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Lessons Learned: NASA’s Basic Electrical Engineering Mistakes

Lessons Learned: NASA’s Basic Electrical Engineering Mistakes

NASA's most recent blunder with the ISS was due to a basic engineering mistake.


News Dec 11, 2016 by Chantelle Dubois
3D Printing and Printable Electronics Combine to Change the Way We Manufacture Electronics

3D Printing and Printable Electronics Combine to Change the Way We Manufacture Electronics

Pulse Electronics have developed a printer that can print conductors and circuits directly onto 3D surfaces.


News Dec 10, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Galaxy Note 7 Teardown Reveals a Rookie Mistake in Electronics Design

Galaxy Note 7 Teardown Reveals a Rookie Mistake in Electronics Design

A report detailing the design flaws of the Galaxy 7 Note cited a cramped battery housing as the primary culprit for their tendency to explode. How does something like this slip through the cracks?


News Dec 09, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Cambridge’s New Hyper-Efficient Transistors Are a Perfect Match for the IoT

Cambridge’s New Hyper-Efficient Transistors Are a Perfect Match for the IoT

Scientists at Cambridge University have developed a low-power transistor which consumes a billionth of a watt and operates under one volt. Such a device could help with the age of the IoT's ever-growing demand for power and efficiency.


News Dec 08, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Open Source RISC-V Architecture Makes Strides Towards Customizable SoCs

Open Source RISC-V Architecture Makes Strides Towards Customizable SoCs

The RISC-V footprint is expanding with the commercial availability of open-source chips and related development boards from silicon startups like SiFive and OnChip.


News Dec 07, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
A New Nanoscale Metamaterial Could Conduct Better than Semiconductors

A New Nanoscale Metamaterial Could Conduct Better than Semiconductors

Despite being heavily replaced by semiconductors, a team of researchers has developed a nanoscale device that operates similarly to valves.


News Dec 07, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Teardown Tuesday: USB Power Meter

Teardown Tuesday: USB Power Meter

In this Teardown Tuesday, we will split, smash, crack, and sand our way into a USB power meter to see how it's made.


News Dec 06, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Researchers Create a Robotic Stingray with Light-Activated Living Cells

Researchers Create a Robotic Stingray with Light-Activated Living Cells

By engineering the heart cells of a neonatal rat, researchers have built a robotic ray which can swim just like a living creature.


News Dec 05, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
Protecting Technological Infrastructure with EMP-Proof Conductive Concrete

Protecting Technological Infrastructure with EMP-Proof Conductive Concrete

Engineers from the University of Nebraska have created a spray-on conductive concrete that can defend against EMP attacks.


News Dec 04, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
How the Internet of Things Will Change the Way We Grow and Eat Food

How the Internet of Things Will Change the Way We Grow and Eat Food

The “Internet of Things” (IoT) is a buzzword being that describes the interconnectivity of devices in our everyday lives that collects and shares data via the Internet.


News Dec 03, 2016 by Chantelle Dubois
QMD: Expediting Core-to-Core Communication in Multicore Processors

QMD: Expediting Core-to-Core Communication in Multicore Processors

Researchers have designed a more efficient multicore processor.


News Dec 02, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
Gold-Coated DNA Nanowires Could Power Genetic Computing

Gold-Coated DNA Nanowires Could Power Genetic Computing

A team of scientists in Germany have created genetic nanostructures that could be the key to genetic computers.


News Dec 01, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Biomedical Devices that Restore Walking, Insulin Management, and Vision

Biomedical Devices that Restore Walking, Insulin Management, and Vision

Biomedical tech is working towards making us bionic. Check out the tech giving us spinal-interfaces, electronic pancreata, and a headset which can restore vision for the blind.


News Nov 30, 2016 by Chantelle Dubois
Teardown Tuesday: Robotic Floor Cleaner

Teardown Tuesday: Robotic Floor Cleaner

Robotic floor cleaners have been available as consumer products for a number of years now but with a gradual drop in production cost and development of new technology, these cleaners are becoming cheaper. In this teardown we will look at a Robotic Floor Cleaner which uses "electrostatic forces" to remove dust and can clean a room with its "intelligent" obstacle navigation.


News Nov 29, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
How Self-Healing Electronics Could Change Everything, from Smartphones to Space Stations

How Self-Healing Electronics Could Change Everything, from Smartphones to Space Stations

A team of engineers at the University of California have created a conductive mixture that, when printed, can self-heal if damaged.


News Nov 28, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
2016: The Year of High-Performance Computing

2016: The Year of High-Performance Computing

From efficient supercomputers to quantum computing, interest in high-performance computing is growing.


News Nov 27, 2016 by Chantelle Dubois
GreenWaves’ RISC-V Core to Supersede Cortex Cores in the IoT

GreenWaves’ RISC-V Core to Supersede Cortex Cores in the IoT

Fab-less semiconductor company, GreenWaves Technologies, has developed a new processor designed for IoT applications that they claim that will outmatch ARM Cortex processors.


News Nov 26, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Overclocked Wearables Can Pick Up Bio-Acoustic Signals

Overclocked Wearables Can Pick Up Bio-Acoustic Signals

Software updates can make conventional wearables capable of recognizing the wearer's movements.


News Nov 25, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
Using a Customizable Interface Development Tool with Arduino

Using a Customizable Interface Development Tool with Arduino

Development tools that let you create drag-and-drop interface tools for Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects are quite popular. I got my hands on one and here's how it went.


News Nov 24, 2016 by Johnathan Powell
NXP in 2017: Autonomous Vehicle Security and the Smallest 8-Pin Logic Ever

NXP in 2017: Autonomous Vehicle Security and the Smallest 8-Pin Logic Ever

NXP recently announced their merger with Qualcomm, but they weren't done making announcements in 2016.


News Nov 24, 2016 by Tim Youngblood