Implantable electronic devices have shown promise in helping medical patients regain functionality in various limbs after paralysis injuries. Last week, the Mayo Clinic announced that one such device has allowed a paralyzed man to begin walking with assistance.
October 03, 2018 by David Jones
Maxim Integrated just announced the second generation of its Health Sensor Platform, a development platform for designing wearable devices for remote biometric monitoring.
September 26, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
Intel Corporation is reportedly outsourcing some of its 14 nm chipset capacity to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., as its ability to meet production demands has run into headwinds in recent months.
September 26, 2018 by David Jones
The newest GPS satellites require an upgraded control segment for launch and control. Scheduled to launch in late 2018, the GPS III satellites need OCX. Let's take a look at what the OCX offers.
September 19, 2018 by Marie Christiano
Engineering education, like everything else, is increasingly moving online. In this Engineer Spotlight, AAC's Hana Othman spoke with control systems engineer Brian Douglas about control engineering, the benefits and challenges of teaching engineering on YouTube, and how autonomous vehicles and spaceships aren't so very different.
September 18, 2018 by Hana Othman
BrainChip has announced the Akida Neuromorphic System-on-Chip (NSoC), the first production-volume artificial intelligence accelerator utilizing Spiking Neural Networks (SNN).
September 12, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
While chip company business dealings and endless research into nanometer transistors can sometimes seem worlds apart, here are some consequences of how engineers' battle with Moore's Law directly affects the industry.
September 11, 2018 by David Jones
Security protocols, like communication protocols, are currently in competition to set industry-wide standards. What is the TLS 1.3 protocol? How does this security protocol differ from SSL?
September 10, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
The terms are often used interchangeably, but you can implement a smart city with or without 5G, and 5G doesn’t need to live in a smart city. But if you don’t want to be left in the digital dust, it seems clear that the trend is to not pursue one without keeping the other in mind.
September 06, 2018 by Gary Elinoff