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May 2022
PSDcast – GaN System Powers the Samsung Galaxy S22+

The CEO of GaN Systems, Jim Witham

­One of the leaders in gallium nitride power semiconductors just announced an exciting deal with consumer giant Samsung – the company in question, GaN Systems, will see its high-efficiency semiconductor products power the flagship Samsung Galaxy S22+ and Ultra smartphones. On the line, we’ve got one of ou
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Date:
05/24/2022

PSDcast – NASA Competition Presages a Sustainable Human Presence on the Moon

Mike IrIbeck from CSU’s NASA Robotic Mining Competition Team.

­NASA’s Annual LUNABOTICS Competition is a very cool Artemis Student Challenge designed to educate college students in the application of the NASA Systems Engineering. Throughout the multi-semester, university-level engineering exercise, teams are tasked with designing and constructing a prototype robot that de
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Date:
05/10/2022
PSDcast – Will Autonomous Air Taxis Deploy Before Autonomous Cars?

Professor Naira Hovakimyan from the University of Illinois’ Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering department

­Because of the imperfection of the autonomous systems, but more importantly, the unpredictability of human drivers, fully self-driving vehicles have been slow to deploy in larger numbers. But what about an arena – the sky – with no pedestrians and no other vehicles aside from low-flying planes? Take all that un
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Date:
05/05/2022