Embedded Systems & Networking
Engineering Newswire 42: Futuristic Airplanes Carry Passenger Pods
June 13, 2013 2:01 pm | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsThis week on Engineering Newswire, we’re building Hyperloop transportation, putting paralyzed people behind the wheel, and riding futuristic airplanes that carry passengers in pods. This episode is brought to you by Smalley Steel Ring Company, the exclusive manufacturer of Spirolox Retaining Rings and Smalley Wave Springs for more than 50 years. Request samples to try in your application today.
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Brainstorm: Time Device Technologies
June 13, 2013 12:18 pm | by WDD Staff | Articles | CommentsAny device or system that requires a clock or timing device to function will improve its performance as the quality of the timing device improves. Parameters that define the quality of a timing device include: phase noise, jitter, temperature stability, aging, PSRR, power dissipation, G-sensitivity, as well as other parameters that are sensitive to a particular application.
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Microsoft Hypes Next-Gen Xbox One Games at E3
June 11, 2013 9:40 am | by DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer | News | CommentsThe company focused on how cloud computing will make games for its next-generation Xbox One console more immersive during its Monday presentation at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the gaming industry's annual trade show. Microsoft announced last week that the successor to the Xbox 360 must be connected to the Internet every 24 hours to operate, and the system would ideally always be online.
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Bringing Space Travel to the Masses
June 10, 2013 1:47 pm | by PTTOW | Videos | CommentsVirgin Galactic President & CEO George T. Whitesides talks about bringing space travel to the masses, commuting between the continents, working with Richard Branson, and changing the world. PTTOW! is an invite-only, member network and summit that brings together inspiring leaders from the world's most innovative companies, along with cultural icons, to showcase game changing projects and fuel transformational...
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HotSpot Exclusive: The Natalia Project
June 10, 2013 10:49 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsBack in 2009, human rights activist, Natalia Estemirova, was found murdered as she was working on "extremely sensitive" cases of human rights abuses in Chechnya during armed conflicts in the republic and the North Caucasus region. After her death, the Civil Rights Defenders -- an independent expert organization in Stockholm that aims to defend people's civil and political rights -- launched the Natalia Project in the spring of 2013...
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The Natalia Project
June 10, 2013 10:39 am | by Meaghan Ziemba, Editor, WDD | Articles | CommentsBack in 2009, human rights activist, Natalia Estemirova, was found murdered as she was working on “extremely sensitive” cases of human rights abuses in Chechnya during armed conflicts in the republic and the North Caucasus Before her death, Estemirova documented and reported on human rights violations; such as forced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and torture.
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HotSpot Episode 16: Big Brother is Watching
June 10, 2013 10:20 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsThis week on WDD's HotSpot, Big Brother is collecting phone records; DARPA's ADAPT program is looking to smart phone technologies and practices to create new ground sensors; HP unveils its all-in-one pc; and Italian start-up 2045Tech introduces a pocket breathalyzer.
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New Device Exhibits Strong EMC/ESD Behavior
June 7, 2013 5:15 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsAutomotive specialist Melexis has added the local interconnect network (LIN) bus to its portfolio of devices. The new MLX80030, which comes in a compact SOIC8 package, is 3rd member of the company’s next generation of system basis ICs that enable simple and effective development of LIN slaves.
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HotSpot Episode 15: Mercedes-Benz Debuts Life-Saving Codes
May 31, 2013 11:20 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsIn this week's Hotspot, brought to you by Memory Protection Devices, Mercedes-Benz debuts life-saving codes for future cars; a perceptive radio that creates a personal theater experience in your own living room; A Universal Battery Charger that takes the weight off of soldiers; and Scanadu seeks crowd-funding for its Scout diagnostic device.
LISTED UNDER: Boards & Modules | Electromechanical / Mechanical | Embedded Systems & NetworkingDell Board Recommends Michael Dell Buyout Offer
May 31, 2013 9:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe board at Dell said that a takeover bid led the company's founder and CEO is in the best interest of shareholders at the slumping PC maker, and asked them to approve the deal when it's put to a vote in July. The board unanimously recommended the offer from Michael Dell to take the company private for $24.4 billion, or $13.65 per share, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.
LISTED UNDER: Boards & Modules | Electromechanical / Mechanical | Embedded Systems & NetworkingMicrosoft Aims to Simplify with Windows 8.1
May 31, 2013 8:57 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsMicrosoft is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows. It's making the operating system easier to navigate and enabling users to set up the software so it starts in a more familiar format designed for personal computers.
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Video of the Day: Engineering Newswire 40: First Autonomous Flight for Airborne Wind Power
May 30, 2013 12:10 pm | by Alex Shanahan, Multimedia Production Specialist, WDD | Videos | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, we're pouring beers with robots, preventing disasters with a floating gate, flying autonomous wings with onboard turbines, and riding a 1.3 million-dollar motorcycle that was designed to cut cost. Do you have story ideas? Comment below and we'll cover them in an upcoming episode.
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Has Apple Lost its Cool? Its Chief Executive Says No
May 30, 2013 9:16 am | by JENNA WORTHAM, Associated Press | News | CommentsIt has been a rough year for Apple. The company has battled fierce competitors like Samsung, come under scrutiny for tax avoidance, and watched in dismay as its stock price took more dips and turns than a roller coaster. In a keynote interview Tuesday evening at D: All Things Digital, a technology conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook...
LISTED UNDER: Antennas | Boards & Modules | Embedded Systems & NetworkingInterCloud Systems Formally Launches Cloud Services Platform
May 29, 2013 4:21 pm | by InterCloud Systems, Inc. | News | CommentsThe InterCloudVm is an enterprise grade platform, designed to offer both medium and large customers customizable infrastructure and applications that meet their stringent security and performance level needs without the associated capital expenditures.
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Vaunix Announces New 4 to 8 GHz Phase Shifter
May 28, 2013 4:28 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsVaunix Technology (Haverhill, MA) has announced the addition of their new Lab Brick Phase Shifter, the LPS-802. The new product has a frequency of 4-8 GHz and provides excellent phase accuracy while offering one-degree phase resolution.
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