Jim Pomager

The last decade has witnessed a virtual explosion in the development and global adoption of communications and information technology. While this era of swift, unprecedented technological advancement has conveyed innumerable benefits to civilian society, it also has ushered in a brand new set of challenges for the United States and other established military powers.  Continue Reading..

At some point in the not-so-distant future, you’ll be able to recharge your smartphone by waving it about in the air for a few moments or (less conspicuously) by simply holding it out in a stiff breeze.What does this have to do with medical device design, you ask? Quite a lot, as it turns out.  Continue Reading..

We've pulled together three lists, each presenting the top five most popular pieces of content — editorials, news, and tutorials — from RF Globalnet in 2013. Our hope is that these lists will provide you with a quick, informative, and enjoyable look back at the year that was in RF and microwave technology, as we prepare to enter 2014.  Continue Reading..

Apparently the term Internet of Things (IoT) wasn’t comprehensive enough; now it’s the Internet of Everything (IoE). Whatever you choose to call it, the movement to connect just about everything imaginable to the Internet is well underway — and is expected to proliferate wildly in the coming years. According to Cisco, there will be approximately 50 billion connected objects by 2020, but how will we power them...  Continue Reading..

A device hailed as the “world’s first externally identifiable breast implant” has received CE Mark approval, enabling physicians in Europe (and other parts of the world) to immediately ascertain manufacturer name, serial number, lot number, batch number, and other implant-specific data in vivo — by merely scanning the area outside the body with a handheld reader. What can this development tell us about...  Continue Reading..

mImagine setting your dead smartphone down on the kitchen counter as you grab a frozen dinner out of the freezer. You pop the meal in the microwave, hit the start button, and viola! — 5 minutes later you have both a hot, nutritious meal and a charged phone. Sounds too good to be true, right?  Continue Reading..

We’re teetering on the brink of a mobile broadband catastrophe. And if machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT) are even half as big as anticipated, we’re headed right over the edge. But fear not — salvation is on the way from, of all places, Idaho.  Continue Reading..

Implantable wireless devices inherently carry real cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and designers must make mitigating them a priority.  Continue Reading..

The coming years are sure to be challenging ones for the U.S. military, defense contractors, and the OEMs that support them. But by designing technology that addresses these four trends, the industry can ride out the storm and be well positioned for the upturn that will inevitably come.  Continue Reading..

The FAA announced has issued restricted category type certificates to the Insitu ScanEagle X200 and the AeroVironment Puma AE drones, making them the first UAVs authorized for commercial operations in the U.S. The approvals are a major step toward expanded use of drones in U.S. airspace and should further accelerate growth in an already dynamic sector and generate new opportunities in RF/MW and EO/IR design.  Continue Reading..