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Startup preps automatic-focus eye glasses
Startup preps automatic-focus eye glasses
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Sihto NV (Ghent, Belgium), which trades as Morrow Optics, has developed electronically operated, automatically focusing eye glasses.
Robot development kit is highly customisable
Robot development kit is highly customisable
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Following its first Kickstarter campaign two years ago with the six-legged HEXA robot, startup Vincross is now launching the MIND…
Modular robotics for makers
Modular robotics for makers
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Following its first Kickstarter campaign two years ago with the six-legged HEXA robot, startup Vincross is now launching the MIND…
Startup offers 112Gbps SerDes targeting 7nm silicon
Startup offers 112Gbps SerDes targeting 7nm silicon
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Alphawave IP Inc. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a startup company that has developed a serializer-deserializer IP core that supports a…

Eco-friendly, 3D printable manufacturing targets IoT sensors
Eco-friendly, 3D printable manufacturing targets IoT sensors
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SFU Mechatronic Systems Engineering professor Woo Soo Kim is collaborating with Swiss researchers to develop an eco-friendly 3D printable solution for producing wireless Internet-of-Things sensors. The research team is using…
Sub-mW radar chip supports presence detection up to 15m
Sub-mW radar chip supports presence detection up to 15m
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At the 2019 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC2019), imec has unveiled a 40nm CMOS-based 1.8mm2 UWB radar chip for presence detection, drawing less than 1mW in operation.
Smaller solid state transformer for DC smart grids
Smaller solid state transformer for DC smart grids
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Researchers at EPFL in Switzerland have developed a compact and efficient medium-frequency solid state transformer (SST) for DC grids.
Dendrite detection barrier promises safer lithium metal batteries
Dendrite detection barrier promises safer lithium metal batteries
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Researchers at Rice University (Houston, TX) have used red phosphorus to make rechargeable lithium metal batteries safer and simpler to manufacture.
Vibration energy harvesting system powers sensors
Vibration energy harvesting system powers sensors
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For the operation of sensors in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS (Erlangen, Germany) has developed a self-sufficient power supply technique that uses…
Waterproofing system removes the need for seals in next generation smartphones
Waterproofing system removes the need for seals in next generation smartphones
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P2i in Oxford, UK, has launched a system-level waterproofing system that removes the need for seals in next generation bendable and 5G clamshell smartphones.
Online tool helps identify areas of AI improvement
Online tool helps identify areas of AI improvement
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to increase automation and boost productivity. However, organisations should first understand their own readiness for taking advantage of AI. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland…
Chicken eggshells, a cost-effective material for energy storage
Chicken eggshells, a cost-effective material for energy storage
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What is the optimal technology for energy storage? Over decades, countless research projects have been dedicated to this question. An international team of scientists has now found a surprising result:…
Coating method makes smartphones watertight – without sealing
Coating method makes smartphones watertight – without sealing
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P2i in Oxford, UK, has launched a system-level waterproofing system that removes the need for seals in next generation bendable and 5G clamshell smartphones.
Researchers create UV laser out of AlGaN nanowires
Researchers create UV laser out of AlGaN nanowires
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A team of researchers from the McGill University (Canada) and the University of Michigan (USA) have leveraged the unique properties of Aluminum-Gallium-Nitride (AlGaN) nanowire structures, such as their low defect…
Online tool tests organisations’ AI maturity
Online tool tests organisations’ AI maturity
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to increase automation and boost productivity. However, organisations should first understand their own readiness for taking advantage of AI. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland…
New coating technology boosts thermal designs
New coating technology boosts thermal designs
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A thin film waterproof coating developed by P2i in the UK can be used to improve the battery capacity and thermal management of the next generation of smartphones.
‘Hactive’ waterproofing opens up smartphone design
‘Hactive’ waterproofing opens up smartphone design
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P2i in Oxford, UK, has launched a system-level waterproofing system that removes the need for seals in next generation bendable and 5G clamshell smartphones.
Red phosphorus protects lithium metal batteries
Red phosphorus protects lithium metal batteries
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Researchers at Rice University in the US have used red phosphorus to make rechargeable lithium metal batteries safer and simpler to manufacture.
Shop floor energy harvesting enables sensor operation
Shop floor energy harvesting enables sensor operation
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For the operation of sensors in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS (Erlangen, Germany) has developed a self-sufficient power supply technique that uses…
IBM, California tackle drought with IoT and blockchain
IBM, California tackle drought with IoT and blockchain
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IBM Research (Armonk, NY) has announced that it is partnering with organizations in California to pilot technologies that can accurately monitor and track groundwater use in one of the largest…
Sub-THz chip could help driverless cars ‘see’ through fog, dust
Sub-THz chip could help driverless cars ‘see’ through fog, dust
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Researchers at MIT have leveraged the unique propagation properties of sub-terahertz wavelengths to design a sensor chip able to detect objects hidden by fog or dust.
5G infrastructure needs programmability
5G infrastructure needs programmability
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Alok Sanghavi surveys the 5G infrastructure landscape and makes the case for FPGAs and chiplet packaging to support evolving standards and high performance computation.
Smallest optical frequency comb to-date
Smallest optical frequency comb to-date
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Although chip-scale versions of optical frequency combs using microresonators were first demonstrated in 2007, a fully integrated form has been hindered by high material losses and complex excitation mechanisms, umtil…
Soitec, a strategic partner of start-up incubator Silicon Catalyst
Soitec, a strategic partner of start-up incubator Silicon Catalyst
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Silicon Catalyst, the world's only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating solutions in silicon has signed Soitec as its first European strategic partner. This agreement provides Soitec access to early-stage silicon…
Sub-terahertz receiver array chip enables autonomous vehicles ‘see’ through fog and dust
Sub-terahertz receiver array chip enables autonomous vehicles ‘see’ through fog and dust
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A sub-terahertz receiving system that could help steer driverless cars see through blinding conditions, such as fog and dust has been developed by researchers at MIT.
Cloud networking startup emerges from stealth mode with funding
Cloud networking startup emerges from stealth mode with funding
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A networking software company that has just emerged from stealth, DriveNets has announced a first round of financing of $110M to accelerate its revolution of service provider networks by bringing…
240GHz chip sees through fog, dust
240GHz chip sees through fog, dust
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Researchers from MIT have leveraged the unique propagation properties of sub-terahertz wavelengths to design a sensor chip able to detect objects hidden by fog or dust.
New magnet type promises enhanced data storage
New magnet type promises enhanced data storage
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Scientists at New York University (New York City, NY) have discovered a new type of magnet that, they say, holds promise for enhancing the performance of data storage technologies.


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