Editors Foreword
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2014 recap
Editorial Director Jerry Gipper highlights VITA-related events in 2014, as well as what's to come in 2015.
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Autonomous system scenarios
A June 25th press release from Rockwell Collins and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that they had scheduled joint risk reduction tests that will eventually enable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to safely operate in our national airspace.
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Off the radar
In March, Malaysian Airlines flight 370 went missing an hour after take off; it went off the radar. Data indicated that the aircraft made changes to its flight path with no announcement. Being off the radar means you are ignored, you are invisible, you...
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Embedded Tech Trends in review
Editorial Director Jerry Gipper reviews Embedded Tech Trends 2014
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Shutdown live
I was in Washington, D.C. during part of the October U.S. government shutdown. I was planning to attend the Defense Daily Open Architecture Summit, but two days before the event I received an email stating that it was delayed to November due to the shutdown. What to do, what to do?
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Haswell and legacy extensions wrap up summer
As the summer heat dies down and fall ramps up, so should industry activity after the typical summer vacation slowdown. However, it was still a fairly busy summer for announcements.
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VPX High-Performance Embedded Computing platforms bring power to mobile applications
High-Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) seems to the topic of the year. We talked about it during Embedded Tech Trends in January, where several sponsors discussed their own HPEC strategies. Recently, a new VPX-based HPEC Proof-of-Concept (PoC) plat...
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Out and about
While he was out, Editorial Director Jerry Gipper took notes on early 2013 conferences CES and Embedded Tech Trends
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Engineering in a product-driven versus a market-led company
Understanding yourself and whether your company is driven by market or product goals are keys to success as an engineer.
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Random thoughts on gadgets and social media
Jerry ponders what gadgets and social media mean to the modern engineer.
