So far, connected devices are monitoring shipping containers, fire hydrants, and cows.
Source: Europe Builds a Network for the Internet of Things. Will the Devices Follow?
Microchip Technology Inc. CEO Steve Sanghi on Friday put the Arizona-based company’s stamp on a Colorado Springs manufacturing plant it acquired, unveiling a sign that replaced Atmel Corp’s name with Microchip. Sanghi has built Microchip by changing a lot of signs – acquiring 17 companies in the past seven years – amd more than tripling Microchip’s revenue and operating income and earning a profit every quarter during the more than 25 years he has been the company’s president. He said the sign change was sought by the 900 employees and management at the plant, who wanted public acknowledgement they have become part of the
Source: Microchip name takes hold in Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs Gazette, News
When it comes to modern information engineering, communication and signal processing are birds of a feather. Whether it is broadcast and communication, audio and video recording, RADAR engineering, remote sensing, biomedical engineering or seismic data processing, a communication engineer has to deal with many signals. In this article, we introduce you to Aquila, an open […]
Source: Signal Processing in C++ Using Aquila 3.0 – Electronics For You
This is quite incredible as things still can’t talk to each other horizontally.
In a new report, IDC projects IoT investment will hit $232 billion in the U.S. this year with manufacturing automation leading the drive.
Source: Study: U.S IoT investment will hit $232 billion this year
In 1886, the German physicist Heinrich Hertz first demonstrated the existence of radio waves, which in honor of him are also called Hertzian waves. His purpose was to test the electromagnetic theory proposed a couple of decades earlier by James Clerk Maxwell. The curious thing is that when his students asked him what the applications might be of his discovery, he replied: “It’s of no use whatsoever.” Hertz deserved a ten as a scientist, but a zero as a futurist. Today his waves are ubiquitous, and not just
Source: Li-Fi, the New Frontier in Communications – OpenMind
Recent developments in the hardware world show just how far China’s star has risen and how dominant the country has become in the world of technology hardware..
Source: A quick look at the state of hardware technologies in China and beyond | TechCrunch
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