Category: Engineering & Technology
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Antennas – The History
Introducing Andrew Walla This is a guest blog article from Andrew Walla who is an expert in Radio Frequency Engineering (RF), particularly focusing on small form factor Antennas. So the emphasis is on compact antennas which fits in with our recent emphasis on the Internet of Things (IoT). A couple of other caveats. Notable omissions…
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Miller Puckette and New Music Creation
Making Music is Creative Making music is a creative process. At every level. There is not only composing and playing, but there is the instruments themselves and also how we record and play back music. Technology and creativity abound at every level. I’m a musician. That is how I ended up in Electronics Engineering.…
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Self Thinking Robots – Where it Began
Self Thinking Robots Although that is what they are called, I’m not convinced it is actually thinking. It certainly wouldn’t pass the Turing Test. But I thought this showed a good comparison as to how far the state of the art has come. Lets start off with a look at the very beginnings of…
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Brain Scanning Gets Scary
Brain Scanning The ability to scan details of the brain is a common theme of both science fiction and also modern medicine’s wish list. So just how likely is it that we will be able to do that any time soon? Check out this image captured by a project focused on capturing the Wiring Diagram…