Search
sensors - search results
Part 1 of 2: An Introduction to Wireless Sensor Networks
A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a communication system which senses and gathers information from a certain area and sends it to different places...
Wireless Communication: Shattering Barriers
Everybody is talking about wireless communications, these days. Even school-going kids are eagerly awaiting the arrival of 5G in their cities. To find a...
Part 1 of 3: The Electronics Behind Big Guns
From the birth of the gunpowder-warfare era, soldiers have been incrementally striving for bigger, more powerful and more accurate guns. Their quest has resulted...
The Robots’ Guide To World Domination
Only five countries in the world actually voted in favour of banning autonomous (a.k.a smart) killer robots at a recent UN convention. This could...
“Many activites in automotive sector continue to be influenced by Indian engineers”
This interview takes a look at the automotive design scene in India, and how it has evolved over the years with the presence of...
When Machines Talk to Machines
Given that safety tests and Federal Aviation Administration approvals are required for flying octocopters to deliver packets, the technology could be available to customers...
RF Surveillance: A Case of Homeland and Border Security
Although security threat can emerge from many sources, the one which is really brutal and catastrophic is terrorism. Terrorism has far reaching consequences like...
“Bluetooth Smart offers rapid rollout of low-power consumer products around the latest smartphone and tablet platforms, creating a large addressable market”
The IoT requires almost all objects to have some communication ability built into them. What is the scope of Bluetooth Smart in the IoT...
Tackling Power Consumption With High Technology
We have all heard of many software and hardware techniques to reduce power consumption. This interview takes a look at two impressive technologies that...
Part 2 of 2: Flexible Electronics: What’s the Use
Why do we need another form of electronics? Standard silicon-chip-based electronics is making great strides in miniaturisation, cramming more functionality into smaller chips. Couldn’t...
