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Short Clips The NanoBusiness Alliance (www.nanobusiness.org) appointed Joseph Piché, CEO of Eikos, Inc. (www.eikos.com), to its Advisory Board. His objective is to guide the development of what has been called the Industrial Revolution for the... — Nancy Friedrich June 2004 Standard Addresses Wireless Multimedia One might assume that reading a book about the latest IEEE wireless standard would be about as fun as a trip to the dentist. Happily, Dr. Gilb's work is an easy read with a lot of graphics and sidebar notes. The aim of this book is to help individuals... — John Blyler June 2004 Hardware Hacking Can Be Truly Fun I met the Technical Editor of this book, Joe Grand, at the recent "Design Wars" contest that I hosted for the Wireless Systems Design Conference & Expo. Joe took part in the contest by building a crystal radio. His eagerness to jump into a... — John Blyler June 2004 How To Survive Doomed Software Projects Before reviewing the second edition of this book, I dusted off my copy of the original. It had served me well as a software-development manager. It had even helped me spot troubled projects that I should avoid. In addition, the first volume of... — John Blyler May 2004 Latest UAVs Prepare For Battle As growth in the semiconductor sector slowed and international conflicts grew, many engineering companies switched their focus to the military market. This influx of talent led to what is perhaps this era's most frightening and awe-inspiring... — Nancy Friedrich May 2004 Beam-Forming Networks Protect The Military Military personnel have always needed their communications to be protected. In addition to communications between personnel, however, the military now has to worry about equipment that relies on satellite communication. Signal jamming has emerged as... — Nancy Friedrich May 2004 Photovoltaics Is Funded In military devices, battery failure—and hence a loss of communications—could mean life or death. Today's systems also bog soldiers down by forcing them to carry extra power supplies. To put an end to this problem, scientists plan to... — Nancy Friedrich May 2004 Acquisitions Prove Bluetooth's Worth The Bluetooth standard has suffered a lot of abuse. When it came on the scene, it was heralded as the wireless-connectivity solution to just about everything. Eventually, the industry recognized that the standard's future would be confined by... — Nancy Friedrich May 2004 Short Clips Dr. Donald Fitzmaurice and Justin Adams have been named to the Board of Advisors to guide Konarka Technologies, Inc.'s (www.konarkatech.com) scientific and business development, respectively. Fitzmaurice is Professor of Nanochemistry at... — Nancy Friedrich May 2004 Nanoscale Dimensions Gain Greater Visibility The study of nanotechnology focuses on materials and devices with very unique structures. Essentially, these structures exhibit novel and significantly improved physical, electrical, chemical, and biological properties due to their nanoscale... — Cheryl Ajluni April 2004 Sweden Becomes Global 3G Test Center Sweden has been at the forefront of wireless technologies for some time. Now, the country is opening its doors to U.S. and international companies that want to test their 3G-related technologies, products, and services. Sweden boasts virtually... — Nancy Friedrich April 2004 Test Sets Gain Bluetooth Approval Test instrumentation must constantly validate itself against changing standards. Such validation is crucial to developers, who want to be confident in their products before submitting them for qualification testing. For developers in the Bluetooth... — Nancy Friedrich April 2004 Presentation Spotlights WiMAX One of the highlights of last month's Wireless Systems Design Conference & Expo (www.wsdexpo.com) was a presentation by Aditya Agrawal, Senior Marketing Manager, Fujitsu Microelectronics America. With his timely focus on WiMAX, Agrawal... — Nancy Friedrich April 2004 Wireless Show Savors Success This year's Wireless Systems Design Conference & Expo was reinvigorated by a new venue. Attendees and other conference-goers got to enjoy balmy weather, the beautiful San Diego bay, and access to some of the industry's biggest movers and shakers.... — John Blyler , et al. April 2004 WLANs Get Boost From Multimedia Applications Wireless home-entertainment systems hold the promise of mass appeal for consumers. They also flaunt the possibility of large revenue streams for WLAN equipment vendors. Yet this potentially huge market has yet to be realized. One issue is limited... — John Blyler April 2004 Want Fries With Your Wi-Fi? Look out, Starbucks! McDonald's is going Wi-Fi in a global way. British Telecom (BT) has announced that it will install hot spots in over 500 McDonald's restaurants in Britain. Referred to as Openzone service, this venture is all part of BT's wireless... — John Blyler April 2004 Success In San Diego Encourages Wireless Rollout The success of Wi-Fi networks in the U.S. hasn't halted the cellular carriers' march toward 3G high-speed connectivity. In fact, the commercial deployments of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO in San Diego and Washington, D.C. have bolstered Verizon Wireless' plans... — John Blyler April 2004 Wi-Fi Spreads Everywhere But China While Wi-Fi-enabled networks and devices may have taken much of the world by storm, China remains unaffected. In fact, the Chinese government recently announced that only its version of the IEEE 802.11 standard will be allowed in China. Furthermore,... — John Blyler April 2004 Short Clips National Semiconductor Corp. announced its Amplifiers Made Simple tool. The tool lets users select from standard topologies and enter system requirements. It then searches among National's products to recommend the most appropriate op amps for... — Nancy Friedrich March 2004 Integrated Platform Speeds Verification Design teams must spend a lot of time and resources verifying their chip or system designs. This added pressure is fueling the search for true electronic-system-level (ESL) verification. So far, electronic-design-automation (EDA) companies are taking... — Nancy Friedrich  prev. page
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