Microchip Awarded EE Times ACE Award - Company of the Year

The EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards celebrate the creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the global industry and shape the world. This year, Microchip was awarded the EE Times ACE Award for “Company of the Year,” during a ceremony at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA.

PIC32 awarded EDN's 19th Annual Innovation Awards

EDN bestowed its 19th Annual Innovation Awards, honoring a diverse group of electronics engineers and the ground-breaking products they have produced. Microchip's PIC32 32-bit microcontroller was chosen in the Microcontroller category. Follow this link for the complete list of awards.

Video games 'can improve vision'

Playing action video games can boost an aspect of adult vision previously thought to be fixed, a US study shows.

Researchers found playing the games improved the ability to notice even very small changes in shades of grey against a uniform background.

Read the full news story on BBC News.

PICDEM Touch Sense 2 Demonstration Board with Diagnostic Tool

The PICDEM Touch Sense 2 Demonstration Board provides a complete platform introducing Microchip's mTouch Sensing Solutions employing the 16-bit PIC24F MCU. It features the Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU) for fast capacitive touch sensing without additional external components.

Factory programmed firmware provides immediate access to all the boards features through the use of the accompanying Windows-based diagnostic tool. The diagnostic tool provides a platform to analyze application critical information in real time as it relates to touch sensor behavior.

Features:

• Populated with PIC24F256GB110 MCU
• Directional pad, keypad and slider sensor
• ICSP programming capability

Kit contents

• The PICdem Touch Sense 2 Demonstration Board
• USB cable
• mTouch Sensing Solutions CD-ROM, with users guide, reference manuals, source code, MPLAB IDE and mTouch diagnostic tool software.

Learn more at http://www.microchip.com/mtouch

Vote in the 2008 Engadget Awards

Cast your vote for your favorite technologies of 2008 in the Engadget Awards. I don't know about you, but my votes are going for the Guitar Hero: World Tour Kit, the iPhone 3G, the unibody MacBook Pro, and the New Xbox Experience. Vote here.

The Japanese Office (SNL)

The Office is one of my favorite shows on TV. A while back, Saturday Night Live made this hilarious Japanese parody of The Office.