use of RFID Microchip Implants Raises Questions of Health, Privacy

Employees and experts question the overall safety of RFID chips in human workers.


Harnessing Stimulated Brillouin Scattering for CMOS-Compatible, High-Performance Optical Circuits

Harnessing Stimulated Brillouin Scattering for CMOS-Compatible, High-Performance Optical Circuits

Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)—plus a new method of integrating arsenic trisulfide onto silicon-based chips—might be the key to a new generation of ultra-high-performance optical circuits.


News Aug 10, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
New Lithography Technique Allows Precise Nanomaterial Patterning for Nanoscale Circuit Manufacturing

New Lithography Technique Allows Precise Nanomaterial Patterning for Nanoscale Circuit Manufacturing

A new process dubbed DOLFIN enables inexpensive and scalable nanofabrication and patterning of a broad range of materials.


News Aug 09, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
Teardown Tuesday: ThermoPro’s TP07 Wireless Digital Meat Thermometer

Teardown Tuesday: ThermoPro’s TP07 Wireless Digital Meat Thermometer

In this teardown, we tear open ThermoPro's TP07 wireless digital meat thermometer.


News Aug 08, 2017 by Nick Davis
The Rise of Toshiba’s New 3D NAND Flash Memory

The Rise of Toshiba’s New 3D NAND Flash Memory

Get an update on Toshiba's advances in 3D flash memory, just in time for Flash Memory Summit.


News Aug 08, 2017 by Kate Smith
Timing, Crowdfunding, and Device Durability: Interview with Quinn Connell of the MVP Tackling Dummy

Timing, Crowdfunding, and Device Durability: Interview with Quinn Connell of the MVP Tackling Dummy

Quinn Connell of the MVP|Drive tackling dummy spoke with us about iterative prototyping, crowdfunding, and the power of having a cause.


News Aug 07, 2017 by Kate Smith
The Low Energy Particle Instruments on the Voyager Spacecraft

The Low Energy Particle Instruments on the Voyager Spacecraft

The Voyager missions encountered various celestial objects and they took a variety of measurements and observations, revealing unprecedented details of our solar system.


News Aug 06, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Researchers Develop a New Coulomb Transistor Concept

Researchers Develop a New Coulomb Transistor Concept

A research team from the University of Hamburg has invented a way to produce a Coulomb transistor (single electron transistor). The transistor is inexpensive and has varying applications.


News Aug 05, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
The Quest to Create Devices Capable of Reducing Carbon Dioxide

The Quest to Create Devices Capable of Reducing Carbon Dioxide

Learn about the push to design devices that can reduce CO2 emissions through a high-tech version of photosynthesis


News Aug 04, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
Battle of the SBCs: BeagleBone Black, Raspberry Pi 3, and ASUS Tinker Board

Battle of the SBCs: BeagleBone Black, Raspberry Pi 3, and ASUS Tinker Board

With a variety of different single board computers, it can be difficult to choose which computer is right for your project. This article will look at the basics of three single board computers available.


News Aug 02, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Teardown Tuesday: Epson XP-330 Printer

Teardown Tuesday: Epson XP-330 Printer

In this teardown, we investigate the PCBs, LCD, motors, and ribbon cables found inside the wireless all-in-one Epson XP-330 Printer.


News Aug 01, 2017 by Nick Davis
Maxim Integrated Releases New PMICs Optimized for Small Li-ion Batteries in Wearables

Maxim Integrated Releases New PMICs Optimized for Small Li-ion Batteries in Wearables

Two new PMICs boost integration with single inductor multiple output (SIMO) regulator to maintain a very long battery life.


News Aug 01, 2017 by Majeed Ahmad
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
“The Earable”: A 3D-Printed, Bluetooth-Enabled Wearable Temperature Sensor

“The Earable”: A 3D-Printed, Bluetooth-Enabled Wearable Temperature Sensor

Researchers from the University of California Berkeley have created a wearable device worn on the ear that can monitor core body temperature in real time.


News Jul 29, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
The Top 3 Design Considerations in USB Type-C Power Delivery

The Top 3 Design Considerations in USB Type-C Power Delivery

Authentication, over-voltage protection, and compact form factor are key challenges in implementing power delivery feature in the next-generation USB designs.


News Jul 28, 2017 by Majeed Ahmad
“Taxing Innovation”: Apple, Qualcomm, WARF, and the Value of Hardware Patents

“Taxing Innovation”: Apple, Qualcomm, WARF, and the Value of Hardware Patents

It's a battle of the titans as Apple and Qualcomm tussle over patent licenses.


News Jul 27, 2017 by Kate Smith
How the Space Race Gave Us GPS Technology

How the Space Race Gave Us GPS Technology

The history of the Global Positioning System (GPS) began miles above the Earth, going 18,000 mph.


News Jul 26, 2017 by Marie Christiano
Teardown Tuesday: Induction Cooktop

Teardown Tuesday: Induction Cooktop

In this Teardown Tuesday, we are going to look at the insides of an induction cooktop!


News Jul 25, 2017 by Alex Udanis
Improving Narrowband RF Systems: A New Transceiver IC from AKM

Improving Narrowband RF Systems: A New Transceiver IC from AKM

The AK2401 uses a direct-conversion architecture instead of the more standard heterodyne approach.


News Jul 24, 2017 by Robert Keim