In This Issue: Electronic Nose In much the same way as dogs with their keen sense of smell can be trained to detect odors, electronic devices can be built to perform this same task. "Electronic sensing" technology has applications in quality control, health care, crime and safety, and environmental monitoring. Check out these new sensors [...]
Voler Systems will offer a sneak peek at their Universal Health-Sensor Platform at the 2018 Sensor Expo & Conference. Voler's wearable health platform makes it possible to innovate faster and at a lower cost with rapid prototyping. It's no longer necessary for a company to design the core electronics and basic software for a new [...]
In This Issue: Disruptive Startups Let’s talk about disruptive startups in 2018. Entrepreneurs create more than six million new businesses in the United States. Every year, a small percentage of them are successful and put existing business out of business. So who are those companies that are disrupting old industries and creating new ones? Here [...]
In This Issue: Voice Activated Wake Up and Ultra Low Power Design Some applications use voice commands to “wake” the device from the low power detection mode and switch to the “recognition” mode, applying their algorithms to spoken words and phrases. This is ideal for many wearable devices as well as other battery operated devices. [...]
In This Issue: User Interface for Chemical Analysis Voler Systems developed an instrument that measures turbidity (cloudiness) of water for industrial water processing. It uses the refractive index of the fluid to measure the volume of minute particles in the water. The user interface provided control for operational, diagnostic, and calibration functions. We provided a [...]
Nothing beats face-to-face meetings for keeping one’s finger on the industry pulse and staying abreast of new developments. We’ve created a roundup of robotic meetups around Silicon Valley. We always look forward to establishing new and growing existing relationships via networking at events like these. One event, we will attend is on Sept 14: [...]
In This Issue: Getting Data into the Cloud Developers have several options for getting data into the cloud, the best method requires evaluating power needs, WiFi coverage, data transmission rates, and related costs. Read more Hackathons – Kickoff for Innovation Hackathons are useful for companies to generate promising product ideas and stimulate the creative and [...]
In This Issue: Biosensors: Avoiding errors measuring physiological functions like EKG, heart rate, and temperature Wearable medical devices are biosensors attached to the human body to detect and monitor changes and capture biological / physiological data. These devices are usually non-invasive devices that function autonomously. Monitoring older adults and subjects with chronic conditions in the [...]
In This Issue: We Love Design Challenges We love hard problems, good design, good coffee, and cool hardware gadgets. We love to design! Sometimes the hardest design problems are the most interesting. Here's how we approach the hard design challenges Engineering Manager: Are You a Boss or a Leader? Learning to be a leader to [...]
In This Issue: The Engineering Manager's Journey For engineering managers who want to create workplace environments for high performance and engineering excellence, learning from peers is a great way to become a better manager. Check out some lessons learned from peer engineering leaders. John Dring: Vice President of Engineering John Dring is our Vice President [...]
