The goal of research in the area of human-biometric sensor interaction (HBSI) is to address usability issues raised by questions of the above type and investigate them in order to develop the next generation of universally usable biometric systems.

A smart card, typically a type of chip card, is a plastic card that contains an embedded computer chip–either a memory or microprocessor type–that stores and transacts data. This data is usually associated with either value, information, or both and is stored and processed within the smart card’s chip. The smart card data is transacted [...]

Semiconductors have had a monumental impact on our society. You find semiconductors at the heart of microprocessor chips, integrated circuits as well as transistors. Anything that’s computerized or uses radio waves depends on semiconductors. Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain, the men behind the transistor, were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics. With the invention of the [...]

Information can also be stored and processed using the states of matter described by non-classical quantum theory. This is what is known as Quantum Informatrics. Understanding this quantum information, a fundamentally different type of information, has been a major project of physicists and information theorists in recent years. Quantum informatics is driven by the laws and [...]

Integrated Circuits are usually called ICs or chips. They are complex circuits which have been etched onto tiny chips of semiconductor (silicon). The integrated circuit is packaged in a plastic holder with pins spaced on a 0.1″ (2.54mm) grid which will fit the holes on stripboard and breadboards. Very fine wires inside the package link [...]

Homemade printed circuit boards are a better solution. Solderless breadboards are the fastest and most flexible way to design and experiment. When the printed circuit is ready for more permanent use, there are several methods of connecting components together that are appropriate for one-time designs in robots.

Display technology plays a critical role in how information is conveyed. As a picture is  worth a thousand words, display technology simplifies information sharing. Since its  commercialization in 1922 up until the late 20th century, Cathode Ray Tube  technology (CRT) has dominated the display industry. However, new trends such as  the desire for mobile electronics have [...]

The huge amount of data stored on computers at home and in businesses, combined with the need to protect the files from disaster, has resulted in the need for backup mass data storage. Often when backups are full of copies of a network with increments of file changes, the backup is even larger than the [...]

Optical System Management increases workforce productivity and facilitates the management of fiber optic networks with fewer technicians through fiber remote testing and accurate fiber plant documentation. The Optical Network Managment accurately detects and locates fiber degradation, alerting operators and

The microelectronic systems we study in academia consist of basic components such as transistors, resistors, capacitors etc. These same components are also used in the complicated Integrated Circuits (ICs) which make up the internals of the computer.The difference lies in the fact that they’re small – very small. So tiny in fact, that the term [...]