EEVblog + The Signal Path - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 02, 2017, 04:14:34 am
content: Shahriar from The Signal Path and I will be meeting up this Thursday.We should probably shoot a video, but we don't know what yet, so I guess just a Q&A type thing maybe?If so, please ask questions that you'd like to see us both talk about.I don't want it to be an "interview" or some such, as we have done that on the Amp Hour before.Please don't ask for a joint teardown/repair/tutorial video, we won't have the time for that.

author: rx8pilot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2017, 04:32:58 am
content: This sounds awesome. Putting my thinking cap on now.......Sent from my horrible mobile....

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2017, 04:36:16 pm
content: this is so cool.ping pong match?(something non ee-related at least)Shahriar said he was going to do a Q&A video anyway, you may do it together?

author: TheAmmoniacal
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 02, 2017, 05:38:56 pm
content: Probably a bit too interview-like, but maybe a conversation-style where you chime in?Questions for Shahriar:1. Do you see your research having a practical application in the near future or is it too highly specialized?2. Do you have a favorite instrument at work, one that has been very useful in your research projects?Question to both:3. Where do you see AI going?4. As we are reaching the theoretical limits for transistor count (number/area) on silicon, where will we see further progress? (Alternative semiconductors? New dopants? Code efficiency? Parallelization?)

author: Wytnucls
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2017, 06:22:09 pm
content: Question for Shahriar:My cat won't spend any time in the lab. Does he need therapy?

author: abraxa
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2017, 06:59:02 pm
content: Personally, I wouldn't mind some personal stuff. You've seen the thread where a forum member asks whether he'll be a good engineer because he doesn't have the passion for it right now. Did you or Shahriar ever talk about what got you where you are now? What caused you to be intrinsically motivated to persist through the hardships of becoming an engineer and also being an outcast in school (don't we all know what that feels like...)? I think it's a worthy subject to discuss and it's pretty open-ended as well. If you did discuss this before then disregard my suggestion

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2017, 07:05:10 pm
content: How about: What is your opinion on the rise of BS "science", engineering illiterate (or outright scammy) kickstarters, etc.? What is the best way for an engineer to combat this? Or better yet, should we involve ourselves or let the fool and his money part ways?

author: Andrey_irk
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 12:32:55 am
content: My questions are:1. How and why did you decide to get into mm-wave ADCs?2. What are the best books on this topic in your opinion?3. Where do you produce your microwave ASICs at Bell labs? How does it work for you? How much time does it take usually?

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 07:55:40 am
content: Quote from: daqq on May 02, 2017, 07:05:10 pmseconded, sounds like a great question to me

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 04:18:50 pm
content: Humour question: What is the average air speed velocity of an unladen swallow, and if you were designing an instrument to measure this, what ADC would be best used?

author: alex89
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 05:06:28 pm
content: I want to see who bench more

author: FlyingHacker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2017, 05:27:05 pm
content: Engineer Wrestling...Each engineer wears a Faraday Cage suit in a vat of Transformer Oil (no PCBs) with two giant Tesla coils going full thunderstorm.Perhaps brainstorming on how hobbyists and underfunded labs can work with high frequency RF with no budget?

author: Andrey_irk
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2017, 12:31:54 am
content: How about setting up 300$ lab for RF work?

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2017, 12:55:25 am
content: Go and have a proper Bro-hug with ShahriarCoolest Persian dude ever!

author: ajb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 03:27:05 am
content: Quote from: alex89 on May 03, 2017, 05:06:28 pmClearly Shahriar, I mean have you seen all of the equipment on his benches? Dave's piles of old oscilloscopes and computer monitors don't count!