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October 2, 2008
Touchy Gets More Feely
Haptics technology has been around for some time now. However, what caught my eye recently was the progress it’s made in a variety of applications.
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Paul Whytock
July 18, 2008
Beware The Killer App
Semiconductor makers love killer applications. Traditionally, it meant a product relying on semiconductor technology had surfaced that consumers or industry, or both, couldn’t wait to get their hands on. It also meant a surge in demand for semiconductor components that had the chipmakers’ bean counters rubbing their balance sheets with glee.
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Paul Whytock
May 23, 2008
Memristor Makes "Moore" Of The Law
Congratulations go to the outstandingly patient and farsighted Professor Leon Chua, who back in 1971 at Berkeley, University of California, expounded a theory about memristors. These were described as the fourth building block of circuits after resistors, capacitors, and inductors.
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Paul Whytock
May 12, 2008
Technical Brain Wave
We all know that electronics has helped in hundreds of medical applications and been the driving force in the development of some groundbreaking equipment like magnetic resonance imaging and laser surgery. But despite these medical innovations, areas still remain in medical testing and evaluation that can only be described as archaic and uncomfortable for the patient.
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Paul Whytock
April 24, 2008
Surfing Security And The ISP Invasion
In the last edition, I ranted about how Internet users are being subjected to unauthorised examination of the Web sites they visit by Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The whole idea was that once Web user interests are logged and analysed, they can be bombarded by advertising targeted at their “needs.”
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Paul Whytock
April 18, 2008
Surfing Security And The Phorm factor
Most of us know we must be cautious about the security of our personal data when using the Web. So, I wasn’t that surprised when Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee recently expressed his concerns about systems that can track a Web user’s activity when using the Internet.
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Paul Whytock
March 27, 2008
Visionary Technologists
There are times when human
imagination and expertise,
coupled with the enabling
effect of advanced electronics
technology, can create something
really important for people.
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Paul Whytock
March 11, 2008
A Long-Term View On Display
Interesting to hear about the joint
company that’s been formed
between Renesas, Sharp Corp.,
and Powerchip Semiconductor
Corp. (PSC). Its view is to feeding
the future LCD market with drivers
and controllers.
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Paul Whytock
February 21, 2008
Use It Or Lose It
Cyber thieves must be rubbing their hands with glee at the potential Internet crimes they can perpetrate thanks to data-protection inefficiencies of organisations—data that should be bulletproof against any threat. Indeed, 2008 has been tagged as the year that cyber crime will escalate in the extreme.
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Paul Whytock
February 12, 2008
Finding The Right Words
A well-known media industry newsletter recently ran an editorial comment questioning why editorial policies of US and European electronics magazines should differ so much when it comes to sourcing technical articles.
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Paul Whytock
January 24, 2008
The Healing Serpent
Another iTechnology breakthrough has entered our iWorld this month. But this one does not join the ranks of those well-known iWants like the iPod, iMac, and iPhone. All hail the i-Snake, which is not from the Apple stable of innovations.
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Paul Whytock
January 10, 2008
My Band Is Broader Than Yours
We start the New Year with a classic example of European disunity with three of the European Union’s major members independently starting, or planning, to implement next-generation networks to provide faster broadband services. If not for these members, a cohesive and co-ordinated strategy could be standardised throughout Europe.
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Paul Whytock
December 6, 2007
Pease Porridge
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Bob Pease
December 6, 2007
The Nearly Men
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Paul Whytock
November 22, 2007
Breaking Down the Interoperability Barriers
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Paul Whytock
November 08, 2007
FET ACCOMPLI!
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Paul Whytock
October 25, 2007
WHAT’S ALL THIS CANYON TURN STUFF, ANYHOW?
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Bob Pease
October 25, 2007
PHONING YOUR WAY HOME
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Paul Whytock
October 11, 2007
Bob's Mailbox
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Bob Pease
October 11, 2007
GRIDLOCK GIZMOS— WILL iCAR GET INTO GEAR?
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Paul Whytock
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