Findchips: From Engineer’s Hack to Advanced Component Search Engine

As I may have mentioned on occasion, one of my favorite science fiction movies is the 1982 American-Hong Kong dystopian science fiction movie Blade Runner, which was directed by Ridley Scott and is often rated as one of the greatest sci-fi films ever (it was based on the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick).

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The Resharp story: A knife-sharpening robot may have taken root in your local hardware store

The practice of putting sharp edges on cutting tools dates back more than two million years. That’s when we think genus Homo started using hammerstones to break off parts of a rock to form sharp cutting edges. Things have changed since then. Based on numerous YouTube videos devoted to the topic, knife sharpening has evolved into high art. Now, it’s reached the point where robots … Read More → "The Resharp story: A knife-sharpening robot may have taken root in your local hardware store"

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Lip-Bu Tan steps into the Intel CEO role. Can he save the company?

The question in my headline is a bit of a tease. Intel doesn’t need saving, per se, but its reputation sure needs a makeover, and the company’s new CEO – Lip-Bu Tan – certainly has the chops and smarts to rebuild the financial community’s and the electronics industry’s trust in the once (and future?) semiconductor leader. Many pundits have opined already about Intel’s new … Read More → "Lip-Bu Tan steps into the Intel CEO role. Can he save the company?"

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Arduino Portenta Environmental Monitoring Bundle

Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Arduino

Join Libby and Demo in this episode of “Libby’s Lab” as they explore the Arduino Portenta Environmental Monitoring Bundle, available at Mouser.com! This bundle is perfect for engineers requiring environmental data such as temperature, humidity, and pressure. Designed for ease of use, the bundle is great for IoT, smart home, and industrial devices, and it includes WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. Keep your circuits charged and your ideas sparking!

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discussion
Posted on Apr 1 at 12:03pm by Steven Leibson
Well, that would take a whole new set of grinding wheels, SmithChart. Not that Hillman couldn't afford to do that, and it would sell in Canada. Not sure about the US however.
Posted on Mar 31 at 12:22pm by SmithChart
I'd love to see this technology applied to SKATE sharpening! (Yes, I AM Canadian) :_)
Posted on Mar 31 at 9:46am by Max Maxfield
Sharpening knives is a lot harder than most people think (well, it is if you want them sharpened properly). This is a great robotic application and--as usual these days--one I would have never thought of myself.
Posted on Mar 28 at 1:08pm by Max Maxfield
Hi Vik -- thank you so much for your snappy response :-)
Posted on Mar 28 at 8:31am by vik_snapmagic
Hi there, I'm Vik from SnapMagic! :) Thank you for letting us know about the error you encountered. Our team also received the chat message you sent us regarding this matter. We investigated this report and it has been resolved. One of our engineers sent you an update as well. Thank ...
Posted on Mar 28 at 7:23am by Max Maxfield
Well, that's not good -- I'll reach out to them and ask them to respond (sad face)
Posted on Mar 27 at 2:04pm by electricdjinn
I never get anything but "server is too busy, try again later" on Snap(whatever).
Posted on Mar 19 at 3:37pm by hackforsac
Great observation, compression/ decompression can certainly reduce overall latency and memory access times by increasing hit rates in the cache! Could you expand on your other question about similar content?
Posted on Mar 19 at 9:02am by Max Maxfield
Hi there -- thanks for your comment -- I'll ask the folks at Rambus and ZeroPoint to respond -- Max
Posted on Mar 18 at 4:48pm by Trackside
Localised compression/decompression can/could increase memory access speed too. ... Now wondering if cache memory can store eg ranges where the contents are similar, eg 000200..+1ff, all storing c001?? Split the range with a value, and it changes to two ranges and a value, or some other compression method. It ...
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