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Mobile World Congress 2018: Startups Push Hybrid Approach for Massive MIMO Antennas

8 Μαρτίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Purely digital massive MIMO antennas are not realistic for 5G networks, but a hybrid approach may be just right Photo: Dexter Johnson At Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona last week, there were a number of companies offering improvements to massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output) technology. Massive MIMO systems…

Keepon Helps Kids Learn to Argue Better

7 Μαρτίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Social robots (especially cute ones) can help children resolve conflicts without all the screaming Photo: Randi Klett/IEEE Spectrum With Keepon helping kids work through their disagreements, conflicts were more often resolved constructively through sharing, turn taking, trading, and playing together. Kids are not well known for their conflict resolution skills.…

ABB Introduces Your Digital Assistant

6 Μαρτίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Create your own digital workspace with ABB Connect and communicate with clients, suppliers and colleagues via live sharing. S. Himmelstein In pioneering industrial digitalization technology, and having realized an installed base of more than 70,000 control systems connecting 70 million devices, ABB has developed an extensive catalogue of solutions available…

QuickTime’s Developers Reflect on Doing Digital Video in Software

6 Μαρτίου 2018 by paulkokos

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They were fresh out of college, thrilled just to be hired by Apple, would have worked on anything—and ended up changing video, Apple, and more Photo: Tekla Perry From left, Curator Hansen Hsu, Peter Hoddie, Bruce Leak, and Doug Camplejohn at the Computer History Museum’s Press Play: The Origins of…

Can the U.S. Military Combat the Coming Swarm of Weaponized Drones?

6 Μαρτίου 2018 by paulkokos

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The U.S. Army will have to dramatically change its timeframes to deal with drones, study says Photo: Eddie Gerald/Alamy  To counter the threats posed by small drones, the U.S. military may have to…

Piezoelectric-Thermal-Structural Modeling

6 Μαρτίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Learn how to couple piezoelectric, structural vibration, and heat transfer phenomena in a model If you are interested in learning how to couple piezoelectric, structural vibration, and heat transfer phenomena in a model, then tune into this webinar featuring guest speaker Kyle Koppenhoefer from AltaSim Technologies. The heating of a…

Research Proves Drones Sound Like Bees, Which Is Good News for Elephants

6 Μαρτίου 2018 by paulkokos

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There isn't much that scares an elephant, but drones designed to sound like bees could help save them Photo: iStock Photo There isn’t much that scares a fully grown African elephant. Lions? Maybe a little bit. Humans? Not really. Mice? Nah, that’s kind of a myth. It turns out that…

Spec Changes Top List of Power Designer’s Challenges

3 Μαρτίου 2018 by paulkokos

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This whitepaper explores today’s top power system design obstacles, the causes of specification changes and solutions to overcoming spec changes and other challenges. Power designers face many challenges. Vicor research has identified over a dozen challenges, but the biggest one is changes in specifications for the power system during development. …

Video Friday: Robot Roller Skating, BonsAI Tree, and Thor's Hammer

2 Μαρτίου 2018 by paulkokos

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Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos Photo: ETH Zurich Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here’s what we have so far (send us your…

The Costly Fiasco of Minnesota’s Licensing and Registration System

2 Μαρτίου 2018 by paulkokos

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The state needs another $43 million to fix the system Photo: ZUMA Press Inc/Alamy Stock Photo Residents wait for their turn at a DMV office in Minnesota. How long should a state take to develop an information system to manage its vehicle and driver services’ transactions? For Minnesota, the wish is…

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