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by Joe Desposito Apr. 25, 2013

NASA Engineer Recounts Curiosity’s Landing On Mars And Then Some

Luke Dubord, NASA avionics engineer, gave an interesting and inspiring keynote presentation at Design West. This blog covers a few of the details he....More
by Joe Desposito Apr. 10, 2013

An Easy Way To Get An Apple iOS Device To Print To A USB Printer

A review of the Lantronix xPrintServer....More
by Joe Desposito Feb. 13, 2013

President Obama’s Executive Order On Cybersecurity Focuses on Information Sharing

As you have undoubtedly heard by now, President Obama has signed an executive order regarding cybersecurity. This was done ostensibly to protect....More
by Joe Desposito Dec. 4, 2012

Stony Brook U.’s Reality Deck Is A Dazzling Visual Display

Joe Desposito visits the Reality Deck at the CEWIT building at Stony Brook University for a tour and interview with Dr. Arie Kaufman....More
by Joe Desposito Oct. 1, 2012

Time Travel, Anyone?

This review of the time travel film, Looper, indicates that the movie falls short on this topic, and that time travel buffs should turn to some of....More
by Joe Desposito Sep. 18, 2012

Hands On With the Motorola Droid Razr M

A hands on look at the Motorola Droid Razr M as it compares with the author's Blackberry Bold and iPod Touch....More
by Joe Desposito Aug. 7, 2012

National Instruments Changes the Test Game—Again

National Instruments introduced a Vector Signal Transceiver (VST) at NI Week 2012, calling it a new paradigm in test. The PXIe-based instrument....More
by Joe Desposito Aug. 6, 2012

Curiosty Landing Shows NASA At Its Best

Curiosity, NASA's 2000-lb Mars rover, landed safely on Mars with 10 scientific instruments in tow, ready for a two-year investigation of the Red....More
by Joe Desposito May. 22, 2012

Contemplating the Arrival of a $49 Android PC

VIA Technologies is about to launch a $49 Android-based PC. Editor-in-Chief Joe Desposito comments on the specs and the hype....More
by Joe Desposito May. 3, 2012

What’s Worse, the Kindle Fire or the Nook?

Editor-in-chief Joe Desposito compares the new 8 GB Nook to the Kindle Fire and concludes that neither one is a compelling buy....More
by Joe Desposito Apr. 26, 2012

Turning Recycled Electronics Into A Real Business

I was paging through Newsday, my local newspaper here on Long Island, when I came across an article about a company called Guzu (guzu.com), which....More
by Joe Desposito Mar. 27, 2012

Thomas Dolby's Passion for Music and Technology Shines at Design West 2012 Keynote

Joe always expects to be inspired when attending a Keynote address at an industry trade show, but never to be entertained. Thomas Dolby's keynote at....More
by Joe Desposito Mar. 21, 2012

iCloud Just Another Example of Apple’s Superior Vision

Joe Desposito blogs about Apple's iCloud service, how he think its really a game changer with respect to affecting computing hardware purchases in....More
by Joe Desposito Feb. 24, 2012

Is It “Unreasonable” to Support a Young Entrepreneur?

About a year and a half ago, I was invited to participate in a media tour of the electronics industry in South Africa, specifically in the cities of....More
by Joe Desposito Feb. 1, 2012

Protecting Documents Gets Faster, Easier and More Mobile

I’ve been on a quest for a while to find software or hardware that makes it easy to protect sensitive documents such as financial documents,....More
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Joe Desposito has held the position of editor-in-chief of Electronic Design since July, 2007. He first joined the publication in 1998 as a technology editor covering test and measurement but quickly...
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