News tagged with embedded systems

Tiny new tool to track heart rate in real time on a smartphone (w/ video)

Thanks to an invention from two EPFL laboratories, patients and their doctors can now immediately be made aware of heart rate anomalies and can thus quickly take any necessary medical measures. The device is very small, non-invasive ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gauging safety in the electronic age

Engineers at the University of Leicester are taking the unusual step of learning from architecture in order to design safer electrical systems.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 18, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Embedded systems -- the whole picture

(PhysOrg.com) -- Embedded computer systems must be fast and efficient. A European consortium has created a new modelling framework that lets designers strike the best balance between static, reconfigurable ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Next-generation sound systems to minimise background noise

(PhysOrg.com) -- The whole listening experience in cars, cinemas, theatres, and even during videoconferences, is likely to improve radically thanks to a new set of tools for application development being assembled ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Soft hardware for a flexible chip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology is struggling to meet demands for high-performance, specialised computing systems. A European consortium is responding with a new kind of reconfigurable chip that is both efficient and flexible.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1