Innovative Medical Sensor implants in biomedical electronics
With the advancement in modern electronics technology, eye, ear, lung, heart and brain replacements or enhancements are now becoming possible. Medical sensor implants in biomedical electronics are...
View ArticleThailand Floods affect Global HDD production supply chain in 2012.
Last year’s flood in Thailand continues to affect this year’s electronics supply chain. IHS in December estimated that damages from the flood will result in a 3.8 million-unit shortfall in PC shipments...
View ArticleCounterfeit Electronic components represent $169 Billion annual risk
According to the recent data provided by IHS market research firm, the five most prevalent types of counterfeit semiconductors are: microprocessors, programmable logic devices, memory ICs, transistors...
View ArticleIntel’s Latest Move to Enter the Smartphones and Tablets Industry
ARM has held its leading position in Smartphone market but Intel’s latest design to enter the wireless markets has challenged its position in the Smartphone and tablet industry. Intel Corp, the...
View ArticleThe Promising Future of LED Lighting
LEDs hold promise in the world’s race to produce more energy-efficient lighting. LEDs use less energy, last longer, and allow more control of color and direction of light. It is indeed a major...
View ArticleMeet the pioneers of remote-controlled medicine in Nanotechnology
At present, cells, drugs and even animals can respond to wireless signals thanks to the invention of Pralle’s nematodes. Since then, the confluence of nanotechnology, biology and radio physics – is...
View ArticleThis Month in History: June 1931
In June 1931, the first commercial doors operated by a photoelectric cell were installed on the swinging doors between the kitchen and dining room of Wilcox’s Pier Restaurant in West Haven,...
View ArticleCurious about Curiosity: a quick look at NASA’s $2.5 billion Mars rover
The $2.5 billion Mars rover Curiosity landed on the Red Planet Mars on Aug.5, 2012 and is expected to spend at least two years exploring its Gale Crater landing site. The rover is designed to determine...
View ArticleThis Month in History: August 1977
It was on August 3, 1977, Tandy Corporation teamed up with Radio Shack to release the TRS-80, one of the first personal computers available to consumer markets. This was the dawn of the personal...
View ArticleElectronic ‘Smart Fingers’ Will Allow Doctors to Operate Via Virtual Touch
John Rogers/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Courtesy Someday soon, hospital patients won’t be hooked up to wires, large equipments and monitors, instead, electronic patches will be...
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