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AVX Upgraded Simulation Software for its Advanced SMPS MLCCs

Editorial Team Jun 20, 2016

AVX has released a new version of its SpiCALCI simulation software, an engineering tool that calculates performance characteristics and parameters for its advanced switch mode power supply (SMPS) multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) to…

Automotive

Cypress and MyScript bring advanced tech to the automotive market

Editorial Team Jun 20, 2016

Cypress Semiconductor have joined forces to include MyScript’s intuitive and precise handwriting recognition technology to automotive designers worldwide powered by Cypress’s Traveo microcontroller (MCU) family. MyScript’s automotive HMI…

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1,000-Processor chip could be fastest ever made in a university lab

Editorial Team Jun 19, 2016

A University of California, Davis group of engineers has designed a microchip containing 1,000 independent programmable processors that is said to be the fastest ever made by a university lab. The "KiloCore" chip has a maximum…

Communications

Robots get AI training guide that teaches them to act appropriately

Editorial Team Jun 17, 2016

A team of researchers from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Georgia Institute of Technology have created an artificial intelligence software program named Quixote that can teach robots to read stories, learn acceptable behavior…

Automotive

Meet the 3D-printed, autonomous car with IBM Watson computing skills

Editorial Team Jun 17, 2016

As if being a 3D-printed vehicle wasn't cool enough, there's a new car on the road that's also autonomous and integrates the cognitive computing capabilities of IBM Watson. Local Motors, a vehicle technology company and the creator of…

Communications

Eye-tracking tech uses cellphone camera, knows where users are looking

Editorial Team Jun 16, 2016

Over the past 40 years, many groups have used eye-tracking technology to determine simply where people are directing their gaze. The tech has been implemented in psych experiments, marketing research, and now can work with just an…

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Why do women leave the engineering field?

Editorial Team Jun 16, 2016

Did you know that approximately 20% of undergraduate engineering degrees are awarded to women, but only 13% of the engineering workforce is made up of females. There have been many explanations for this, including a lack of mentorship,…

Computers

Engineers have a plan to make the web more energy efficient

Editorial Team Jun 16, 2016

One way or another, the going "green" initiative is taking over — homes, cars, manufacturing process — companies and individuals have been seeking alternatives to typical processes that can harm the environment. So why would the web be any…

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Technology Will Take Hold at The Rio Olympic Games 2016

Editorial Team Jun 15, 2016

The Olympic Games – with their roots stretching way back to Ancient Greece – have seen a technological change over the years. The technology is said to be a crucial element of how people relate to the behemoth sporting event. Though…

A&D

NASA just set its Cygnus cargo ship on fire in space

Editorial Team Jun 15, 2016

After spending 80 days attached to the International Space Station and delivering almost 7,500 pounds of cargo to support dozens of science experiments, the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft was set free — and then set on fire —…