The metallic microlattice technology just amazed the Internet due to Boeing’s release of a video depicting what has been dubbed “the lightest metal ever”. Sophia Yang, a researcher from HR (Hughes Research) laboratories, speaks of the qualities and the opportunities induced by this material. Curre
The PC-on-a-stick (Stick PC or Compute Stick) concept features an entire operating system on a small device that has a reduced energy consumption. Basically, we are talking about a particular variety of the System on a Chip (SoC) concept, as it was the case with PandaBoard , launched in 2010. Tiny
3D printing has recently registered a surge in the constant attention it meets on the Internet. Also called addictive manufacturing , the technique that has become viral implies sequential depositing of a material onto a powder bed via inkjet printer heads. Extrusion and sintering are more recent
With leading tech figures publicly speaking about near future developments that seem out of science fiction movies, changes are on the horizon. In many fields, core technology is changing rapidly, and the logistics are keeping up. What are the tech revolutions most talked about nowadays? Let’s see…
Bluetooth Low Energy, abbreviated BLE Bluetooth Low Energy is a technology first developed by Nokia researchers (2006). It ended up entirely different from the Bluetooth technology, although based on the same standards. iBeacon is Apple’s implementation of BLE, introduced in 2013. Before that the f
