Each week, the Planet Analog section of the print version of EETimes features two small text boxes, entitled “Also of Interest” and “Elementals”, in addition to one or two feature articles, an editor's column, and new products. Each of these boxes cites items from publications outside the Planet Analog and EETimes portfolio. The first box highlights a few items of general interest to the engineer, while the second highlights some basic and tutorial electronic-engineering material.

In this week's print edition (April 28, 2008) you'll see these items (note: there are also links to previous weeks' editions, at the bottom):

Also of Interest:

• A shape and position sensor using optical fiber is minimally intrusive, virtually weightless, and can provide real-time feedback of its own dynamic shape and position:
  “NASA-Inspired Shape-Sensing Fibers Enable Minimally Invasive Surgery,”
  NASA Tech Briefs , February 2008
• Advanced recycling processes return shredded plastic scrap into regenerated plastics with properties nearly equaling those of the original material:
  New Life for Shredded Plastic Waste,”
  Machine Design , February 7, 2008
• Cheap silicon transceivers broadcasting in this still-unlicensed band may usher in the hi-def wireless home:
  “Gadgets Gab at 60 GHz,”
  IEEE Spectrum, , February 2008

Elementals:

• Precise RF power measurements and calibration techniques can save operating costs and improve the spectral performance of wireless communications transmitters:
  “RF Power Calibration Aids Wireless Transmitters,”
  Microwaves & RF , February 2008
• The state-of-the-art in this technology:
  “A Passion for Plumbing: 50 Years of Waveguide Assemblies and Components,”
  Microwave Journal , February 2008

Previous Editions

• April 21, 2008
• April 14, 2008
• April 7, 2008
• March 31, 2008
• March 24, 2008