Q: What applications do you see energy harvesting as making the most impact in over the next few years? By Srinivas Pattamatta, vice president business development, Atmosic Technologies RF or photo/solar energy harvesting benefits a range of Internet of Things (IoT) edge devices across industries. The possibility of energy harvesting as a viable source of […]
Brainstorm: What’s the Next Big Advancement in Smart Home Tech?
Q: What new advances in smart appliances and smart home technology will have the biggest impact for consumers moving forward? By Tally Kaplan Porat, director, Corporate Marketing, Orbotech Unquestionably, the next advance, or more aptly—“revolution”—for smart appliances and smart home technology will be the introduction of 5G communications. WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity have already […]
Knit 1, Purl 2: Assembly Instructions for a Robot?
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have used computationally controlled knitting machines to create plush toys and other knitted objects that are actuated by tendons. It’s an approach they say might someday be used to cost-effectively make soft robots and wearable technologies. Software developed by researchers from CMU’s Morphing Matter Lab and Dev Lab in the Human-Computer […]
Brainstorm: Which Industries Will Soon Make the Switch to Alternative Energy?
Q: Which industry will switch to alternative energy as their primary source within the next 1-2 years? By Franky So, inventor and chief technology officer, NextGen Nano The transport sector is the fastest growing contributor to climate emissions. Following a more aggressive push by governments on automakers to bring about change and reduce emissions, […]
MERUS™ multilevel class D audio amplifier supports ultra-compact and low-power applications
Traditional class D amplifiers present significant design challenges in compact applications such as portable consumer sound systems and smart speakers. These challenges include relatively low efficiency, high heat generation even at low to medium listening levels, and a need for bulky and costly filters to reduce out of band noise. A relatively new range of […]
Department of Energy Announces $20 Million for Artificial Intelligence Research
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a total of $20 million in funding for innovative research and development in artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning. DOE’s Office of Electricity has selected eight projects to receive nearly $7 million in total to explore the use of big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies to improve […]
What They Didn’t Teach You in Engineering School About Heat Transfer
Heat and its behavior are complex. Rules of thumb are often used to visualize the heat path for design or physical prototypes; but knowing how heat is traveling, at what speed and where it will go, is difficult. Read this newly refreshed white paper to learn how to understand heat flow and channel it correctly […]
Radio Fundamentals For Cellular Networks
Cellular technologies have advanced from first generation(1G) analog technologies to high-performance fourth generation (4G) and fifthgeneration (5G) systems in just four decades. While 1G cellular technologies have disappeared, 2G technologies are being replaced by newer generations. 3G and 4G cellular technologies are widely deployed worldwide. And 5G technologies have started to appear and will continue […]
Antenna Array Testing – Conducted and Over the Air: The Way to 5G
5G networks will need to offer more capacity and flexibility while lowering the operational expenses of the system. Two new technologies can simultaneously address both the increase in capacity and the increase in energy efficiency: Virtualization & Massive MIMO. This white paper provides an overview of test solutions addressing current and future requirements for antenna […]
Brainstorm: What Security Challenges Does the IoT Create for Embedded Devices?
Q: With the ever-increasing emphasis on the Internet of Things, what challenges remain for security with embedded devices? By Robert Webber, field applications engineer, Harwin In the coming years there will be tens of billions of IoT nodes put into operation. Combined together, the huge numbers of these devices involved will represent a major […]
