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Spider-inspired depth sensor fuses optical, imaging breakthroughs
Spider-inspired depth sensor fuses optical, imaging breakthroughs
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Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a compact and efficient…
New dielectric for film capacitor opens up SiC designs
New dielectric for film capacitor opens up SiC designs
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TDK's B25640 HF power film capacitor range uses a new dielectric material and is optimised for designs using SiC semiconductors.
AI and machine learning for cell siting cuts 5G costs
AI and machine learning for cell siting cuts 5G costs
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A white paper published by the Small Cell Forum (SCF) and 5G Americas explores the precision planning process of small…
Optical hacking a threat to driverless cars
Optical hacking a threat to driverless cars
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AI algorithms, which convert the camera images in self-driving cars into control instructions, are easy to deceive. Researchers have now…

Chinese micro LED wafers reach 6-inch
Chinese micro LED wafers reach 6-inch
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According to a news report from Digitimes, China-based Sanan Optoelectronics plans to kick off production of 6-inch micro LED wafers later in fourth-quarter 2019.
Solar glitter targets aerospace designs
Solar glitter targets aerospace designs
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mPower Technology (Albuquerque, NM) has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding to commercialize its solar glitter solar cell technology in the aerospace market.
Nanoscale trampoline-like sensor measures light mechanically
Nanoscale trampoline-like sensor measures light mechanically
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Researchers at the University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) have developed an ultrasensitive method to measure light using microscopic drums.
Vision system allows autonomous cars to see around corners
Vision system allows autonomous cars to see around corners
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Researchers at MIT (Cambridge, MA) have have developed a system for autonomous vehicles that enables them to sense a moving object coming from around a corner.
Autonomous cars learn to drive with foresight
Autonomous cars learn to drive with foresight
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Good drivers anticipate dangerous situations and adjust their driving accordingly before things get hot. Researchers at the University of Bonn (Germany) now want to teach this ability to autonomous cars.
How simple it is to fool AI algorithms for autonomous vehicles
How simple it is to fool AI algorithms for autonomous vehicles
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AI algorithms, which convert the camera images in self-driving cars into control instructions, are easy to deceive. Researchers have now shown how "optical hacking" works. Simple color patterns can be…
ARM to develop security IP with UK government funding
ARM to develop security IP with UK government funding
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The UK government has announced it is helping provide £36 million to ARM to develop online security technologies and intellectual property.
Improve Automotive Exterior LED Lighting with Buck-Boost Average Current Control
Improve Automotive Exterior LED Lighting with Buck-Boost Average Current Control
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LEDs have many automotive applications and are used in diverse arrangements from a single LED lamp to LED strings and matrices.
Low cost carbon capture spin off uses battery technology
Low cost carbon capture spin off uses battery technology
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Researchers in the US are using battery technology for a new low cost carbon capture technique being commercialised in a spin off called Verdox.
Computer vision system helps robots, vehicles see around corners
Computer vision system helps robots, vehicles see around corners
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Researchers at MIT (Cambridge, MA) have have developed a system for autonomous vehicles that enables them to sense a moving object coming from around a corner.
Prophesee plans sensor to address automotive, consumer markets
Prophesee plans sensor to address automotive, consumer markets
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Machinevision sensing pioneer Prophesee SA (Paris, France) has raised an additional $28 million in equity funding and indicated it will engage with automotive and consumer applications with a next-generation device.
Bioperovskite technology boosts solar cell efficiency
Bioperovskite technology boosts solar cell efficiency
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Researchers have found a way to significantly boost the performance of perovskite solar cell technology using a biological material.
Bill Gates funded lidar startup partners with LCOS maker
Bill Gates funded lidar startup partners with LCOS maker
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Lumotive LLC (Bellevue, Washington), the Bill Gates backed startup developing metamaterials-based lidar, has announced a partnership with Himax Display Inc. (Tainan, Taiwan) a maker of liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS)…
IDTechEx show centres on skin patches
IDTechEx show centres on skin patches
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Wearable technology devices seek to provide value in the augmentation of the wearer by design and function. From this perspective, electronic skin patches are a particularly interesting device type, anchoring…
Lightelligence joins incubator with optical AI demo in hand
Lightelligence joins incubator with optical AI demo in hand
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Lightelligence Inc. (Boston, Mass.), a startup spun out of Massachussets Institute of Technology, to commercialize optical processing for artificial intelligence has joined the MIT startup exchange incubator.
Simple colour stain can confuse autonomously driving vehicles
Simple colour stain can confuse autonomously driving vehicles
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AI algorithms, which convert the camera images in self-driving cars into control instructions, are easy to deceive. Researchers have now shown how "optical hacking" works. Simple color patterns can be…
Biological material boosts perovskite solar cell efficiency
Biological material boosts perovskite solar cell efficiency
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A team of researchers in Finland and the US have found a way to significantly boost the performance of perovskite solar cell technology using a biological material.
Tunable ducted fuel injection to eliminate soot
Tunable ducted fuel injection to eliminate soot
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Researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories Combustion Research Facility have designed a ducted fuel injection which they say can fine-tune the fuel-air mixture in an engine to the point of…
IBM on ‘quantum supremacy’
IBM on ‘quantum supremacy’
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IBM (Armonk, NY) has responded, skeptically, to Google's recent announcement that it had achieved "quantum supremacy" with its Sycamore quantum computer.
High-energy laser counter-drone system delivered to USAF
High-energy laser counter-drone system delivered to USAF
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Defense contractor and industrial company Raytheon (Waltham, MA) has announced that it has delivered the first high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system (UAS) to the U.S. Air Force (USAF).
Smart skin patches to take center stage at IDTechEx show
Smart skin patches to take center stage at IDTechEx show
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Wearable technology devices seek to provide value in the augmentation of the wearer by design and function. From this perspective, electronic skin patches are a particularly interesting device type, anchoring…
Cruise control system uses AI to mimic driver behaviour
Cruise control system uses AI to mimic driver behaviour
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Hyundai Motor Group is developing a cruise control system based on artificial intelligence. The technology analyzes the driver's individual driving behaviour and combines it with the vehicle's autonomous driving functions.
UK government funds ARM to develop security IP
UK government funds ARM to develop security IP
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The UK government has announced it is helping provide £36 million to ARM to develop online security technologies and intellectual property.
Skin patches take centre stage at the IDTechEx show
Skin patches take centre stage at the IDTechEx show
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Wearable technology devices seek to provide value in the augmentation of the wearer by design and function. From this perspective, electronic skin patches are a particularly interesting device type, anchoring…


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