Blog: Teaching Robotics in Uganda
Engineer and educator Lindsay Craig reflects on six years of teaching electrical engineering in Uganda, Africa. Gulu, Uganda has been…
Is China’s ‘Big fund’ Enough?
In addition to the Big Fund, the Chinese government might also want to pursue vertical integration models to fast-track self-sufficiency…
Blog: Tech and the Human Touch
How does the tech community pitch its pet technologies to non-gamers, non-drivers, and those troglodytes who live elsewhere than Silicon…
The Road to Smartphone Dominance
In fall 1995 camera phones made their little-noted debut on the global stage. The combination was an unthinkable marriage of…
A Guide to MLPerf’s Benchmark Scores
What to look for and where to start.
Are Smartphones Equipped to Control a Vehicle?
Are consumer-grade handset designs safe enough to control mission-critical systems? Have we thought through all the potential boobytraps from using…
Orwellian Nonsense or Innovation in the Classroom?
China abruptly banned the use of headbands to monitor school children in a classroom, after the Western media's coverage caused…
Blog: The Growing Risk of the Fix-It-Later Culture
Some in the high tech industry mistake irresponsibility for "disruption." We can't let those people run the auto industry.
Blog: Power-Saving Issues Exacerbated by Meaningless Metrics
There are so many conflicting and error-laden numbers available about energy sources and consumption that making sense of it is…
Blog: Is Smart Summon Just Another Gimmick?
Are autonomy features like Autopilot and Smart Summon "wolves in sheep's clothing"? Tesla is pushing Level 4 autonomy into the…