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With the rise of low-cost platforms like the Arduino and growing interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), a new category of embedded developers is…

In 1989 Tyler Sperry, then editor of the print publication Embedded Systems Programming, asked me to write a monthly column for the magazine. That morphed…

Navel-gazing has always been a feature of the academic world, but one is left somewhat aghast at the reputed state of affairs at some universities…

Responding to an article about vacuum tubes reader Phil Matthews suggested the book “Empire of the Air” by Tom Lewis. It’s out of print but…

The push for more STEM education is fantastic. And awful. Virtually every reader of this column is well-educated and knows a lot about math, science…

SAN FRANCISCO — During Women's History Month in March, we celebrate the myriad accomplishments of women past and present. Although women do not dominate engineering…

I recently had some business in Australia and New Zealand, so decided to drop in on Dave Jones in Australia, and accepted an invitation to…

December 10 marks the 200th birthday of Ada Lovelace, née Byron. She is reputed to be the world’s first programmer, though she never had access…