Football fans have become accustomed to viewing televised games from a dozen or more camera angles, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Electro-Communications (UEC) in Tokyo suggest another possible camera position: inside the ball itself. The researchers have shown that a camera embedded in the side of a rubber-sheathed plastic foam […]
Artificial intelligence
Patented Technique Key to New Solar Power Technology
A novel fabrication technique developed by UConn engineering professor Brian Willis could provide the breakthrough technology scientists have been looking for to vastly improve today’s solar energy systems. For years, scientists have studied the potential benefits of a new branch of solar energy technology that relies on incredibly small nanosized antenna arrays that are theoretically […]
Photos of the Day: The Internet of Everything
In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, photo, a man stands up in front of a banner of Connected city at the Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest mobile phone trade show, in Barcelona, Spain. So-called machine-to-machine technology is all the buzz at this year’s largest wireless trade show, and some analysts believe these types of […]
Wireless Connections Creep into Trash Bins as ‘Internet of Things’ Gains Momentum
A car that tells your insurance company how you’re driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner when electricity gets more expensive. See the photos here. Welcome to the next phase of the wireless revolution. The first wave of wireless was […]
Power: Less is more for 2013
Power has come of age as a defining parameter in electronic systems. Whether maximizing battery life, keeping an enclosure cool, or passing large currents more efficiently, projects now start with power in mind. In 2013 we will see the continued migration of power technologies from research to commercial availability. Computing has been affected most notably […]
Clever Battery Completes Stretchable Electronics Package
Northwestern University’s Yonggang Huang and the University of Illinois’ John A. Rogers are the first to demonstrate a stretchable lithium-ion battery — a flexible device capable of powering their innovative stretchable electronics. No longer needing to be connected by a cord to an electrical outlet, the stretchable electronic devices now could be used anywhere, including […]
HotSpot Episode 1: Picture Perfect
This week on WDD’s Hotspot, brought to you by Memory Protection Devices: Pocket Router – Asus has released the WL-330 NUL pocket router, which is a bit longer than an AA-sized battery. Autonomous Navigation System – Oxford University’s Mobile Robotics Group (MRG) has developed an autonomous navigation system for cars, using off the shelf components […]
SD College Tests Fingerprint Purchasing Technology
Futurists have long proclaimed the coming of a cashless society, where dollar bills and plastic cards are replaced by fingerprint and retina scanners smart enough to distinguish a living, breathing account holder from an identity thief. What they probably didn’t see coming was that one such technology would make its debut not in Silicon Valley […]
NKorea to Allow Mobile Internet for Foreigners
North Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices in its second relaxation of controls on communications in recent weeks. However, North Korean citizens will not have access to the mobile Internet service to be offered by provider Koryolink within the next week. […]
eDrawings for iOS with Augmented Reality
We have enhanced eDrawings for iOS to now include Augmented Reality (AR). AR is available in both the Standard and Professional versions of eDrawings for iPad and iPhone. It lets everyone on the design team see your product at full scale so its true size is obvious to everyone. Use Configurations to load an entire […]