I realize today that inkjet printers can do a lot of amazing things. I wonder when they were invented if the inventors could even imagine what people would use them for. We obviously have paper printing, printing with food color on rice paper for cakes, but also rapid prototype manufacturing, on-demand manufacturing, human tissue creation, semiconductors, [...]
I just saw this at Mike Qaissaunee’s blog about cheaper solar cells created by ink jet printers. This is from Technology Review, May 7 issue. The process uses ink-jet printing to make electrical connections within a solar cell, replacing the existing screen-printing process. Because the ink-jet method is more precise, it can use less material [...]
In recent years my of understanding of how an FPGA (Field-programmable Gate Array) works and how it can be programmed to perform various tasks, I have begun to wonder if this might be the answer to how we build bigger and faster micro-processors. What I mean is if an FPGA can be programmed to contain [...]
Want to teach a course on nanotechnology but need material. The NSF Nanotechnology Application and Career Knowledge (NACK) Center at Penn State University has just gone live with their course materials that are free for educational uses. Here is the press release with all pertinient links! The National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) [...]
I read Eric Bogatin’s Blog today dealing with Sensor Motes. What are senor motes? “Motes, small, remote sensor nodes as part of a larger network of distributed sensors, have been around for a while.” As you see by the picture in Erics blog, they are slightly bigger than a quarter. Eric wrote at the end: [...]
I remember as a kid that when we drove from Arizona to California, there were two ways you could tell you had crossed the state line: You drove over the Colorado River and were stopped at the border to check for plants. The other way was passing all the windmills. In the future, a person [...]
In a recent Marketing Seminar that I attended, we were taught that Motivation occurs on three levels: Physical – “I have to buy this” Intellectual – “It’s a good idea to buy this” Emotional – “I want to buy this” They stated that Emotional was the highest and most compelling factor that drives a person [...]
Last Thursday I was pleasantly surprised to discover that a faculty member, Keith Sanders, from Columbus State Community College, has endorsed the eSyst Systems View of Electronics Technology. Kieth has attended several of the MATEC NetWorks free webinars on the eSyst project (click here to hear the latest recorded eSyst webinars). Keith sent an email to [...]
An article came out June 3, in the Phoenix Business Journal stating that the Phoenix area ranks 23rd on a list of high-tech metropolitan areas, according to a study by the Milken Institute. That’s a drop of three spots from the No. 20 ranking the area earned in 2003, the last year the study was conducted. The [...]
According to the National Community College Benchmark Project 2008 report: 17% of community college graduates completed a degree or certificate within three years and 18% transferred within three years. The fall to spring semester persistence rate (students who continued to enroll) was 69% and the fall to next fall semester persistence rate (students who continued [...]
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