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Build your own laptop
by Ralph Raiola
So, it’s fairly easy — if you have some patience and general technical know-how– to build your own desktop computer. Laptops, on the other hand, are not so easy. But Antec, the well-known provider of consumer computer components, is launching a new line of standard components for the mobile computing market . . .
New research provides insights into how the brain works
by Christina Nickolas
A multidisciplinary team at the University of Reading has developed a robot that is controlled by a biological brain formed from cultured neurons. This cuttingedge research is the first step to examine how memories manifest themselves in the brain, and how a brain stores specific pieces of data.
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Next month
Networking/Wireless Special
The series of articles will highlight the latest trends in Ethernet, telecom, and wireless, along with fiber optics, power line transceivers, Ultra-wideband, USB, RapidIO, PCIe, Fiber Channel, ZigBee, and other communications technologies.
Product Update: Ac/dc Power Supplies
Ac/dc power supplies convert ac voltage such as that from 120-Vac power lines to a dc voltage suitable for powering most electronic circuits. This Update will offer a sampling of the latest ac/dc switching and linear supplies.
Roundup: LEDs
LEDs are solid-state optoelectronic devices that are challenging standard incandescent lamps in applications from switch illumination to household lighting. This roundup will cover some of the latest developments in LED technology.
Application Focus: Industrial/Automation Electronics
This product application focus on industrial electronics will combine an industry overview with product and technology coverage in: analog/mixed-signal ICs, boards and digital ICs, power sources, optoelectronics, discrete semiconductors and more.
Digital Power Technology Focus
Digital power management is becoming a hot area in the industry, as it promises to increase efficiencies and expand capabilities in board-level system control. This special section will contain articles dealing with digital power management in electronic systems and the use of digital control techniques in power converters.
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