
We worry a lot about Moore’s Law running out of gas right about now. Now comes former AMD CEO Hector Ruiz with this piece on Harvard Business Review’s blog: “There, however, is a possible “off-ramp” to Moore’s Law that offers [...]
LOS ANGELES–So often, we get ahead of ourselves a consuming public, especially when it comes to technology innovation. Take power generation and smart-grid management. We know that electronics that drive enormous efficiency gains on the grid. After all, our smart [...]
By Malcolm Fuller, contributing writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. – You wake up in your chilly San Francisco apartment (or any chilly place for that matter), and your first instinct is not to crank up the thermostat several notches (too expensive!). [...]
By Brian Fuller We’ve written all lot about the quickening pace of innovation in automotive electronics design. And you’ll recall the centerpiece of the first part of the Drive for Innovation was an all-electric Chevy Volt, which took us around [...]
If you drive more than 30,000 miles in a year, you're going to run into some odd moments. Here are some of the top odd moments from the Drive for Innovation, in no particular order: 1. The helmet incident: Maybe it was the spirit of the holidays, but at a Maryland steakhouse, we met a wonderful waitress who had a
ELKHART LAKE, Wisc.–As an engineer, Jay O’Connell (you might say) has a dream job. As chief technical director for the Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan BMW racing team, he puts his Cornell engineering degree to use making cars go really fast (and last) around race tracks in competitions that last four hours. His five-man engineering team works almost like any other engineering team, only
ELKHART LAKE, Wisc.–You’ve probably seen some of our earlier posts and video segments from here and especially from our time with Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan BMW Racing Team Technical Director Jay O’Connell. We got a tour of the track from Mike Welsh and then spent time with O’Connell. He gave us insight into how the team keeps its amazing edge even as the
(Odometer: 3,695 miles) ELKHART LAKE, Wisc.–There are few industries in the world that are as savvy about marketing their highly technical products than the auto industry. Just go to any road or track race and you’ll see. We did. We spent Friday and Saturday with the excellent folks at Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan BMW racing at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisc. Avnet,