Lego’s Smart Brick Gives the Iconic Analog Toy a New Digital Brain

The new sensor-packed Smart Play Brick will land this spring as part of a special Star Wars collection. The update adds ...
IEEE

Synthesis of Wide-Angle Scanning Arrays Through Array Power Control

Abstract: A new methodology for the synthesis of wide-angle scanning arrays is proposed. It is based on the formulation of the array design problem as a multi-objective one where, for each scan angle, ...
IEEE

Independent Control of Multiple Harmonic Beams in Time-Modulated Arrays With Subarrayed Time-Segmented Pseudorandom Modulation

Abstract: The inherent multiharmonic characteristics of time-modulated antenna arrays (TMAs) offer significant potential for generating multiple beams under a single radio frequency (RF) chain.
Wall Street Journal

Panama Ports Deal Hits Impasse as China Makes New Demands for Its Approval

President Trump ’s push to loosen China’s influence in the Panama Canal has hit a wall now that Beijing is demanding that China’s largest shipping company get a controlling stake in a deal to sell ...
Hackaday

Giant Neopixel Is Just Like The Regular Kind, Only Bigger

Neopixels and other forms of addressable LEDs have taken the maker world by storm. They make it trivial to add a ton of controllable, glowing LEDs to any project. [Arnov Sharma] has made a great ...