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Technology Week in Review Week In Review October 31, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top technology stories include how a silicon core can improve optical fibers, how organic wires can interface with our bodies, how robodogs are helping the disabled, how a semantic search engine out-Googles Google, and how a low-power Blackfin is extending the battery life of handhelds. View Slideshow  Download the file [7:53]  Week In Review October 24, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top technology stories include how a new solar materal absorbs more of the Sun's rays, how mobile video-chat is enabled by WiMAX, how Google's Android gets improved security, how new chips can make cars safer, how to soup-up a car with 32-bit microcontroller and how to get warnings about upcoming road hazards. View Slideshow Download the file [9:46] Week In Review October 17, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top stories include how electric fields can boost fuel economy by 20 percent, how green microgrids can pervent blackouts, how RFID tags are the first application of silicon ink, how a conductive adhesive could replace solder and how the Cassini space probe is hunting for life on a Saturn moon. View Slideshow Download the file [7:10] Week In Review October 10, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week my top stories include how smart LED-lighting could gain integrated wireless access nodes, how a universal laser could supply all usable frequencies, how to make pacemakers hack-proof, how mechatronics design got simplified and how the DoD handed out a million dollar prize for a fuel-cell-based Wearable Power pack for soldiers. View Slideshow Download the file [7:20] Week In Review October 3, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week my top stories include how trees can power remote sensor networks, how an underwater robot hovers like a helicopter, how a two-wheeled robot controls posture, how WiMAX chips are spanning all available bands, how an emulator aids wireless R&D and how quantum dots can penetrate the skin causing a possible health hazard. View Slideshow Download the file [7:00] Week In Review September 26, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top stories include how electronic tablets are aiming to replace paper, how MEM microphones are moving into the mainstream, how the world's thinnest oscillator thinned down, how a curved ultrawideband antenna achieved its small size, and how peer-to-peer file sharing has entered the corporate world. View Slideshow Download the file [7:30] Week In Review September 19, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week my top stories include how Texas Instruments has adopted the Pinyon slot-antenna for its wireless reference designs, how high-temperature magnetosensors can now serve future ceramic engines, how a wireless vendors seeks to bridge WiMAX and LTE, how Advanced Micro Devices is boosting 3D graphics acceleration and how computer-aided designers are getting integrated project managment. View Slideshow Download the file [6:29] Week In Review September 12, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top technology stories include how EEs made possible Europe's supercollider, how U.S. colliders are still beating Europe's, how MEMS accelerometers are preventing automobile accidents, how OEMs can now use combo satellite/cellular designs for constant connectivity regardless of location, and how DSP's are enabling virtual audio mixers. View Slideshow Download the file [6:57] Week In Review September 5, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top technology stories include how Bell Labs is exiting chip research for which it has garnered six Nobel Prizes, how a robot has removed a diseased kidney through a single incision, how China is countering the U.S. invisibility cloak for hiding aircraft, satellites and missiles with an anti-cloak, and how a virtual musician called iMe can learn to jam along with players in any musical style. View Slideshow Download the file [7:19] Week In Review August 29, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top technology stories include how IBM has improved its light-emitting nanotubes (LENs) with optical cavities, how green energy is on-track in the short-, medium- and long-terms, how viruses can assemble on-chip batteries and how 3D lidars (laser radar) are obsoleting the weather balloon. Plus hear IBM Fellow Phaedon Avouris' quote of the week. View Slideshow Download the file [7:23] Week In Review August 22, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top technology stories include how the memristor could revolutionize electronics, how the world's smallest SRAM was made, how the future of technology is looking according to Intel's chief technology officer, how digital money could replace paper money, and how Texas Instrument's digital light processor (DLP) is aiming at new markets. Also hear the quote of the week from Intel's Scott Mainwaring who claims that digital money offers opportunities to companies building new wireless wallets. Plus get a preview of this weekend's Bourne Report. View Slideshow Download the file [7:39] Week In Review August 15, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week my top stories include how the world's first 3D chip process debuted, how terabit per square inch hard disk media works, how ocean power could generate electricity 24/7, and how fluid mechanics is helping engineers to improve the performance of U.S. Olympic swimmers. Also hear the quote of the week and get a sneak preview of this weekend's Bourne Report. View Slideshow Download the file [7:26] Week In Review August 8, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week my top stories include how card-playing bots could doom online poker, how a fuel cell advance could lower cost and boost efficiency, how cheaper 'supermagnets' could drive future hybrid cars, how the world's highest highest-resolution holograms were made and Olympics technology to keep athletes honest. Plus hear a new feature called "Quote of the Week" and a sneak preview of this weekend's Bourne Report. View Slideshow Download the file [6:36] Week In Review August 1, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top technology stories include how MIT demonstrates a method of making solar power 24/7, how a microscope-on