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July 10, 2008[Technology Report] MEMS The Word... In Consumer Electronics
Demand for devices that can sense motion, orientation, and location is surging, and it runs the gamut from the hottest video games to critical medical technology. With accelerometers and gyroscopes based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) rapidly maturing, that demand is being met. Many of the latest consumer products include one or more MEMS IC functions that measure and control factors like movement, position, force, and even temperature. As a...
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Roger Allan
July 2, 2008
[Design View / Design Solution] Smart Optics Push Camera Phones Out Of The “Dark” Ages
Since the introduction of the camera phone in 2001, having a camera in a cell phone has transitioned from being an added feature to a standard item. Today, more than 80% of cell phones have at least one camera. Camera-enabled phones offer the convenience of having a camera that’s permanently on and, quite literally, “on-hand” for every occasion.
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Eran Kali
June 26, 2008
[TechScope] "Friend" Your Picture Frame
We’re barely keeping up with the social networking technology that Web 2.0 applications require. Yet already, designers and marketers alike are buzzing about Web 3.0, even though nobody seems to be able to specifically define what that means. Nonetheless, most experts predict high-speed, wide-bandwidth applications that will be able to deliver content wherever and whenever you want it, regardless of format or platform. Web 3.0 will even come to devices as mundane as, say, picture frames.
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Richard Gawel
June 25, 2008
[Technology In The News] International Experts Will Judge 2008 Green Design Contest
Premier Farnell, an international multi-channel electronics distributor, has chosen its judging panel for the design competition called "Live EDGE" (Electronic Design for the Global Environment). The competition allows engineers and students to compete by designing electronic products that are environmentally friendly.
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ED News Staff
June 24, 2008
[EEPN In Electronic Design] BSI Technology Flips Digital Imaging Upside Down
The quest for superior digital images in evershrinking camera designs never ends. Now, CMOS-sensor specialist OmniVision Technologies has partnered with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC) to take a completely different approach to traditional CMOS image sensor technology. OmniVisionâ??s OmniBSI architecture consists of a novel sensor design that uses backside illumination (BSI) to improve image quality while shrinking pixel size down to 0.9 μm....
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Mat Dirjish
June 26, 2008[EEPN In Electronic Design] Optical Bonding And Surface Treatments Improve Displays
Why should you consider optical bonding for your portable design? Do you need anti-glare or anti-reflective enhancements in the product? Should you plan on a more powerful backlight for your thin-film-transistor (TFT) LCD display? Start by evaluating the ambient light levels your product is most likely to encounter. REFLECTION MANAGEMENT Everyone has experienced unwanted glare obscuring information they need to see on a...
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Terry Trover
June 20, 2008
[Technology In The News] Simplified High-k/Metal-Gate Process Increases Planar CMOS Speed
IMEC, the Belgium-based nanotechnology research center, announced at this week's VLSI Symposium that it has improved the performance of its planar CMOS using hafnium-based, high-k dielectrics and tantalum-based metal gates for the 32-nm CMOS node. The inverter delay fell from 15 ps to 10 ps.
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ED News Staff
June 19, 2008
[Sensors Expo] Innovations Grab The Spotlight At The 2008 Sensors Expo & Conference
Held June 9-11 in Rosemont, Ill., this year’s Sensors Expo & Conference offered a rich technical program and a floor of fascinating exhibits. Nearly 200 exhibitors participated, introducing the latest wireless controllers, thermometers, glucose monitors, automotive subsystems, industrial automation systems, oil pressure gauges, smoke alarms, manufacturing materials, and other technologies.
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Roger Allan
June 19, 2008
[Sensors Expo] MEMS Motion Sensors Lead The Way At Sensors Expo 2008
Some of the biggest advances revealed at Sensors Expo 2008, held June 9-11 in Rosemont, Ill., involved some of the smallest technology. A host of companies was on hand and eager to display their hottest developments in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) motion sensors.
