Category Archives: communications

Fukushima Robot Blog

Posted on October 3, 2011 by admin

This from the IEEE is really fascinating. It is the blog of a robot operator in the Fukushima nuclear plants. Some interesting things about controls, robot handling, and durability are discussed. And, big surprise, the competence of the organization that … Continue reading →

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Shape of the internet

Posted on March 5, 2010 by admin

“When we started releasing data publicly, we measured it in petabytes of traffic,” said Doug Webster, a Cisco Systems market executive who is responsible for an annual report by the firm that charts changes in the Internet. “Then a couple … Continue reading →

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Wind River purchased by Intel

Posted on June 5, 2009 by admin

If anything, Wind River’s inability to breakout, despite a once Microsoft-like position of dominance, is a by-product of their failure to meaningfully go “up the stack” and away from their historical focus on the silicon layer as a primary differentiation … Continue reading →

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