Category Archives: Current Events

“Free Energy!”

“Free energy” — just isn’t a thing. Here’s why. Continue reading

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Qu’est-ce que JeVois?*

One of the best things about embedded electronics is that it seems to always be Christmastime. Inventive engineers are constantly coming up with devices to make previously complex tasks routine and previously impossible tasks merely challenging. Problems that you thought … Continue reading

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Apollo 11

Fifty years ago today, we landed on the Moon. Follow along “live” from fifty years ago. Continue reading

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Artifact-Free Metrology!

Today’s CGPM vote means that as of next May 20, all SI units will be defined in terms of natural constants, democratizing SI references. Progress! Continue reading

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