TECHNOLOGY CORNER

Oct 02, 2012 / 03:13PM
‘Inventing American Broadcasting’—A Look at How It All Began
The book by Susan J. Douglas is part of the “Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology” series.

Jul 13, 2012 / 04:00PM
Solving the ‘Silicon Crisis’ With Quantum Computing
If you are a recent reader of this column or other sources of electronics news, you know that we are approaching a “silicon crisis.”

Apr 16, 2012 / 10:10AM
H.265 HEVC, The Next Step for MPEG
To understand H.265, let's look at a little MPEG history, to see where it came from

Mar 06, 2012 / 08:36AM
What Comes After Silicon?
Let's talk about silicon—semiconductors, that is.

Taking Another Look at Loudness

A brief view on measurement gates and the loudness meter.

So What About MPEG-4, Anyway?
Video of comparable quality can be compressed to a considerably lower bit rate, often claimed to be half the bit rate, of MPEG-2.

The New Commercial Loudness Law

A/85 addresses the "Anchor Element" and loudness over a specified time interval.

The Golden Age of 3D Movies

In the 1950s, the movie studios made major efforts to lure people away from their newfangled TV sets and back into the theaters.

3DTV: Is It the Next Big Thing?
Or could it be the next Teletext?

OLED TV: Not Ready for Primetime?
It is still difficult and expensive to manufacture large-screen OLED displays.