Final Thought

July 2019

Margaret Hamilton posing next to stacks of software she and her team at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory developed for the Apollo computer.

The Apollo Guidance Computer – History's Unsung Hero

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

We’ve all heard that the computer on Apollo 11 had less memory than modern calculators. And that’s true, but the disparities are even more astounding, and on the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, I wanted to take a gander at the piece of hardware that made Apollo 11 possible, the Apollo Guidance

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Date:

07/24/2019

Analog Devices Shows Faith in Brexit Britain

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

A couple of months ago, I wrote here about how Brexit had paralysed the UK government and the whole country had basically ground to a standstill. That paralysis didn’t only affect the government, it also started to have quite a strong effect on the economy of the country as inward investment dried up and even local

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Date:

07/22/2019

Plane Inspired by Electric Guitar Could Cut Fuel Costs by 20%

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Commercial airlines have a ravenous appetite for fossil fuels – it’s one of the industry’s most onerous costs, fiscal and environmental. Dutch airline KLM wants to change that with a plane inspired by a Gibson guitar. The Flying-V takes advantage of the superior aerodynamics of the titular shape to r

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Date:

07/22/2019