NASA has announced it will pause work on the James Webb Space Telescope because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The launch is still currently on the books for 2021, but there are questions about whether that date will hold. The James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble and Spitzer instruments, was originally scheduled to […]
COVID-19 forces three-month delay in 3GPP releases
3GPP the standards body for wireless standards, has delayed the adoption of the next two releases (Release 16 and Release 17) each by three months. The delay is in response to the COVID-19 virus. 3GPP Release 16 stage 3 freezing will now occur in June 2020 while Release 17 will now be frozen in June…
How is MEMS involved in coronavirus testing?
Testing for the presence or absence of coronavirus (COVID-19) is one of the major issues during the current pandemic. On March 21, 2020, Cepheid, a company that designs and manufacturers molecular testing systems and products announced that it received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 […]
ECIA survey on impact of COVID-19 on electronics industry shows shift toward “no” or “minimal”
With the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19 there is a need to provide visibility on how this crisis is impacting the electronic components industry and the supply chain. In order to provide this important visibility, ECIA has been conducting surveys of member manufacturing and distributor companies to gain an understanding of this fluid situation. ECIA […]
Working at home? Here’s how your fellow engineers are flattening the Covid-19 curve
We asked engineers how they were getting work done while observing the mandate for social distancing. Here’s what they said. Engineers working at home and looking at the walls of their house all day may wonder how others in their situation are faring. We posted this question on the popular engineering forum sites Edaboard.com and […]
Video: Lab equipment for students, working from home in Seattle
Imagine being a university student studying EE/ECE, physics, chemistry, biology, or other sciences and not having access to your lab equipment. What will you do, sitting there bored at home because your university is closed? Digilent, a company that serves the academic market with measurement and FPGA tools for students, has lowered its prices on […]
Can you really make a respiratory ventilator in a car factory?
Mechanical ventilators are making headlines these days because of the Coronavirus-19, widely regarded as a flu but which is actually a respiratory disease that attacks the lungs. The key to minimizing the death toll for those with virulent infections is the availability of mechanical ventilators that help people breathe when their own lungs can’t. Reports […]
How the health care system tests you for the Covid-19 virus
Engineers who usually spend a significant amount of their time around test instruments are likely spending more of it at home these days. Those of us who’s working life has been interrupted by the Covid-19 virus might well begin pondering about what goes into a test for human viruses rather than those confined to computers. […]
Killing Covid-19 with UV-C LEDs
Yes, light in the UV-C part of the spectrum will destroy the virus. Here are the basics and a few myths surrounding these light emissions. For those of us still working, it can be a bit unsettling to ponder whether the surfaces we touch harbor a few virions left over from someone infected with Covid-19. […]
How do sensors impact healthcare?
The coronavirus, COVID-19, has brought significant attention to accurate, consistent and widely-available medical testing and diagnosis. Sensors provide the basis of providing the data and direction for many healthcare issues. Valued at USD 12.36 billion in 2019, the global medical sensors market is expected to reach a value of USD 20.72 billion by 2025, growing at a […]
