littleBits: Electronics ‘Building Blocks’ For Learning and Prototyping
AUGUST 2012: Is littleBits a toy, a learning kit, or an innovation tool? Well, it looks like a toy but if it is making...
Visible Light Communication From Labs to Market: How Soon?
APRIL 2012: “The radio spectrum is highly congested and the demand for wireless data is making this much worse. Demand for wireless data doubles...
Get the Cutting Edge With EDA
“Electronic design automation (EDA) is a growing sector in India”—experts in the EDA sector convey this message loud and clear. So the demand for...
A Core For Each Chore
Have you ever wished you had four hands so you could work faster? A similar sentiment amongst computer engineers was what led to the...
Industrial Automation v2 Fitting The Factory Into The Enterprise
OCTOBER 2010: PepsiAmericas, Pfizer, Conoco Phillips, Huntsman, Valero Energy, Sweener Refineries and a clique of other global companies have deployed a fleet of ‘grey...
Telemedicine Ophthalmologist In Theni, Patient In Aandipatti
JULY 2010: Farveen lives in a remote area of Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district. When a scorpion bit her friend last year, she was clueless...
Can Electronics Help You ‘Green’ Your Building?
MAY 2010: Joe and Kimberly Hageman enjoy incredible views of Narragansett Bay and the Newport Bridge from their home. They also enjoy technology. They...
Sneaky Sensors know What you Did Today!
Most of man’s senses were at a time con-strained by distance. He could see, hear, feel, taste or smell only what was near him....
Cryptography Mechanisms For access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks
Security allows wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to be used with confidence. Without security, the use of WSN in any application domain would result in...
10 Emerging Technologies To Track In 2010
Energy harvesting
You would have heard this several times already – “We have just one earth; we better take good care of her!” This slogan...