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Roger Allan
June 19, 2008
[Sensors Expo] Wireless Applications Dominate 2008 Sensors Expo
Wireless technology is spreading sensor applications to just about everywhere in the world, and the exhibitors at Sensors Expo & Conference 2008, held June 9-11 in Rosemont, Ill., are all ready to take advantage of these global opportunities.
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Roger Allan
June 19, 2008[Technology Report] Megatrends Of The Future Will Feed Off Industry Hype
Afaltering economy hasn’t slowed the electronics industry. According to many independent market research organizations and other sources, most market sectors will experience strong growth over the next five to 10 years. In fact, what has become a digital universe is expanding more rapidly than any original estimates. Updated projections based on research by IDC suggests that with a compound annual growth rate of almost 60%, the digital...
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Ron Schneiderman
June 19, 2008[Technology Report] Robotics Give Doctors A Helping Hand
Advances in robotics technology are completely transforming today’s hospital operating rooms. With robot control and assistance, surgery for any kind of injury or ailment is faster, more accurate, and less invasive than ever before. Because robots help accelerate procedures, operations become safer. With conventional surgery, a surgeon performing an operation lasting several hours can become exhausted. As a result, the surgeon’s hand can be subject...
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Roger Allan
June 19, 2008[Editorial] Transitions Make Tomorrow Much Different From Today
Welcome to the latest edition of Electronic Design’s Megatrends special issue. When our editorial staff sat down to decide its theme, we knocked around a few ideas before settling on transitions. We tried to envision what our world might look like several years from now in some key application areas due to the constantly evolving technologies in our industry. This issue is the result. Contributing editor Ron Schneiderman begins with the numbers behind some of...
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Joseph Desposito
June 19, 2008[Technology Report] The Rats, Snakes, Insects, And Lobsters Of War
They run, crawl, slither, fly, and jump. They’re also robots. Fueled by funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and other public and private organizations, researchers at labs nationwide are developing a new generation of military robots. Inspired by designs already perfected by nature, these robots are helping military units accomplish missions with less risk to soldiers and civilians. Joseph Ayers, principal...
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John Edwards
June 19, 2008[Technology Report] Biometrics Looks To Solve Identity Crisis
You see them in blockbuster movies and high-tech TV shows—biometric systems that rely on fingerprints, facial recognition, and other physical and behavioral data to provide identification. But these technologies have moved past the sci-fi genre, and even beyond the high-security arena. They’re hitting the mainstream now. In fact, you may even be using some of them already. Of course, companies in this segment are working hard to keep one step...
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Roger Allan
June 19, 2008[Technology Report] From The Typewriter To The PC And Beyond
Patented in 1869 by Milwaukee newspaper editor Christopher Sholes with partners S.W. Soule and G. Glidden, the first typewriters went into production at Remington Arms Co. in 1873. Essentially, they were word processors without a display or memory. They also were unforgiving in terms of user-input errors, since they lacked spellcheck or even correctable tape. Yet the typewriter is notable for its alphanumeric layout (...
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Mat Dirjish
June 16, 2008
[Technology In The News] Universities, Industry Team In Microelectronics Manufacturing R&D
It’s getting harder for U.S.-based industries to maintain competitiveness in business segments that have been moving offshore. But a collaboration between two universities and a maker of electronic interconnects has resulted in a pioneering microelectronics manufacturing research and development center.
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ED News Staff
June 13, 2008
[Technology In The News] Nanotubes Sniff Out Deadly Gases
MIT chemical engineers used carbon nanotubes to build an ultra-sensitive electronic detector for deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin, mustard gas, ammonia, and VX nerve agents. The technology shows potential for environmental or security applications. For example, it can be designed into a low-cost, low-energy device that’s carried in a pocket or deployed inside a building to monitor hazardous chemicals.
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ED News Staff
June 12, 2008
[MD&M 2008] Emerging Technology Under And Behind The Knife
One would be hard pressed to dispute that Medical Design & Manufacturing East is the world's largest conference and exhibition for medical manufacturing and related products. Taking up nearly one third of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, the event featured over 1,000 exhibitors from every area of the healthcare market.
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Mat Dirjish
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