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The 21st Century Garage Startup
“It is far better to be alone than to be in bad company.” – George Washington “It’s taken me eight years to prove my thesis…
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How Secure Are Fitness Devices?
Privacy is a gnarly problem. It’s a big concern for consumers – part of the reason why the consumer Internet of Things (CIoT) isn’t yet…
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When MIPS Used to Mean Something
“640KB ought to be enough for anybody.” – Bill Gates [disputed] Back when the MIPS computer architecture was first created, MIPS meant one of three…
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Achronix Goes Chipless
Since 2013, Achronix has been cruising along, quietly doing a decent business with their Speedster FPGA family. Their particular value proposition resonates well for certain…
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A Boosted MOS Transistor
You may remember that, early this year, we took a look at a 1-transistor (1T) SRAM bit cell. (Yes, new memory stuff seems all the…
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What World Maker Faire Shows Us About the Future of Engineering
World Maker Faire is an event defined by its energy. In past years, EE Journal has tried to capture this mix of inspiration, enthusiasm, and…
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Signals for Noise
“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Noise is big business these days. And, this week,…
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The FPGA Tool Problem
Wouldn’t it be great if there were more options in FPGA tools? For decades now, the FPGA community has decried the lack of FPGA design…
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Organically-Shaped Antennas
Imagine if there were one formula. All of existence, explained by one formula. All of the formulas we use today? Simply special cases of that…
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Move Over, Connected Toaster; Here Comes the Connected Climbing Wall
Yannick Chammings, CEO of French company Witekio, was explaining to me why they were changing the company name (previously they were called Adeneo Embedded), and…