Designing and building cutting-edge technology for mobile robots is required coursework at the University of Nevada, Reno's new Autonomous Mobile Robot Design class. Part of the new unmanned ...

Robert Gibson is associate CIO of academic and user support services at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kan. On many campuses, mobile user groups are springing up just about everywhere. Faculty, ...

Wireless and mobile systems have become ubiquitous; playing a significant role in our everyday life. However, the increasing demand for wireless connectivity and the emergence of new areas such as the ...

Of course we used to use the term ‘micro’ to denote the size of computing device we were talking about. Mainframes were huge, then came mini computers (the size of your average office desk) and then ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. COVID makes the logistics of higher education so much harder.

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, an engineer from Motorola, made the first-ever call on a mobile phone to another engineer at a telecommunications rival company. Fifty years later, the mobile phone is ...