Henri Komrij, R&D Manager for Agilent Technologies' Component Test Division, shows off the N9912A FieldFox RF Analyzer. Watch it now...
Agilent Technologies' Chris Johnston provides the rundown on the N5106A PXB MIMO receiver tester.. Watch it now...
Corey Chao, low-power processors marketing manager at Texas Instruments, discusses the new C6745 and C6747 DSPs and the OMAP-L137 applications processor. Watch it now...
Technology editor Don Tuite speaks with Dr. Michael Briere about International Rectifier's new gallium nitride (GaN)-based power device technology platform. Watch it now...
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FEATURED ARTICLE As Robots Get Smaller, Potential Applications Get Bigger
Step inside the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. Here, in a country perhaps best known for its fine chocolates and wristwatches, engineers are building awesome robots with formidable powers. But you may have to squint a little to see them at work, because the Swiss bots can be kind of hard to see. “Each is about the size of a locust,” explains Miko Kovac, the machines’ creator. Unlike the thundering,...
VIDEO: Under The Hood Of The Tesla Roadster
After the Roadster test drive, I had a serendipitous interview with Tesla’s CTO, J.B. Straubel, during MIT’s annual Emerging Technology conference. In the video interview, Straubel shares info about the upcoming Tesla sedan and the new factory slated to be built in San Jose.
VIDEO: Riding Shotgun In Tesla’s Roadster
Getting to take a test ride in a Tesla Roadster is a thrill enough, but getting Bob Pease out for a spin as well—talk about an experience! Our Analog and Power Editor Don Tuite just so happens to married to Vicky Tuite, senior test engineer at Tesla Motors. Talk about lucky. She recently had the keys to a brilliant orange Tesla with the enviable mission of running down the batteries for some low-charge tests the next day. And guess who got to ride shotgun.
