Engineering Plays a Big Role at the Mayo Clinic
Building specialized medical equipment for one of the nation’s premiere health centers presents certain challenges. Steve Nowakowski, principal engineer II at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota,...
View ArticleAutonomous Driving Isn't Just About Cars
The electronics of autonomous driving will bring changes not only to future vehicles, but to the world around them, an expert will tell attendees at the upcoming Embedded Systems Conference 2018 in...
View ArticleFunctional Safety for Autonomous Vehicles Is Not an Afterthought
The proliferation of autonomous vehicles has increased the need for Functional Safety as part of a vehicle's design process. Yet Functional Safety, as defined by a number of IEC and ISO documents, is...
View ArticleLearn AND Have Fun at ESC Minneapolis
With ESC Minneapolis less than one month away, you have likely already downloaded the event app and have programmed your ideal event agenda. But for those who are also looking to add a bit of fun to...
View Article3D Printing of a ‘Bionic’ Eye
Researchers say they are a step closer to 3D-printing what they call a “bionic” eye after developing a fully 3D-printed array of light receptors on a hemispherical surface. The team of engineers at the...
View ArticleLong-Lived Electronics Requires Careful Design
It’s rare to find someone who has worked for the same company for 41 years. Terry Pickett, manager advanced engineering for John Deere, has been working on electronic and computer controls for the...
View ArticleInexpensive Robot Skull Sees, Talks, Identifies
Rob Reilly’s artificial intelligence project started at a Target department store. Reilly, an engineering consultant and speaker, was wandering through the store last fall when he spotted an artificial...
View ArticleESC Is Ready to Cast Its Spell on Minneapolis
Take a spin in an autonomous vehicle, visit top companies at their exhibitor booths, learn the latest in embedded systems, IoT, and advanced tech from some of the industry’s leading experts…These are...
View ArticleHMI Challenges in an Industrial IoT World
User interfaces in industrial controls have evolved significantly in recent years. While beginning as dumb terminals, they have moved to touchscreens that can be used on phone and tablet apps. In the...
View ArticleRide in an Autonomous Car at ESC Minneapolis
Attendees at the upcoming Embedded Systems Conference in Minneapolis will have a chance to experience autonomous driving as seen through the “eyes” of the car itself. Autonomous vehicle research...
View ArticleUsing 3D Printing to Blend Biology and Electronics
Interfacing active devices with biology in 3D printing could impact a variety of fields, from regenerative bioelectronics and smart prosthetics to biomedical devices and human-machine interfaces....
View ArticleWhat Is Crowdsensing? ...And Where Can I Park?
Someday, smart cities could use crowdsourced data to alleviate parking woes. (Image source: Omer Rana on Unsplash) You're running late for an appointment. By some miracle, you manage to catch all the...
View ArticleSecuring Embedded Systems
It has been estimated that there will be 20 billion embedded systems connected to the Internet by 2020. Everything from industrial machinery to autonomous vehicles, medical devices, and your own...
View ArticleLiDAR Has Applications Beyond Automotive
Affordable LiDAR sensing technologies can play a role outside the auto industry—particularly in industrial robots and drones, an expert will tell attendees at the upcoming Embedded Systems Conference...
View ArticleThe Virtual and Augmented Future of Engineering
What's more exciting for engineers, virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR)? VR and AR are undergoing an explosion in the consumer and enterprise spaces. What's all the excitement about? And...
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