A bit of Silicon Valley history
EE Times is kicking off its Golden Anniversary celebration with a series by Malcolm Penn on the roots of the industry, focusing on Silicon Valley where so many things began.
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RFusion: the robot that locates AND retrieves your lost items
Thanks to researchers at MIT, there’s a robot that will not just locate your lost whatever, but will fetch it for you – even when your lost whatever is out of sight: stuck between the couch cushions, in a stack of papers on your desk, in that pile of clothes that have been piling up on the chair in the bedroom.
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What you missed if you missed CES 2022
We’re always interested in what’s happening in the consumer space, too. So what was there to see at CES 2022?
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Tech predictions for 2022
As a new year begins, I’m always interested in seeing what the prognosticators are prognosticating will happen over the next twelve months. So I was more than happy to wander around seeing what different sites had to say about what they’re foreseeing for 2022.
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The top emerging technologies of the past decade – Part Two
Part Two of my summary of the World Economics Forum’s list of major technological trends of the past decade – technologies that have “changed the world.”
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The top emerging technologies of the past decade – Part One
It’s that time of year when many of us take a look back on what's happened over the past twelve months. I was taking just such a look when I came across a piece from the World Economics Forum on technology trends that looked back an entire decade.
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Because grownups like tech toys, too!
When I went to look around for lists of the best tech gifts for 2021, my head began to spin. So many lists, so many items, so little time!
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Tech Toys for the Tech Kids on Your Holiday Shopping List
Even though my kids are grown, and there are as yet no little tech grandkids running around, as the holiday season approaches each year, the kid in me still likes to take a look at what’s hot when it comes to tech toys for kids.
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Autonomous Vehicles: Myths according to Philip Koopman
EE Times recently had a provocative article by Carnegie Mellon associate professor Philip Koopman. While Koopman definitely sees the potential benefits of AVs, he argues that AV technology is still “immature”, and that AV industry campaigning to keep regulatory oversight at a minimum is wrong-headed.
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Do we really need men’s cologne to be connected?
Paco Rabanne, the men's fragrance, has gone high tech, with a robot shaped bottle which has a cap with a chip that connects you (via smartphone) to some online content.
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