reality engineering

The measurement of Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is arguably the most complex of compliance issues, affecting thousands of new device models and billions of radio transmitters.

Three million years ago, Homo Naledi may have gazed at stars seeking answers. Decades ago, the COBE satellite measured echoes of the Big Bang. One question endures across time: how did this all start? A journey from ancient cosmology to space-age EMC.

The wireless revolution hiding in your pocket: Between 2004 and 2014, FCC certifications exploded fivefold globally, but the real shocker? China's certifications skyrocketed 25-fold to dominate the market, while Mexico went from one lonely grant to 286. Discover which countries are secretly powering your connected life—and why your backpack now carries more radios than a 1990s electronics store.

Well There They Go Again… The FCC tossed out another Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)...

It’s normal to have a few regrets and I have more than the crooner...

This month’s Reality Engineering takes a stab at circumstance. As engineers we are creatures...

Most readers of this magazine can speak aloud the title of this piece, "On...

This issue of In Compliance magazine presents the annual ode to Test Equipment. In...

Olfactory nerves lie at the top of your nasal passages and their associated axons...

The next couple of installments of Reality Engineering will carry a spacey theme, in recognition of the ongoing efforts of rocket scientists and engineers in our community. Testing and verification of space-borne systems are critically important, you don’t get “do-overs” in space shots (we found that out in an earlier post “The Ringing Rocket"). Here we visit some NASA facilities that proved out Apollo-era designs and are being maintained for the next phase of space engineering.