…Continued from The Microcosm of IoT in Formula 1 (Part 1) The typical F1 racing car embodies the sophisticated engineering — designed to win and only but win. The racing platform itself (both team, driver, and car) executes every deductive decision vetted against one pillar called “performance.” Here’s the quantified car and driver. At 1.5 […]
At last month’s MIT Technology Review Digital Summit, PubNub CEO Todd Greene discussed the importance of connecting Internet of Things embedded devices on a reliable and secure realtime network. CPU, battery, and bandwidth consumption, as well as security are all paramount considerations that need to be taken into account when connecting low-powered embedded devices. You’ll find […]
Aerodynamics has always been a primary factor in decision-making and competitiveness in motor sports. For a racer, understanding the car platforms racing characteristics helps tune a competitive racing plan, yielding the advantages and disadvantages to the competitive car. The racer delivers the maximum window of opportunity to gain advantage in a fierce duel [passing], managing […]
A Swedish designer by the name of Erik Melldahl has teamed with BMW to introduce a 3D-printed concept vehicle named Maasaica — stemming from Latin word for the lion species in Kenya, Panthera Leo Masaica. Although this next-gen car is still likely a couple of decades away, the concept certainly brings clever futuristic ideas and alternative designs to the forefront. “Imagine a third industrial revolution where sustainable […]
Writing for Business Insider, Emily Adler notes that the Internet of Things (IoT) — a world comprised of ordinary objects connected to the web and accessible from mobile devices — will soon emerge as a huge market, “dwarfing all other consumer electronics categories.” Just how large are we talking? BI Intelligence reveals that 1.9 billion once-inert everyday and enterprise devices are already connected to the Internet […]
According to market research firm DisplaySearch, the share of flexible smartphones in the overall smartphone market is expected to reach 40% in 2018, up from merely 0.2% last year. This should come with little surprise following recent analyst forecasts projecting the flexible display market to cross the $3.89 billion threshold by 2020 – growing at an impressively high […]
What platform has become the most sophisticated and intimate personal electronic environment ever? The car. To paraphrase a famous automotive company’s top executive, car companies are transforming the car into a powerful smartphone that allows drivers to carry around, customize, and interact with their digital world. Automotive electronics are currently centered around people (infotainment and […]
With 212 billion connected devices expected to arrive within the next few years, Atmel is joining forces with tech leaders Broadcom, Dell, Intel, Samsung and Wind River to establish a new industry group focused on improving interoperability and streamlining connectivity. At this point, there are multiple proposals and forums driving varying approaches, yet no single solution addresses the majority of key requirements. The newly-unveiled Open […]
A new report authored by Grand View Research analysts confirm the global embedded systems market remains on track to reach $214.39 billion by 2020. To be sure, a favorable regulatory environment for the installation of smart devices such as smart meters is expected to drive global embedded system demand over the forecast period. In addition, […]
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a material with the same weight and density as aerogel – a material so light it’s called ‘frozen smoke’ – but with 10,000 times more stiffness. According to Kenneth K Ma of Lawrence Livemore, the material could have a […]
