 A Petri dish of intestinal worms? Nope, it's a set of Ka-band coaxial transmission lines. Micromachining has opened a whole new realm of possibilities - from surgery to electronics to mechanics. Microfabrica has built a business around it. A 6-port 60 GHz coupler for an RN2 beam former, a 55 GHz bandpass filter, wafer probes, and inertial sensors are among their accomplishments.
4-15-2008 |  A while back, I posted an RF Cafe Intro video on YouTube. The folks at video production company SavvyPaper picked it up and really put a professional shine on it, then sent it to me for an opinion. I was amazed. View it and judge for yourself. SavvyPaper's main focus is professionally produced Video Resumes, something I have been trying to promote. They handle company promotions and other unique subjects as well. This is a totally new paradigm for job hunting.
4-24-2008 |  Here is a unique way to promote your company at events - Flogos! That stands for "floating logos." Flogos are synthesized from proprietary surfactant (soap) based foam formulations and lighter than air gases such as helium.
5-1-2008 | |
 Smart Goggles, invented by University of Tokyo professor Kuniyoshi, uses a microprocessor controlled learning process that will snap a photo of anything in its field of view and then prompt the user to speak the name of it. Later, if a similar object is spied by Smart Goggles, it displays the name of the object on a small LCD.
3-20-2008 |  Need a 20 GHz oscilloscope probe? Tektronix will sell you their P7520 TriMode™ Measurement Switching Probe - the world's fastest o-scope probe - for a mere $16,900. To measure 20 GHz, you need to solder the tip to the PCB.
3-28-2008 |  The Modu cell phone module gives any device designed to accept it the capability of being a full-fledged phone. The host "jacket" can be a PDA, a notebook computer, a gaming device, a calculator, a car stereo, an alarm clock, or even - go figure - a phone.
4-4-2008 |  Check this out. RFMD has just announced their RF2051/2/3 line of ICs that integrates a low noise LO signal of between 300 MHz to 2400 MHz with built-in wideband RF mixers that operate from 100 MHz up to 2500 MHz. The fractional-N synthesizer sports a 1.5 Hz frequency step size. I can remember 15 years ago using a synthesizer with similar specs that were in metal cases the size of my hand - not including the mixer!
4-10-2008 |