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. …
Artech House author Ed Birrane, whose title, Delay-Tolerant Applications: The Role of Store-and-Forward Networks in an Increasingly Real-Time World, gave us some insight with regard to the future of computer networks: We need to think differently about computer networks. It is not easy to have a casual discussion about computer networking minutia. If you doubt …
Author Geoff Varrall shared this month’s RTT Tech Topic, a deep dive into the role of STEM in virus outbreaks both past and present: In this month’s Technology Topic/posting we talk about the role of STEM, science, technology, engineering and maths, in the measurement, monitoring, modelling and management of Covid-19 and any possible future outbreaks …
Artech House author David Cruickshank’s title, Implementing Full Duplexing for 5G, examines the current state of the art in developing full duplex (FD) systems in 5G LTE cellular communications. He shared a fascinating invited plenary presentation on Microwave and Millimetric Frequency Co-fired Dielectric and Ferrite Assemblies for 4G and 5G Circulator Devices, click to see …
As things change in the world around us, it’s important to focus on the positive. Author Geoff Varrall give us his insights about the current state of affairs and why we should be positive: Writing technical books on telecoms can be challenging when unexpected events intervene and change the industry that we work in and …
Artech House Assistant Acquisitions Editor Soraya Nair presents a thoughtful and thorough analysis of the safety of video conferencing apps. She spoke with Artech House Series Editor, Rolf Oppliger, to get his take on the subject: With so many people now working from home and relying on video conferencing apps to be able to carry …
Artech House author, Geoff Varrall, who is also executive director of RTT, which has been providing technology assessment and technology related facilitation programmes to an international client base since 1986, has shared April’s RTT Technology Topic, which addresses the current pandemic situation, and reminds us that every cloud has a silver lining: Business is booming …
At Artech House, we ask our authors what problems their books can help readers solve. In this series, we share what our authors aim to do in their writing, starting with Ed Birrane, who, along with Jason Soloff, wrote Designing Delay-Tolerant Applications for Store-and-Forward Networks: How can I increase the value of a congested/impaired network? Network …