18 results found for Mark David's Blog, displaying items 1 - 18
June 16, 2008
It's A Rat Race To The Best Mobile Innovation
In a sort of American Idol for the mobile technology world, the GSM Association held its American leg of the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition in Atlanta on June 3-4. This was a cool event bringing together top innovators and thought leaders in the mobile market space, and I enjoyed the chance to see so many new technologies on one stage.
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Mark David
April 22, 2008
Saving The Earth And Inspiring Young Engineers
In past columns, I’ve talked about how “green solutions” and a sense of urgency about climate change can be the calling that will motivate more young students to become engineers. Engineering TV recently visited CSU’s Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory where I was blown away by both the exciting research projects and the fantastic opportunities for young engineers.
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Mark David
April 1, 2008
Tread Lightly, You've Got Electronics In Your Boots
I recently had a chance to spend some time in the wireless mecca of San Diego; I was there to participate in an Ultra Low Power Wireless event hosted by Nordic Semiconductor. Nordic defines ultra-low power as those devices that can run on a coin cell battery for at least a year, and its 2.4 Gigahertz wireless products offer the perfect range and power for innovative personal area network (PAN) applications.
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Mark David
March 6, 2008
Great Gadgets, Beautiful Venue At MWC 2008
It’s been a while since I was really blown away by a trade show. I’ve been to a lot of them in the course of my career as a technology journalist, but the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona really stands out. Talk about feeling like you are in the center of the tech universe—or at least the center of the cell phone galaxy.
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Mark David
January 16, 2008
The Media Is The Message At CES
“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” has never been less true than during CES. Talk about a no-holds-barred media extravaganza! Much of CES 2008 seemed déjà vu-ish to those of us who have been at past shows, but one differentiator was the turbo charge in media coverage—a boost that sounds implausible given the level of media saturation at previous Consumer Electronics Shows.
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Mark David
December 18, 2007
IMEC Makes Belgium R&D Hub For Semiconductors
In the U.S., the debate over how to lay the right foundations for future technology growth includes the question of whether we are doing enough pure R&D anymore. Meanwhile, technology development moves forward at an ever-increasing pace on the global stage, simultaneously becoming a more niche and more collaborative venture. A key center for independent semiconductor R&D is IMEC...
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Mark David
November 13, 2007
Exit Interview With Mr. Analog
Talking to Engineering Hall of Famer Lewis Counts on the eve of his retirement after 38 years at Analog Devices, I found “Mr. Analog” (as he is known by many at ADI) wasn’t waxing nostalgic. After all, the key to Counts’ successes at ADI was always an “out with the old and in with the new attitude”—a belief that engineering means there is always a better way.
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Mark David
September 28, 2007
Peaks And Valleys: Power Efficiency Is Ubiquitous
Coming down the ice fields of Mt. Rainier, stomping down on my crampons to make sure all the teeth were grabbing into the slopes, you might think that power efficiency and electronic design would be the furthest thing from my mind.
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Mark David
August 20, 2007
NI Week Reveals LabVIEW Breakthroughs
With my new role as Group Editorial Director, I’m going to miss doing my column in each issue of Electronic Design. So here I am joining the “blogosphere.”
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Mark David
