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There are a number of new approaches to air conditioning in the works, and I recently came across a roundup of some of the emerging ideas in an article by Robin Fearon that appeared on Discovery.com.
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Moore’s Law has been around a long time. Even longer than I have been. Glad to see that, with a lift from silicon photonics (and new packaging approaches) it may well last a while longer.
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There’s always something more to say on Moore’s Law, and several writers are saying it in a series of pieces on EE Times. It seems that Moore’s Law, which holds that the number of transistors in an integrated circle doubles roughly every couple of years, can’t keep up with the times. Not that the nearly […]
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As I’ve said many times before, and will no doubt say many times again, I’m a car guy and a tech guy. And when car stuff and tech stuff come together, well, I’m really in my element. And I was definitely in my element when I came across a recent article (Automotive electronics revolution requires […]
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I haven’t seen Prehistoric Planet, a documentary series on Apple TV+ that takes viewers on a “guided tour” of what things looked like when dinosaurs roamed the earth. The series, which has gotten rave reviews, combines the latest fossil-based research with the latest visual effects technology to produce something that apparently comes as close as […]
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I will not be applying for an Astro. I have better things to do with $1,000 $999.99. But I will say one thing. If I did get my hands on it, it would be a fun teardown to see what all cameras and sensors are in that cute little gadget without a purpose.
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Writing on EDN, Joshua Norem recently offered his thoughts on IC's vulnerability to security threats. His article (the first in a two-part series) focused specifically on the IC production lifecycle (fabrication through package test).
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Overdoing it on salt can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke. So researchers at Japan’s Meiji University and Kirin, a major food and beverage company, have tackled this problem. And they’ve come up with a pretty novel solution: electric chopsticks that make foods taste more salty than they are.
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Magnetic slime may sound like something your kids clamor for, but magnetic miniatured “soft-bodied” robots based on silicone or fluids (ferrorfluid or liquid metal) can be used for applications like minimally-invasive surgery and targeted drug delivery.
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Quaise Energy is using technology that produces fusion power to bore deep down into the earth to tap the vast store of geothermal energy that lies below.
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