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  • What Has and Hasn’t Changed in the Basic Design of Robots? You May Be Surprised

    What Has and Hasn’t Changed in the Basic Design of Robots? You May Be Surprised

    At a Glance Make sure you understand the basics of robot design as well as the robotic engineering lifecycle process Consider your options for electromechanical design and programming New trends include the use of AI and edge computing as well as mobility and miniaturization Read the whole story at Design News.

  • What is middle-out systems engineering?

    What is middle-out systems engineering?

    Middle-out approaches concurrently combine the best aspects of traditional top-down and subsystem-level bottom up development methods. But is it enough? By John Blyler, Founding Systems Engineering, JB Systems In school, systems engineering is taught as a top-down process, but in actual practice is involved bottom-up techniques. In the former, the desired system is broken down…

  • SEMI Oregon Breakfast Forum: Wearable Electronics – Challenges and Opportunities

    SEMI Oregon Breakfast Forum: Wearable Electronics – Challenges and Opportunities

    Attention – Electronics and semiconductor professionals in the Pacific Northwest! SEMI is having another half-day breakfast forum. Wearable devices have challenging requirements for power consumption, compactness, lightweight, low cost, high flexibility, ease-of-use, durability, and conformability. This technical forum will address and highlight recent advances, key challenges, current solutions, and future opportunities for wearable and flexible…

  • Li-Fi Adds Data to Light the Way

    Li-Fi Adds Data to Light the Way

    Light fidelity (Li-Fi) technologies are bringing illumination and communication capabilities that will both complement and, in many ways, surpass today’s wireless Wi-Fi systems.

  • Why 3D Scan?

    Why 3D Scan?

    Engineers need to consider the challenges when using 3D scanning technology.