Ever-increasing numbers of technologies are converging into the simplest of devices, technologies that expand these devices beyond their main function. A good example is Apple’s iPhone, which combines ...

Creating embedded software can be a challenging endeavor. The experience can range from a well-defined and controlled process to shoot-from-the-hip Wild West-style development. No matter where ones ...

In our modem society, all products and services are based on the use of energy and material resources. While the products and services of stone-age hunter-gatherers or a primitive village economy may ...