Archive for the 'Misc Readings' Category

LED lamps will replace light bulbs in near future

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Seems this can be true. Faiz Rahman who is a nano electronics researcher at Glazgow university states that low-energy bright LED light Bulbs are almost here. As matter of fact LEDs are very energy efficient, but fact is that about 70% of electrical energy is converted to light, and only about 20% of it getting [...]

Word’s first appendix operation through the mouth

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Non invasive surgery is getting more common and popular because of many reasons like less scars, less risk to patients life, faster recovery. All technologies needed are here and there is no reason not to use it.

Probably appendix surgery is one of most frequent operation. Is is quite simple and seems obvious method - surgeon [...]

Bizzare Intermittent Wind Powered Generator

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

As the global fuel price keeps rising like a rocket, it is always a pleasure to find some alternative power supply.
The wind energy can be considered as one of the clean, eco-friendly and free energy. The main problem is natural wind did not always blow at the same speed and this will gradually affected [...]

USB types and architecture

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

USB (Universal Serial Bus) - is type of serial communication interface since January 15, 1996 when first USB-1.0 specification came up to day light. There were several organizations behind USB creation like Compaq, DEC, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, and Northern Telecom. There are several modifications of USB, but most common for microcontrollers are Low [...]

Intestinal Robots

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Intestinal robots are artificial electromechanical systems – robots – that were designed for exploring the inner cavities and organs of the body, particularly the intestines and other parts of the digestive tract.  Built to replace or provide an alternative to colonoscopy, currently the only option for taking a look inside the human body (this is [...]

Robotic Assistance for the Disabled

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Embedded devices – particularly digital ones – that are specially designed to assist individuals with disabilities are often seen as the next step in that particular field of technology.  Such embedded devices generally have several advantages over the previous wave of embedded devices that have monitoring functions, control capabilities and the ability to access and [...]

Embedded Electronics in Space and Medicine

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Embedded medical and space systems make use of miniaturized computers that are designed and programmed to do only one or a very limited number of functions. Their minute size and very low energy demands allow them to be used in several environments. Combined with other systems, they can be used to create any [...]

Sherpa Robot codename BigDog

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

The Sherpa robot (codenamed ‘BigDog’) is supposedly the most advanced four-footed robot in the world. The project is funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and is being developed in cooperation with other agencies and organizations. Other DARPA-funded robot projects include that of the tree-climbing robot.
The BigDog project aims to create [...]

Embedded Electronics in Medicinal and Biological Sciences

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Embedded medical and biological application refers to the use of technology and computers for observing certain events or generating a response when certain events occur. ‘Embedded’ points to the fact that such devices are either small or very passive, or both, such that the subjects of the observations are not continuously aware of it.

Green Embedded Electronics

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

‘Green electronics’ is an ideal that refers to environmentally friendly digital devices. Before the idea was brought forward, a considerable percentage of components involved in the manufacturing process of most electronic and digital devices were very toxic. Chemicals such as lead and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) were commonly used in the manufacture of items [...]