Table Tracking Technology Comes to Panera
Over the summer, I took my kids out to a weekend breakfast at a local Panera, which is rolling out new table tracking technology,
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ARM and the Internet of Things
Dave Blaza, on the ARM Connected Community, had a couple of interested articles on the topic of ARM and the Internet of Things.
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A new twist on sensors
A week or so back, I saw in the news that the U.S. Department of Defense is funding the FlexTech Alliance, a consortium of 162 academic institutions, researchers, and that will focus on “flexible hybrid electronics, which can be embedded with sensors and stretched, twisted and bent to fit aircraft or other platform where they […]
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To boldly go where no man* has gone before
Somewhere along the line, I bookmarked an article on a robot used to study volcanoes. I finally got around to reading it, and thought it would make for an interesting blog post. So here goes. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is using 3D vision-enabled robots that are dropped into volcanoes so that scientists can get […]
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The impact of robots on development
Altera's Ron Wilson seeing he increase in robots as having an impact on development hardware and timetables. He cautions embedded systems developers to plan carefully. (That said, embedded systems development has always required thoughtful planning.)
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Obsolescence
While products are becoming obsolete all the time, the technology underlying digital products stays remarkably stable. Processing gets faster and more powerful, but the fundamentals stay the same.
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Traffic Signal Pre-emption Systems
Traffic signal pre-emption systems are getting better - and that's a good thing.
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Two New CMOS Consortia Worth Mentioning
CISTERN and EXIST are two new European consortia focused on developing new CMOS capabilities. We'll be keeping an eye on them.
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Firefighting and the IoT
With a son who’s been a volunteer firefighter and EMT since he’s been in high school and is now a professional engineer working in fire equipment sales and support, you can best believe that I was interested in a recent article in Forbes entitled “How The Internet Of Things Can Help Firefighters Save Lives."
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Ready for IPv6
In case you missed the news, the North American well has finally run dry on IP (IPv4 – 32 bit) addresses. But not to worry. Critical Link has made the leap to IPv6 (128 bit). All of our Linux-based SoMs have IPv6 support available. This includes the MitySOM-5CSx, MitySOM-335x, and MityDSP-L138(F) families, as well as our new 5CSx-based MityCAM cameras.
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