Reliable Embedded Systems

Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross says that performing two Google searches uses up as much energy as boiling the kettle for a cup of tea. Google says, not really. Whom to believe? A search certainly consumes less energy than driving to the library and looking things up.

Not even your psyche was safe from hacking in 2008 -- hackers found holes  in the highway toll system, building security -- and, yes, your head.

"There is no use trying," said Alice, "One can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen, "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." - Lewis Carroll 

Scheduling and resource allocation are the dominant factors in determining what real-time operating system fits best.

Maybe the author of this article would need a little training what to do against priority inversion, message passing based OSes, memory pools and the like.

Reading on a screen gives us more brain stress than reading the same text on paper. Clicking and scrolling interrupt our attentional focus. The risk of technical malfunction generates insecurity.

Around 100 years ago, Charles Schwab, president of Bethlehem Steel, wanted to increase his own efficiency, and of the management team at the steel company. Ivy Lee, a well-known efficiency expert of the time, approached Mr. Schwab, and made a proposition Charles Schwab could not refuse:

Ivy Lee: "I can increase your people's efficiency – and your sales – if you will allow me to spend fifteen minutes with each of your executives."

Charles Schwab: "How much will it cost me?"

Ivy Lee: "Nothing, unless it works."

Charles Schwab: "It's a deal."

We'll make you a proposition you can not refuse as well, especially in times like these. Unlike with Charles Schwab and Ivy Lee it's much more complex to create embebbed software than to produce steel, which means you need a customized solution to improve your efficiency and effectiveness, but we'll take up the challange.

You'll show us your development process and we'll show you how to improve it. If it does not work it's free otherwise we'll charge a very competitive price. (Of course we need to charge travel expenses in any case to visit you on-site)

Please contact us for further details.