Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology Photonic Integrated Circuit (also known as PIC), is a complex integrated circuit which incorporates a lot of optical devices to form a single photonic…
3-D Technology Television has been one of the biggest entertainments since its invention. From its evolution in black and white format, the television technology has later developed to…
Before you know more about this technology, it is better that you go through the basics of 3-D TV. To know more about it click on the link…
Before you know more about this technology, it is better that you go through the basics of 3-D TV. To know more about it click on the link…
Introduction Since the early 70’s video games have been a great entertainment for all of us. With the recent boom in technology, computer graphics has been so advanced…
We have always thought of aeroplanes as the fastest mode of transportation. As it travels thousands of miles in an hour we do not mind the flight delays…
The “Universal Product Code”, also known as UPC Bar Code can be found in almost all packages that you buy from department stores, grocery stores or any other…
We have seen the use of facial recognition technology in many movies. A photo of the person to be identified will be obtained from some hidden camera. It…
Overview Direct to home technology refers to the satellite television broadcasting process which is actually intended for home reception. This technology is originally referred to as direct broadcast…
Almost all the electronic circuits mentioned in this site are designed and built on a PCB board. But you cannot build these electronic circuits if you do not…
“]Electronic Ink [E-ink We have seen the working of electronic displays like Liquid Crystal Displays, SED TV’s, and Touch screen technology and so on. Even though we rely…
We tend to store all photos digitally rather than keeping a hard copy of them. Whenever we need to see them or show it to our friends, we…
For the past few years fingerprint scanners were considered to be a very costly and high end technology. We have seen it only in thriller and sci-fi movies.…
Nowadays, there are a lot of touch screen monitors available in the market. They are made available in displays for computers, personal digital assistants, mobile phones and…
A strain gauge is a device that is used to measure the strain that occurs in an object. The device was invented in the year 1938 by Edward…
What is a Wheatstone bridge? A Wheatstone bridge is an electrical circuit used to calculate an unknown resistance with the help of a bridge circuit. For this, the two…
In my earlier posts I have already explained the working of Charge-coupled devices and its application as an image sensor. Recently, most of the scanners and cameras have…
What is a Scanner? A scanner is a device that is used for producing an exact digital image replica of a photo, text written in paper, or even…
Here we are going to look at how a DVD player works and the essential components for its working. Parts of a DVD Player The DVD player is…
After the invention of the Digital Versatile Disc [DVD], the true digital sound effect and high clarity video effects were brought to all homes. But the hunger for…
What is Flexplay DVD? In most foreign countries, people rent a lot of DVD’s from the shop. All you have to do is watch the movie and return…
What is a DVD? A Digital Versatile Disc/Digital Video Disc [DVD], is an optical disc storage medium like a compact disc [CD], but with greater data storage and…
In the blog post on fuel cells I have explained the way hydrogen and oxygen react to produce electricity with water as a by-product. There also some disadvantages…
What is a Fuel Cell? Fuel Cell is an electrochemical device that is used to convert an open source fuel into electricity. An electrolytic process has to take…
Sometimes you may be unable to find a particular inductor the market. This is actually a problem faced by most of the electronic hobbyists and the problem becomes…