a-chip has been invented, how semiconductor lasers no longer need lenses, and how nano-inks could advance printed electronics. Plus get a sneak preview of this weekend's Bourne report. View Slideshow Download the file [5:59] Week In Review July 25, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top technologies stories include how micro-electro-mechanical systems are built into an Olympic torch, how CherryPal is redefining the PC, how a software tool called Supple personalizes user-interfaces, how to extend optical lithography down to 12 nanometers, and how drug testing is being done at the Olympics. Also get a sneak preview of this weekend's Bourne Report. View Slideshow Download the file [5:12] Week In Review July 18, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week my top stories include how nanoelectrodes make electrolysis cheaper than gas, how white organic LEDs can be brighter than light bulbs, how a NASA drone is spotting fires in California, how solar cars are racing across North America and how 3-D chip stacks can be standardized. Also get a sneak preview of this weekend's Bourne Report. View Slideshow Download the file [5:52] Week In Review July 11, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week's top technology stories include how an AI beat humans at poker, how a robot defeated human air hockey players, paint-on solar panels, a millimeter-sized microphone and how memristors, the fourth passive electronic component, are ready for prime time. View Slideshow Download the file [6:11] Week In Review July 3, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week my top stories include how the MEMS business topped $6 billion, how the electronic retina is making the blind see again, how compressed air could store energy generated at night for use during the day, how airless tires are on the way, how a new photodetector can sense anthrax floating in the air and how a new type of transistor solves the optical computing problem. View Slideshow Download the file [5:24] Week In Review June 27, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week my top stories include how Second Life gets a second life, how wireless meshes get easier, how a microcontroller goes wireless, and how a baseband accelerator merges WiMax and LTE. Also get a preview of this weekend's Bourne Report. View Slideshow Download the file [5:13] Week In Review June 20, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top stories include how Freescale predicts 1,000 embedded devices per person by 2015, how to make an ECG-on-chip, how a picowatt chip sets a new low-power record, how an econo-MEMS chip has no moving parts, and how you can attend the Freescale Technology Forum remotely. Also get a preview of this weekend's Bourne Report. View Slideshow Download the file [5:47] Week In Review June 13, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top stories include how thermoelectrics is cooling night vision goggles, how proximity sensors enable a touchbook, how saucy algorithms cracked code, how quantum entanglement clarifies images and who won Challenge X. Also get a preview of this weekend's Bourne Report. View Slideshow Download the file [6:24] Week In Review June 6, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top stories include how to water cool 3D chip stacks, how a foundry is offering nanotube-chip fabrication, how quantum measurements could cool chips, how Dolby Volume levels consumer devices, and how Taiwan is set to go WiMAX. Also get a summary of this week's MEMS Ahead blog and a sneak preview of this weekend's Bourne report. View Slideshow Download the file [7:03] Week In Review May 30, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week's top stories include how nanotubes may be as bad as asbestos, how computers are modeling the mechanism by which nanoparticles harm living cells, how high-temperature superconductors could pave the way for supermagnets and how analog design expertise is rare and valuable. You'll also see a capsule review of this week's MEMS Ahead blog and a sneak preview of this weekend's Bourne report. View Slideshow Download the file [6:35] Week In Review May 23, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week the top stories include how a room-temperature terahertz laser was invented, how nanotechnology is making radioactive sensors obsolete, how a beetle solved the photonic-crystal mystery that has been bugging researchers, and how Freescale and STMicro are sampling their first jointly developed automotive microcontroller, which is "green" for the Chinese market. Plus get a capsule review of this week's MEMS Ahead blog. View Slideshow Download the file [7:04] Week In Review May 16, 2008 R. Colin Johnson Welcome to "Week in Review," where we feature the week's top technology stories. This time out, our we look at how Hewlett-Packard has targeted silicon photonics as a strategic business; how DriveCam indentifies risky driving; how a new kind of test bed could streamline RFID development; and how Avago claims the first RF chip-scale packaging solution. View Slideshow Download the file [6:33] Week In Review May 9, 2008 R. Colin Johnson Welcome to Week-in-Review where we round-up the week's top technology stories from EETimes.com. This week our top stories include how a Raytheon Exoskeleton is bringing 'Iron Man' to life, how the major leagues drafted electronics for a performance-boosting mouthpiece, how a MEMS vibration sensor debuted and how the first MEMS oscillator has been listed in the Digi-Key catalog. View Slideshow Download the file [7:06] Week In Review May 2, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week's top stories include how the "missing link" memristor completes circuit theory and could enable 100-Gbit memory chips; how self-healing mesh optical nets emerged; how "what if" software can now simulate wireless nets; and how the second-generation "Robot Guitar" was built, plus a sneak preview of this weekend's Bourne Report Radio Show. View Slideshow Download the file [6:54] Gibson's Robot Guitar Enters 2nd Generation R. Colin Johnson Gibson's second generation Robot Guitar includes an SG model in addition to the original Les Paul model, both of which include a new locking input jack from from Neutrik AG (Liechtenstein, Germany). The locking phone jack provides a secure input that prevents accidental disconnection. Latching occurs whenever a standard 1/4-inch plug