April 1st, 2025 @ Electronic Design: Electrical Mayhem

April 1, 2025

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Why there can still be some humor in the world.
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Welcome to another iteration of Electronic Design's and Microwaves & RF's April 1st series of articles designed to stupefy and entertain the engineer in you.

We hope you will read them all and then take our poll to let everyone know your favorite.

If you don't find one to your liking, then check out the articles from previous years.

April 1st Electrical Mayhem

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AI Discovers Perpetual Motion Machine

Chatbot finds a way to power itself indefinitely.

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Toyota Mirai FCEV Gets NACS-Based Fueling Capability

Our oftentimes-automotive editor, reeking of cigarette smoke, reports in on researchers demonstrating NACS-based hydrogen refueling of the Toyota Mirai FCEV at a covert Tesla ...

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Introducing Super-Regenerative AI

Generative AI doesn’t hold a candle to Super-Regenerative AI.

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Hacking a Better Night’s Sleep: A DIY Project Guide

With this one simple circuit, you can hack into sleep and help overcome insomnia.

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IoT Reaches New Heights: Traffic Signals, LED Signs to be Installed on Mt. Everest @ Microwaves&RF

Mt. Everest may get smart solar-powered traffic lights and advisory signs, all linked to the number of climbers and weather conditions.

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Using a DAQ to Monitor Giraffes and Other Wildlife @ Microwaves&RF

Designed in conjunction with high school students for use in metropolitan zoos, a new solution offers discrete data acquisition in natural areas.

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Congress Repeals Ohm’s Law to Promote Higher Efficiency @ Microwaves&RF

Majority party legislators scrambled to invigorate America’s economy with a new law they say will save the nation’s manufacturers and consumers billions of dollars in previously...

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About the Author

William G. Wong | Senior Content Director - Electronic Design and Microwaves & RF

I am Editor of Electronic Design focusing on embedded, software, and systems. As Senior Content Director, I also manage Microwaves & RF and I work with a great team of editors to provide engineers, programmers, developers and technical managers with interesting and useful articles and videos on a regular basis. Check out our free newsletters to see the latest content.

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I earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters in Computer Science from Rutgers University. I still do a bit of programming using everything from C and C++ to Rust and Ada/SPARK. I do a bit of PHP programming for Drupal websites. I have posted a few Drupal modules.

I still get a hand on software and electronic hardware. Some of this can be found on our Kit Close-Up video series. You can also see me on many of our TechXchange Talk videos. I am interested in a range of projects from robotics to artificial intelligence.