A Semi-Autonomous Race Car? Yes, it pretty much exists!
Our partner Arrow Electronics partnered with quadriplegic race car driver Sam Schmidt to work on a semi-autonomous race car that has gotten up to speed in the 200 m.p.h. range.
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Tech Toy shopping? Here are a few ideas.
This time of year, I like to take a look at the best tech toys out there. Kelly Hodgkins had an interesting list on Digital Trends, which I keyed off of here. Happy shopping!
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Gartner’s Latest Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle
A look at Gartner's latest hype cycle on emerging technologies. (For those eagerly awaiting Autonomous Flying Vehicles, they're a ways out.)
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Be On the Lookout for Your Very Own Cobot
I took advantage of Critical Link's participation in the recent Collaborative Robotics, Vision Systems, and AI Conference to learn more about cobotics.
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Jack Ganssle’s “How embedded projects run into trouble”: Reasons 2 and 1
The final two "episodes" of our take on Jack Ganssle's excellent list of reasons why embedded projects go bad.
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Jack Ganssle’s “How embedded projects run into trouble”: Reasons 4 and 3
Writing optimistic code and poor resource planning. Two more reasons why, according to Jack Ganssle, embedded projects go bad.
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Jack Ganssle’s “How embedded projects run into trouble”: Reasons 6 and 5
Reasons 5 & 6 from Jake Ganssle's "How Embedded Projects Run into Trouble": Crummy analog/digital interfacing, and Weak management.
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Jack Ganssle’s “How embedded projects run into trouble”: Reasons 8 and 7
Two more of Jacke Ganssle's reasons why embedded projects go awry - Bad Science and the Undisciplined Use of C/C++.
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Jack Ganssle’s “How embedded projects run into trouble”: Reasons 10 and 9
Embedded.com is running a series of articles by Jack Ganssle on the reasons why embedded projects get into trouble. Here's my summary of Reasons 10 and 9...
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Here we are, still talking about Moore’s Law
After all these years - more than fifty! - Moore's Law still seems to be a perennial topic in the tech press (and on the Critical Link blog).
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