About: Ibrar Ayyub

The popularity of mystery clocks is no mystery at all. They’re novelties and great conversation pieces. They are mind-boggling at first glance, and amusingly fascinating once you understand what’s going on. They’re triumphs of imagination and craftsmanship, and they’re often works of decorative art as well. The mystery comes in how these clocks work. They’re […]

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) has become the connection scheme of choice for interconnecting different devices, many of them providing human interface support. Support for many different types of peripheral, which can be self- or bus-powered, calls for stringent protection for not just the target device, but also the bus itself. For example, overcurrent protection […]

Microcontrollers are hidden inside a surprising number of products these days. If your microwave oven has an LED or LCD screen and a keypad, it contains a microcontroller. All modern automobiles contain at least one microcontroller, and can have as many as six or seven: The engine is controlled by a microcontroller, as are the […]

The PICASO-OGM lets you incorporate the full capabilities of the PICASO Graphics Processor and our TFT-LCD displays into your own custom design. The PICASO-OGM is ideal for high-volume applications that require a custom design. Development with the PICASO-OGM is as easy as with our standard display modules. Simply choose your preferred display size, incorporate the […]

One machine aims to bring the glamour back to drip coffee: the Clover coffee maker. It was developed in 2005 by the Seattle-based Coffee Equipment Company. As opposed to a batch brew that yields enough cups to get a business through the morning rush, the Clover brews one cup of coffee at a time. With […]

SAN MATEO, Calif. – Massimo Banzi launched a $69 board that aims to plug do-it-yourself-ers into the cloud. The Yun is the first of a family of low cost, low power Arduino cards that run Linux and Wi-Fi, surfing the trend toward the Internet of Things. Yun, named for the Chinese word for cloud, aims […]

The weather is simply the state of the atmosphere, the massive gaseous layer that envelopes our planet. A number of different factors influence what goes on in the atmosphere, from solar radiation to the size of a shopping center parking lot. This makes weather rather difficult to predict at times, but by measuring observable atmospheric […]

STMicroelectronics has introduced its latest generation of energy-efficient power devices that reduce the environmental impact of equipment such as telecom or computing systems, solar inverters, industrial automation and automotive applications. The new STripFET VII DeepGATE MOSFETs deliver the best conducting efficiency among currently available 80V and 100V devices, while switching efficiency is also increased. The […]

With the Wii, having once again established itself as the game company to beat — a position it had relinquished to its competitors, Sony and Microsoft, during the previous console war — Nintendo quickly set its sights on further broadening its outreach to new audiences. Enter the Wii Balance Board. When it was unveiled alongside […]

High-definition televisions have come from the realm of early-adopting home theater enthusiasts into the average consumer market. Early HDTV sets cost thousands of dollars, but today stores sell some models for less than $300. However, buying an HDTV is just the first step in accessing HD programming. Consumers still need an HD media source to […]