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Interesting Engineering | April 03, 2020

Virtual reality has long been at the forefront of overhyped technologies. Sure, it's a cool party trick to play a video game in VR, but no one can actually utilize the technology in their daily life... right? Virtual reality, or VR, along with augmented reality, AR, and mixed reality, MR, are growing more prominent in their use within a variety of industries. From video games to art, and even to engineering. More mainstream VR devices and platforms are helping normalize the technology, like ...

EE Times | February 25, 2020

Progress in electronic technology has made it possible to create increasingly safe, compact medical devices with the lowest degree of invasiveness, but there are still challenges that include meeting strict safety standards, providing wireless connectivity, and operating with highly constricted power budgets. An electromedical device is defined as an electronic device with a part that can be applied directly to the subject or used to transfer energy to or from the patient. Applications include d...

EE Times | February 26, 2020

Google is experimenting with machine learning to perform place-and-route in IC design and is getting great results. The revelation, announced last week at the ISSCC conference held here, is as important for artificial intelligence as it is for circuit design. AI has been the most massive thing in the electronics sector for years, pulling an extraordinary amount of semiconductor research in its direction along with venture capital and headlines. Acknowledging the obvious, the theme of this year&r...

IMechE | April 01, 2020

Alongside Industry 4.0, smart factory and industrial digitalisation, the term Industrial Internet of Things IIoT has also grown in prominence over recent years. Broadly, IIoT refers to devices and equipment in industrial settings that have been fitted with sensors and other instrumentation, and then networked together to gather and share data, and to carry out connected operations. These networks are both wired and wireless and often consist of multiple types of communication technologies &ndash...