Our task as technical and scientific writers is to talk about technically complex subjects in a way that informs and engages our readers. It is our job to inform not to entertain. On the other hand science and engineering does not need to be dull but can it be romantic? In our latest book, 5G …
The Monarch Who Measured and the Science of Millimetre Metrology. George 3, described in school textbooks as ‘the mad king who lost America’ was in practice a capable King with a particular passion for science. On June 3rd 1769 he observed and timed the transit of Venus from the Kew Observatory near Richmond, a measurement …
When we write a proposal for a technical book, there are five questions a publisher needs us to answer. What are we writing, why, who will read it, where do they live and when will the work be ready. Of these, ‘where’ is important to the publisher as it tells them where to market and …
We at Artech House encourage a spirit of collaboration, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have author Geoff Varrall review Telecommunication Electronics, by Dante Del Corso, Roberto Quaglia, Vittorio Camarchia, Paolo Bardella. Read on for his insights: Those of us still self-isolating have a once in a lifetime (hopefully longer) opportunity to catch up …
We are so thrilled that Artech House author Uttam Majumder has been given an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Appointment (2020-2022). He will be delivering this webinar on machine learning, hosted and organized by IEEE USA: Topic: Deep Learning Based RF Target Classification: Recent Results and Technical Challenges Description: The focus of this lecture will be recent …
In this month’s technology topic/posting we explore the potential for a space enabled global New Deal as a mechanism for post pandemic economic recovery. There are particular parallels between our present situation and Franklin Roosevelt’s $50 billion dollar recovery plan. The economic and social devastation caused by the stock market crash of 1929 was compounded …
Zoom Teleconferencing Boom The impact of the corona virus on telecoms is one obvious starting point – in last month’s posting, The Zoom Boom, we discussed the demand side impact of Covid-19 on teleconferencing. Business is booming for Zoom Video, the remote conferencing services platform. Since the start of the year Zoom’s market value has risen …
Writing about science, technology or engineering does not necessarily mean we can or should comment on contemporary politics but understanding political context is important if we want to understand how and why some technologies and the business plans behind them fail and some succeed. Although most of us live and work in capitalist economies, R …
Author Cameron Coursey gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the writing process of his book, The Practitioner’s Guide to IoT: My advisor in graduate school told me I had a knack for writing after he read the thesis for my Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Come to think about it, he commented more on …
Artech House author Geoff Varrall shared his monthly technology topic from his company, RTT. This month he (humorously) examines how moblie communication is being used and could be used to control communicable disease: The use of smart phones and phone data to support test track and trace is proving to be a significant life saver. …