During the last quarter of 2002, I did a hands-on project with Texas Instruments' OMAP (Open Mobile Application Processor) platform using the Innovator development kit. Although the article that resulted ....
Many people erroneously credit the term ''bug'' to Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. In fact, however, no one knows where the term originated, and it may go back to Thomas A Edison or even earlier. Nevertheless, ....
The debate on global warming is over, according to Scientific American (Reference 1). With those no-holds-barred words, the respected journal introduced the theme of its September 2006 special issue, ....
The ready availability of high-resolution color LCDs in high-end cellphones and handheld media players has changed the landscape of consumer electronics by raising user expectations for display quality ....
Analog Devices has teamed with Intel to develop a new serial bus that efficiently communicates computer-system heat dissipation and voltage-management and control information to safeguard the performance ....
As smart-phone sales soar, designers have their eyes on the built-in programmable graphics, growing processing power, and communications options to replace or augment one of the most challenging and expensive ....
Video is going handheld. Consumer-electronics manufacturers are rushing past handheld DVD players to compete against the Video iPod. Handheld receivers for the emerging DVB (digitalvideo- broadcast) standards ....
SDR (software-defined radio) is not a new technology. The industry has in the past made attempts to implement SDR, but these efforts have fallen short. What has sparked recent interest in SDR is the rise ....
Growing customer demands for open, interoperable subsystems, along with widely available, high-speed information-technology networks, have fueled the transformation of the building-automation sector from ....
If your idea of smart fabrics is a pair of khaki pants that sheds food stains, think again. The smartest fabrics are becoming electroactive, allowing them to address far more important engineering problems ....
