Life, the Universe, and Power ICs
This week’s podcast: The advantages of making power ICs in materials like gallium nitride instead of silicon are rapidly snowballing. We talk with guest Doug Bailey, marketing VP and applications engi...
23 Jul 202129min
Whither Semiconductors? The Wheels on the Bus Go ‘Round and ‘Round
This week’s podcast: As the semiconductor sector evolves, we tend to scrutinize the evolutionary steps – the new technologies, the mergers and acquisitions. That elides the big question: what is the i...
16 Jul 202134min
To Walk Again: the SAM Suit Saga
This week’s podcast: A few years back, engineers created the SAM car, a vehicle that enabled quadriplegic former Indy racer Sam Schmidt to drive again. Now they’ve followed with the SAM suit, an exosk...
9 Jul 202126min
The Silicon 100: How Startups Rule the Future
This week’s podcast: EE Times just published the 2021 edition of the Silicon 100, our latest list of startups that merit everyone’s attention. In this episode we talk Peter Clarke, the impresario behi...
2 Jul 202135min
Safe 5G for the Post-Smartphone Era
This week’s podcast: An interview with former NSC member Brigadier General (ret.) Robert Spalding, now the CEO of a company that just emerged from stealth mode with a technology that will not only bat...
25 Jun 202138min
The Second Runner-Up Wins: John Glenn & the Space Race
On this week’s podcast: John Glenn was the third person to do everything he’s most famous for as an astronaut, so why does he have such an outsized place in world history? In this episode we talk with...
18 Jun 202140min
Can We Get Serious About Cybersecurity Now?
On this week’s podcast: Colonial Pipeline got hacked, which forced the company to shut down the gasoline supply to much of the East Coast for about a week. People are finally beginning to understand h...
11 Jun 202144min
How to Build an Engineer
On this week’s podcast: Kristina M. Johnson is an engineer who has had a hand in several innovations in optoelectronics, started companies, run engineering schools, and served in as an Undersecretary ...
4 Jun 202133min
