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“I got my first eyeborg, which allowed me to sense colours”

Integrating electronics onto the human body is nothing new in this age of wearables. Neil Harbisson has taken this to the next level with...

Part 1 of 2: Flexible Electronics: The Next Ubiquitous Platform

Flexible electronics is lightweight, rugged, bendable, roll-able, portable and potentially foldable. Ever-evolving advances in thin-film materials and devices have fuelled many of the developments...

New Frontiers of UAV Civilian Applications

As part of the push to increase uses of civilian drones, nearly 50 companies are developing some 150 different systems, ranging from miniature models...

Assistive Technologies That Are Making Life Accessible for People With Disabilities

According to a recent report in The Guardian, titled ‘Technology Makes Higher Education Accessible To Disabled Students,’ technology plays a huge role in bridging...

“We put in a 15-minute time delay… to take care of last-minute order changes”

By leveraging advances in electronics, software and communication systems, the automation sector has improved a lot in the past decade. It has helped industries...

Electronically Overhauling the Homo Sapien

Neil Harbisson, 32, can receive phone calls directly into his head. He can perceive colours invisible to the human eye. He has an antenna...

Smart Way To Build Smart Street Light Solutions

A significant portion of the national electricity production goes to street lighting. The existing street lighting solution models in different parts of the world...

Anatomy Of A ‘Smart’ Street Light System

How does one create an intelligent lighting solution for controlling street lights and lamp posts? What are the subsystems and components that go into...

Understanding Lasers and Their Applications

The word ‘LASER,’ acronym for ‘Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation,’ is very common in the 21st century. Ever since the invention of...

Exploring EDA in the Cloud

We are all aware of the paradigm shift in the computing world with the move to the cloud. What started as a dumb (no...