is inserted. Automatically mated plugs unlock only by pressing red release tab. View Slideshow Download the file [4:57] Week In Review April 25, 2008 R. Colin Johnson Welcome to Week-in-Review where we cover the week's tops technology stories. This week our top stories include how lab-on-chip design automation is taking a cue from electronic design automation, how waveguides are bridgingthe "terahertz gap," how the Massachussets Institute of Technology is getting serious about solar power and how a robot is slated to conduct a symphony orchestra. View Slideshow Download the file [6:43] Week In Review April 18, 2008 R. Colin Johnson Welcome to Week-in-Review, where I review this week's top technology stories. This week's stories include how IBM's 'racetrack' memory could replace flash and disk drives, where the future of chip design techniques is headed, how electronic-paper is now ready for interactive applications, how to use a new FRAM chip to create microcontroller-free devices, and how scientists are channeling lightning strikes to the ground with lasers. View Slideshow Download the file [7:36] Week In Review April 11, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week our top stories include how MEMS markets are exploding, how IBM created water-cooled supercomputer, how to bridge the gap to the mobile Internet, how nanoparticles could be harming the environment, and how engineers have crafted an algorithm that correctly picked the NCAA basketball champion. Listen as I review the week's tops stories as compiled from interviews I do for EETimes--where you'll find global news for the creators of technology at EETimes.com View Slideshow Download the file [7:07] Week In Review April 4, 2008 R. Colin Johnson Welcome to Week-in-Review--this week my top stories include how superconductors could help spacecraft hover, how CMOS is ousting quartz crystals, how WiMax services are integrating TV, how the world's first combination satellite/terrestrial phone debutted, and how AMD is accelerating 3D on engineering workstations. Listen as I review the week's tops stories as compiled from interviews I do for EETimes--where you'll find global news for the creators of technology at EETimes.com View Slideshow Download the file [8:26] Week In Review March 31, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week my top stories include how carbon could enable the world's fastest chips, how hyper-entangled photons claim the world's record for bit-encoding density, how WiMax will make its initial flight at the airport and how Openet is pioneering the next-generation of wireless applications. Listen as I review the week's tops stories as compiled from interviews I do for EETimes--where you'll find global news for the creators of technology at EETimes.com View Slideshow Download the file [6:54] Week In Review March 24, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week my top stories include how a silicon compound aims to superconduct at room temperature, how carbon beats copper at 45 nanometers, how nanotechnology is boosting the thermoelectric effect, how FlatWire aims to short-circuit wireless personal area networks, and how telematics hitching a ride to 44% penetration of the automotive market. These stories were compiled from interviews done for EETimes, where you'll find global news for the creators of technology at EETimes.com View Slideshow Download the file [8:10] Week In Review March 17, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week's top stories include: how the Space Shuttle Endeavor carried a new humanoid robotic arm to the International Space Station, how a new antipiracy scheme can protect chip makers, how artificial intelligence researchers are aiming to pass the Turing Test, and how the iPhone has upped the ante for embedded security software. These stories were compiled from interviews done for EETimes, where you'll find global news for the creators of technology at EETimes.com View Slideshow Download the file [6:01] Week In Review March 8, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week's top stories include how atomic clocks are plumbing cosmological mysteries, how a new sensor can detect anthrax in under three minutes, how researchers are working on a security upgrade for cognitive radio, how the U.S. is launching an exaflop supercomputer initiative, how new architectures are helping to plug the laser gap, and how IBM is claiming to have solved the noise problem with graphene transistors. Thse stories were compiled from interviews I do for EETimes where you'll find global news for the creators of technology at EETimes.com Download the file [7:02] Week In Review March 1, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week's top stories include how nanoparticles could make hydrogen cheaper than gasoline, how to measure success toward safe, clean fusion reactors, how General Motors has one-upped Toyota's hybrids, how NASA is replacing silicon with silicon carbide, how MRAMs will launch into space, how silicon photonics are going mainstream and how the world's first optical interconnect for printed circuit boards. Thse stories were compiled from interviews I do for EETimes where you'll find Global News for the Creators of Technology at EETimes.com Download the file [7:01] Week In Review February 23, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week's top stories include how researchers are weaving nanogenerators into fabrics to eliminate battery rechargers, how IBM has unveiled an advance in atomic memory characterization, how Freescale has retaineed its crown as the world's top auto microcontroller supplier, how NEC has succcessfully fabricated flexible nanotube transistors, and how security concerns are coming to embedded systems. These stories were compiled from interviews I do for EETimes where you'll find Global News for the Creators of Technology at EETimes.com Download the file [7:57] Week In Review February 16, 2008 R. Colin Johnson This week's top stories include solder being made obsolete by growing copper pillars instead, the first GHz chip to be interrconnected by nanotubes, the first software-defined radio chip, and how thin films are enabling implatable pharmacies on a chip. Thse stories were compiled from interviews I do for EETimes where you'll find Global News for the Creators of Technology at EETimes.com Download the file [6:48]
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