The ability to control light pulses on an integrated chip-based platform is a major step toward the realization of all-optical quantum communication networks, with potentially vast improvements in ultra-low-power performance.

Blacksmiths make horseshoes by heating, beating and bending iron, but what's happening to the metal's individual atoms during such a process? Cornell researchers, using computational modeling, are providing new insight into how atoms in crystals rearrange as the material is bent and shaped.

The modern world, with its ubiquitous electronic devices and electrical power, can trace its lineage directly to the discovery, less than two centuries ago, of the link between electricity and magnetism. But while engineers have harnessed electromagnetic forces on a global scale, physicists still struggle to describe the dance between electrons that creates magnetic fields.

Rice University researchers have won a $1.8 million federal grant for one of the nation's first, real-world tests of wireless communications technology that uses a broad spectral range, including dormant broadcast television channels, to deliver free, high-speed broadband Internet service.

Rice University scientists have created the first two-terminal memory chips that use only silicon, one of the most common substances on the planet, in a way that should be easily adaptable to nanoelectronic manufacturing techniques and promises to extend the limits of miniaturization subject to Moore's Law.

A team of researchers from the U.S. and France report the development of a mirco-supercapacitor with remarkable properties. These micro-supercapacitors have the potential to power nomad electronics, wireless sensor networks, biomedical implants, active RFID tags and embedded microsensors, among other devices.

A pioneering study by researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has shown that sandwiching a simple layer of silver nanoparticles can significantly improve the performance of organic transistors commonly used in consumer electronics. This breakthrough is expected to cut down the cost of memory devices and improve their performance.

Researchers at McGill University's Department of Chemistry have now discovered how to control the piezoelectric effect in nanoscale semiconductors called "quantum dots," enabling the development of incredibly tiny new products.

A new optical antenna could improve the efficiency of devices that handle just a few photons at a time, such as quantum computers and quantum cryptography circuits.

The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, has announced a collaborative partnership with Stanford University to develop silicon nanowire-based circuits that are inspired by the brain.

As 2010 approaches, I-Connect007's European Editor, Pete Starkey, decided to take a look back at the year's top technical articles--compiling a list of the most popular articles across the site.

Buckyballs, nanotubes and diamonds all show amazing potential for the electronics of the future. Now, nanotubes and diamonds we understand. But why should we take buckyballs seriously? Find out in this edition of Maxed Out!

Why do so many OEMs have their boards built in Asia? It's because, by and large, North American fabricators simply shun new technology. Shops in the U.S. and Canada must retool now if we ever want to lure back the high-tech business we drove away years ago.

Under Happy Holden's editorial direction, this definitive engineering textbook for electronics design, fabrication and assembly engineers will be distributed as a free download.

Moderated by SMART Group Technical Director Bob Willis, TechnologyWorld08 included presentations from Joe Fjelstad of Verdant Electronics; Thomas Ahrens of Fraunhofer Institute; Craig Hillman of DfR Solutions; David Pedder of TWI; and Markys Cain of NPL.

Replacing the vertical solder ball connections between chips and boards with copper pillars creates stronger connections and the ability to create more connections.

"It is only through effective prioritization of limited R&D programs that the electronics industry will be able to maintain the technology leadership that it has enjoyed for the past 50 years," said Alan Rae, iNEMI's director of research and vice president for NanoDynamics, Inc

Sanmina-SCI and Shocking Technologies have announced the production of what is claimed to be the world's first PCB with embedded ESD protection covering 100 percent of the components on the board.

The novel interconnection is achieved through low-profile, pin-shaped contacts which replace conventional technologies used today, such as solder balls on semiconductor packages and plated vias in package substrates and PCBs.

IPC and Intel Corp. have announced a technology interchange, "Where Are We Going? Where Do We Need to Be?" The one-day forum will be held May 23, 2007.

I'm very happy at the moment, largely because my wonderful wife, Gina the Gorgeous, gave me a Kindle for Christmas. This little thingy is my fist-ever product based on electronic paper, and I'm kicking myself for not getting one earlier.

