Hardware

This time I am writing from Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany. It is one of the most important events in the embedded systems industry, although it is far less known to the general public than events like CES or Mobile World Congress. More than 1,000 companies exhibit here, and the event attracts 30,000–40,000 visitors, mostly engineers. Instead of consumer gadgets, the halls are filled with semiconductor vendors, embedded software companies, development tool providers, and module manufacturers. ...

Shenzhen Is Not a Concept. It Is an Operating System.I have spent the past years walking through Shenzhen. Not attending conferences. Not visiting curated innovation tours. Just walking — through electronics markets, subway stations, autonomous driving zones, logistics hubs, and public science museums. What interests me is not “innovation” as a buzzword. It is deployment. Technology becomes meaningful only when it operates in public space. In Shenzhen, you can see: ...

Disassembling “Made in India” in a Chennai Hotel Room: How Self-Reliant Is India’s Manufacturing Ecosystem?A 110 INR calculator, a cracked screw boss, and a Shenzhen-style PCB — what they reveal about Chennai’s industrial stage. In a small general store in Chennai, I found a calculator with “MADE IN INDIA” printed boldly on the box. Right next to it was a Japanese CASIO model. The CASIO cost 520 INR. The Indian one cost 110 INR — roughly one-fifth of the price. ...