Topic “electrical engineer”
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2008-11-15
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More wireless power: this one looks practical
I’m not an experienced electrical engineer so I’m never sure about the feasibility of this sort of thing, but I’ve seen wireless power demonstrated before, and if you’re willing to work within certain restrictions, it seems to be a perfectly good option. I don’t really like the idea of, say, microwave based power being shot [...] read
2008-11-10
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First video game honored at Brookhaven lab birthplace
[…] net. The action took place on a round oscilloscope screen that measured all of five inches across. &”;It was very simple to operate,&„; said Mr. Dvorak, now 57 and an electrical engineer in Saugerties.As a child, Mr. Dvorak periodically tagged along with his father to the laboratory, and he fell in love with the fledgling electronic game on one visit. &”;I remember it being a lot of fun,&„; he said.&”;When you look at Pong, they’re not all that different,&„; he said, referring to the 1972 Atari game. […] read
2008-11-09
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Proto-Pong Honored at Nuclear Laboratory [History]
[…] it. Next time you're outside a game store waiting in line for a new AAA-release, remember you're a part of a phenomenon now half-a-century old. Dvorak's son, who is now 57, fondly recalls playing the game. He's an electrical engineer now. And he's still a gamer. &”;Games are great,&„; Robert Dvorak Jr. said. &”;You a learn a lot about strategy, you interact with people, you use tools and creativity. I’m a gamer, period.&„; Brookhaven Honors a Pioneer Video Game [New York Times, and NYT photo] read
2008-08-15
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Father of Rewinding Dies at 90 [Obituaries]
[…] States and Canada in efforts to help locate and track German U-boats. After the war, he was honorably discharged and returned to New York City to work for NBC as an electrical engineer, often working on broadcasts of Yankees games (he knew and was friends with many of the players, including many who are considered "greats" today). It was here that he developed the technology for rewinding to work properly (think of something like when you're watching tv and you see someone drop an egg on the […] read
2008-08-08
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The Man Who Invented Stereo
In a single 1931 document, electrical engineer Alan Blumlein patented stereo records, stereo movie sountracks and surround sound. His equipment was used to make some of the first stereo recordings at EMI's Abbey Road studios - several decades before the technology came into popular use. Blumlein went on to pioneer 405 line TV (the first wholly electronic format which won out over John Logie Baird's rival system) and to produce the equipment that made the first outside […] read
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The Man Who Invented Stereo
In a single 1931 document, electrical engineer Alan Blumlein patented stereo records, stereo movie sountracks and surround sound. His equipment was used to make some of the first stereo recordings at EMI's Abbey Road studios - several decades before the technology came into popular use. Blumlein went on to pioneer 405 line TV (the first wholly electronic format which won out over John Logie Baird's rival system) and to produce the equipment that made the first outside […] read
2008-06-11
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Geologists are Republicans? [Gene Expression]
[…] 247742 2.31 2.23 biochemist 23 117 16567 100415 5.09 6.06 biologist 27 278 13809 156868 10.3 11.36 geologist 321 294 321835 195143 0.92 0.61 electrical engineer 321 374 184539 244717 1.17 1.33 mechanical engineer 155 149 109542 86466 0.96 0.79 civil engineer 555 419 488337 284625 0.75 0.58 chemical engineer 123 97 87113 54524 0.79 0.63 economist 205 798 239043 784461 3.89 3.28 I suspect that geologists are explicable when you note […] read
2008-05-02
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Hunt for the kill switch in microchips
[…] with "malicious" circuitry hidden inside. IEEE Spectrum writer Sally Adee looked at the technicalities of the controversy. She told me, "I think interviewed every electrical engineer in the country so I could wrap my head around 1) why that's a big deal and 2) how it would affect me (I'm selfish that way.) From IEEE Spectrum: Feeding those (fever) dreams is the Pentagon's realization that it no longer controls who manufactures the components that go into its increasingly complex systems. A […] read
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Hunt for the kill switch in microchips
[…] with "malicious" circuitry hidden inside. IEEE Spectrum writer Sally Adee looked at the technicalities of the controversy. She told me, "I think interviewed every electrical engineer in the country so I could wrap my head around 1) why that's a big deal and 2) how it would affect me (I'm selfish that way.) From IEEE Spectrum: Feeding those (fever) dreams is the Pentagon's realization that it no longer controls who manufactures the components that go into its increasingly complex systems. A […] read
2008-04-30
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How An Electronic Lock Helped a Crazy Austrian Man Keep His Daughter as a Sex Slave For 24 Years [Shocking]
[…] the whole thing a secret—even from his wife. The question is...how? galleryPost('fritzlhouse', 4, ''); According to police reports, Fritzl was a retired electrical engineer who used his skills to construct a basement dungeon that measured less than six feet high in some areas with a total living space composed of three "cells" measuring around 650 square feet in total. In order to prevent his family living on the outside from gaining access to the room, Fritzl constructed a […] read