As 2010 approaches, I-Connect007's European Editor, Pete Starkey, decided to take a look back at the year's top technical articles--compiling a list of the most popular articles across the site.

Yes, I am a reading fool, among other things. Here are reviews of three very cool books I just finished reading. I recommend all three, but "Netware: A Computer in Every Living Cell" by Dennis Bray is a real standout. Surf over to Amazon right away and check them out.

The next-generation displays will blend the best features of the current crop. For instance, surface emission display (SED) technology uses carbon nanotubes to provide a screen that is thin and flat like an LCD, but is as bright and vibrant as a CRT-based display.

Do your eyes associate words or letters with certain colors? If you have a particular kind of synaeshtesia, the answer is yes. And if you're a synaeshtetic electrical engineer, you may perceive different colors when looking at a black-and-white gate-level schematic. How can this be, you ask? Let's dive in and see!

The humble computer keyboard on your desk owes its success to a line of ancestry that includes the typewriter, the printing telegraph and the teleprinter. And, as is the case with most cool inventions, a Bell Labs engineer played a role.

If you've ever bought a new computer, chances are you had to decipher a bunch of techie talk about color, color depth, resolution and other confusing terms. But, fear not! In this week's column, you'll learn more about display color depths than you thought your brain could handle.

Displaying information on a screen is an incredibly efficient way for a computer to communicate with us. So where did computer screens come from? Well, as is often the case, engineers employed an existing technology developed for an entirely different purpose: Television.

Remote sensor nodes--used for energy harvesting and environmental monitoring--were the talk of the Sensor Expo in Chicago, Illinois. Will these motes fuel the next killer app for the electronics industry?

In a series of columns a few months back, we followed the development of Max's "Man vs. Woman Display-O-Meter," an idea he borrowed from that humorous e-mail. Max has an update on his contraption, which will feature a PICAXE microcontroller.

I'm very happy at the moment, largely because my wonderful wife, Gina the Gorgeous, gave me a Kindle for Christmas. This little thingy is my fist-ever product based on electronic paper, and I'm kicking myself for not getting one earlier.

As 2010 approaches, I-Connect007's European Editor, Pete Starkey, decided to take a look back at the year's top technical articles--compiling a list of the most popular articles across the site.

Yes, I am a reading fool, among other things. Here are reviews of three very cool books I just finished reading. I recommend all three, but "Netware: A Computer in Every Living Cell" by Dennis Bray is a real standout. Surf over to Amazon right away and check them out.

The next-generation displays will blend the best features of the current crop. For instance, surface emission display (SED) technology uses carbon nanotubes to provide a screen that is thin and flat like an LCD, but is as bright and vibrant as a CRT-based display.

Do your eyes associate words or letters with certain colors? If you have a particular kind of synaeshtesia, the answer is yes. And if you're a synaeshtetic electrical engineer, you may perceive different colors when looking at a black-and-white gate-level schematic. How can this be, you ask? Let's dive in and see!

The humble computer keyboard on your desk owes its success to a line of ancestry that includes the typewriter, the printing telegraph and the teleprinter. And, as is the case with most cool inventions, a Bell Labs engineer played a role.

If you've ever bought a new computer, chances are you had to decipher a bunch of techie talk about color, color depth, resolution and other confusing terms. But, fear not! In this week's column, you'll learn more about display color depths than you thought your brain could handle.

Displaying information on a screen is an incredibly efficient way for a computer to communicate with us. So where did computer screens come from? Well, as is often the case, engineers employed an existing technology developed for an entirely different purpose: Television.

Remote sensor nodes--used for energy harvesting and environmental monitoring--were the talk of the Sensor Expo in Chicago, Illinois. Will these motes fuel the next killer app for the electronics industry?

In a series of columns a few months back, we followed the development of Max's "Man vs. Woman Display-O-Meter," an idea he borrowed from that humorous e-mail. Max has an update on his contraption, which will feature a PICAXE microcontroller.