[ad_1] #Trump calls for new $4 billion Air Force One contract to be cancelled – an annotated infographic In the wacky world of Donald Trump’s America, the approach to policy appears to lurch wildly from the reasonably sensible to the fundamentally insane. That, it appears, is the contrary nature of both The Donald’s broad, straight-talking appeal andRead more about #Trump calls for new $4 billion Air Force One contract to be cancelled – an annotated infographic[…]

[ad_1]   You can now read more about his thoughts on how best to get young people to embrace engineering…. In an interview with DesignSpark, he talks about – for example – the need to encourage creativity, as opposed to following a standard, narrow IT curriculum… Prior to his current role at FabLab London, TonyRead more about FabLab London’s Tony Fish looks for EW BrightSparks creativity[…]

[ad_1] The next batch of Android Wear may not be out for a while, but Google seems to still be finding fresh talent to support its wearable lineup. Smartwatch developer Cronologics revealed it is joining the Android Wear team. An intriguing move, given that the company’s previous project involved working on a smartwatch OS forRead more about Google snaps up team behind Alexa-powered smartwatch to work on Android Wear[…]

[ad_1] Kablammo!! #Trump will have his finger on the #nuclear button – an annotated infographic All of this would be funny if it weren’t actually true… When Donald Trump becomes the next US President (yes, this is really happening, it’s not all a surrealist nightmare), he will immediately have access to, and sole launch authority for, all of America’s nuclearRead more about Kablammo!! #Trump will have his finger on the #nuclear button – an annotated infographic[…]

[ad_1] This makes it able to fabricate Asics which will meet the emerging 50Gbit/s industry standards such as OIF CEI-56G-LR and IEEE 802.3cd. The SerDes core, designated FX-14, supports both PAM4 and NRZ signaling, with the capability to equalise over 35dB of insertion loss. “The explosive growth in network bandwidth continues to drive the need for AsicRead more about Globalfoundries demoes finfet silicon running at 56Gbit/s[…]

[ad_1] It’s fair to say that Neil Young’s Pono Player didn’t exactly set the world on fire.  Touted as Young’s way of “[moving] digital music into the 21st century” the player’s unusual triangular form-factor, poor battery life and lack of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth made it a hard gadget to recommend.  In a recent interview withRead more about Neil Young's Pono may live on as a hi-res streaming service[…]

[ad_1] Maria Marced “We are delighted to announce Maria’s appointment to our board and look forward to her valuable contributions,” said Peter McManamon, Chairman of the Board of CEVA. “Maria is a reputable executive with extensive management experience from a number of large semiconductor companies. Maria will provide CEVA with a broad perspective on theRead more about Maria Marced joins CEVA board[…]

[ad_1] Good news for commuters, as Transport for NSW has announced that it’s teaming up with Twitter Australia to launch a convenient and personal alert system.  The service is focussed on “major disruptions on the suburban and intercity train networks”, and is geared towards weekday workers with regular commute schedules. The process is relatively simple,Read more about NSW commuters rejoice: Twitter will soon tell you exactly how late your train is running[…]

[ad_1] Nintendo’s @SuperMarioRuns set to hit #iPhone App Store this week – an annotated infographic Super Mario Run for Apple’s iPhone and iPad is forecast to be an historic mobile game launch – quite possibly bigger even than the Pokémon Go phenomenon. As we all now know, Nintendo didn’t actually develop Pokemon Go and don’t makeRead more about Nintendo’s @SuperMarioRuns set to hit #iPhone App Store this week – an annotated infographic[…]

[ad_1] The new devices, dubbed UltraPlus, have more memory (1.1 Mbit RAM), twice the digital signal processors (8x DSPs), and improved I/Os over previous generations. Typically they are used for application specific processing offload in battery-powered systems. These applications include: voice recognition, gesture recognition, image recognition, haptic and graphics acceleration. According to Lattice: “More DSPs offer the abilityRead more about Lattice gives iCE40 more power, I/O and memory[…]