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Laying the groundwork for digital-signage technology
Laying the groundwork for digital-signage technology
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Digital signage can double audience information retention and provides endless possibilities for all industries. This article takes an in-depth look…
Building a multi-junction solar cell from off-the-shelf components
Building a multi-junction solar cell from off-the-shelf components
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have built a multi-junction solar cell using off-the-shelf components, resulting in lower cost, high-efficiency…
NASA drone to explore Saturn moon Titan
NASA drone to explore Saturn moon Titan
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced a dual-quadcopter lander that will explore Titan, the biggest of Saturn's…
X-ray imaging advances solid-state battery design
X-ray imaging advances solid-state battery design
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Researchers have used X-rays to see the real time operation of a solid state battery.

Real time X-ray imaging of solid state battery
Real time X-ray imaging of solid state battery
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Researchers in the US have used an X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanner for real time imaging of a solid state battery…
Isorg and Sumitomo Chemical partner on organic photodetectors
Isorg and Sumitomo Chemical partner on organic photodetectors
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Isorg, a pioneer in organic photodetectors (OPDs) and large-area image sensors, and Sumitomo Chemical, a global leader in OPD materials production and other fields, announced they will jointly develop new…
Strawberry-picking robot: made in Europe
Strawberry-picking robot: made in Europe
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Wimbledon fans, who consume 34 thousand kilos of strawberries every year, could one day get their strawberries picked by a small group of new robots, developed in Europe.
Real time imaging solves material challenges of solid state battery
Real time imaging solves material challenges of solid state battery
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Researchers in the US have used X-rays to see the real time operation of a solid state battery…
OTA software updates to moving vehicle demonstrated
OTA software updates to moving vehicle demonstrated
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DevOps platform JFrog (San Francisco, CA) has demonstrated the ability to update the software of vehicles while they are in motion using remote control (RC) vehicles for scale.
Laser ignition: The better alternative to spark plugs?
Laser ignition: The better alternative to spark plugs?
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A research team replaced the conventional spark-plug ignition of the gasoline engine with a laser-based system, yielding improvements in engine performance and reduced emissions.
BMW test car explores the limits of electric drives
BMW test car explores the limits of electric drives
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Engineers at BMW are exploring the limits of what is technically feasible for battery electric drive technology in a prototype test vehicle called Power BEV.
Forget the spark plug: use laser ignition for gasoline ICEs
Forget the spark plug: use laser ignition for gasoline ICEs
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A research team replaced the conventional spark-plug ignition of the gasoline engine with a laser-based system, yielding improvements in engine performance and reduced emissions.
Indoor system enables real-time worker and tool tracking
Indoor system enables real-time worker and tool tracking
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Desoutter Industrial Tools and CEA-Leti partnered on the development of a precise, indoor-location system that enables factories to monitor tools in real time and help manage their use by workers…
Dutch energy harvesting PMIC boosts NB-IoT chip
Dutch energy harvesting PMIC boosts NB-IoT chip
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Huawei has designed a board for its Boudica V150 NB-IoT system chip that includes the NW-A2.3 PMIC energy harvesting device from Nowi Energy NV (Delft, The Netherlands)…
Inductive charging threat to lithium battery performance
Inductive charging threat to lithium battery performance
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Inductive charging risks depleting the life of mobile phones using typical lithium-ion batteries say UK researchers.
Wood – out of the 3D printer
Wood – out of the 3D printer
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in 3D printing with a wood-based ink in a way that mimics the unique ‘ultrastructure’ of wood. The achievement could revolutionise…
World’s first giga-scale cryogenic battery takes on power stations
World’s first giga-scale cryogenic battery takes on power stations
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Highview Power in the UK has demonstrated a modular cryogenic energy storage system, the CRYOBattery, that is scalable up to multiple gigawatts of energy storage and can be located anywhere.
Communications platform tackles UAS operational challenges
Communications platform tackles UAS operational challenges
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Despite the success in technology of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), known as drones, there are three fundamental challenges of UAS platforms that need to be solved for commercial operations:…
CEA-Leti and Radiall collaborate on RF components for 5G
CEA-Leti and Radiall collaborate on RF components for 5G
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Research institute, Leti, and Radiall have announced a five-year common lab to design innovative antennas, RF components to meet infrastructure requirements of 5G networks and photonics components for harsh environments.
Tower makes beam-steering IC for Lumotive
Tower makes beam-steering IC for Lumotive
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Specialty foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel), which trades as TowerJazz, has manufactured a beam-steering IC based on liquid crystal metasurface technology for Lumotive LLC (Bellevue, Washington).
Huawei puts Dutch energy harvest PMIC next to NB-IoT SoC
Huawei puts Dutch energy harvest PMIC next to NB-IoT SoC
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Huawei has a development board for its Boudica V150 NB-IoT system chip that includes the NW-A2.3 PMIC energy harvesting device from Nowi Energy NV (Delft, The Netherlands)…
Tower makes beam-steering IC for Lumotive
Tower makes beam-steering IC for Lumotive
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Specialty foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel), which trades as TowerJazz, has manufactured a beam-steering IC based on liquid crystal metasurface technology for Lumotive LLC (Bellevue, Washington).
Wearable skin sensor detects vibration for voice recognition
Wearable skin sensor detects vibration for voice recognition
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Researchers at the Pohang University of Science & Technology (Pohang, South Korea) have developed a flexible and wearable skin vibration responsive sensor that can be used for voice recognition in…
BMW explores the limits of electric drives
BMW explores the limits of electric drives
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At its #NEXTGen future conference, BMW showed a lot of electrical stuff. Among other things, the test vehicle Power BEV will sound out the limits of the technically feasible within…
Real-time indoor tool-tracking ready for Industry 4.0
Real-time indoor tool-tracking ready for Industry 4.0
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Desoutter Industrial Tools and CEA-Leti partnered on the development of a precise, indoor-location system that enables factories to monitor tools in real time and help manage their use by workers…
Race car with steer-by-wire technology in action
Race car with steer-by-wire technology in action
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A top speed of 240 kmph, but no steering column: At the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring race track, Schaeffler Paravan Technologie GmbH presented a racing car in which conventional…
Wearable skin vibration sensor allows voice recognition
Wearable skin vibration sensor allows voice recognition
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Researchers at the Pohang University of Science & Technology (Pohang, South Korea) have developed a flexible and wearable skin vibration responsive sensor that can be used for voice recognition in…
Always-on-sensing at a tenth of the power
Always-on-sensing at a tenth of the power
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Leveraging a proprietary Reconfigurable Analog Modular Processor (RAMP) platform, Aspinity promises always-on-sensing at a tenth of the power budget that digital-based solutions offer today.


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