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27 Feb 23

Smaller, Denser, and More Powerful: Optimizing PCBs with Master-Satellite Power Modules

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Board-level power innovations such as using a master-satellite concept can help improve power density, design flexibility and efficiency in data centers and networking equipment.

27 Feb 23

Aalyria’s Lasers and Routers Could Close the Digital Divide

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Aalyria, a recent spinout from Google, is trying to build on other companies’ near successes. The company is revamping the software platform from the ambitious-yet-failed startup Loon to optimize and reconfigure networks in real time, using whatever connections are available. Aalyria is combining that tech with free-space lasers originally developed…

27 Feb 23

Qualcomm phones to incorporate satellite-based messaging features

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Qualcomm revealed it is working with a group of Android smartphone companies to add satellite-based messaging capabilities to their devices. The California-based company, which is the world's biggest supplier of chips that connect mobile phones to wireless data networks, said it is working with Honor, Lenovo-owned Motorola, Nothing, OPPO, Vivo and…

27 Feb 23

View from India: Enhanced safety and speed for future train journeys

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

A confluence of factors has opened out opportunities for players in the railway segment. The National Metro Rail Policy (2017) indicated that cities with a population of over two million could opt for the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS). The government announced 5,000km of Metro rail network by 2047 in…

26 Feb 23

Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

In 1999 Bill Gates penned a moving tribute to the Wright brothers. He credited their winged invention as “the World Wide Web of that era,” one that shifted the world into a global perspective. So it’s only fitting that Microsoft later became the force behind Flight Simulator. And, like the…

25 Feb 23

Lassoing Lightning With Lasers

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

The Big Picture features technology through the lens of photographers.Every month, IEEE Spectrum selects the most stunning technology images recently captured by photographers around the world. We choose images that reflect an important advance, or a trend, or that are just mesmerizing to look at. We feature all images on…

24 Feb 23

Flying Scotsman steams into Edinburgh to mark centenary

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The world-famous steam locomotive entered service on February 24 1923 as it set off on its first journey from the sheds at Doncaster Works. One hundred years later to the day, following a fresh lick of paint, she arrived at Edinburgh Waverley station where celebrations took place to mark the…

23 Feb 23

Reimagined Jet Ski Brings EVs to the Beach

Civil, Structural & Architecture

Cars aren’t the only conveyances being transformed by electricity. Along with electric motorcycles and snowmobiles, personal watercraft are floating better ways to coexist with nature and neighbors. This new breed of machines brings requisite thrills to the Great Outdoors, but without fouling the atmosphere or disturbing the peace with an…

23 Feb 23

Watch Syntiant’s 1-Milliwatt Chip Play Doom

Computer & Information Technology

There are many things to do with an always-on 1-milliwatt machine-learning chip, but few spark the imagination quite like watching it play Doom. At the 2023 IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco this week, Irvine, Calif.–based Syntiant detailed the NDP200. This is an ultralow-power chip designed…

23 Feb 23

The Importance of Machine Tolerance to Achieve Exacting Results in 3D Printing

Biotechnology & Biomedical

This white paper will discuss how the mechanical tolerance of 3D printers effect part accuracy. 3D printers that are capable of meeting tighter tolerances have the most promise to be used as end use production equipment, specifically for short run production applications.