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Can we trust our cars?
Can we trust our cars?
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When we talk about automotive security, most people think about protecting cars from thieves. But with the emergence of automated…
A ‘better Bitcoin’ on the way?
A ‘better Bitcoin’ on the way?
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Academics from various U.S. colleges including MIT, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley have teamed up to create…
Dopant boost could double efficiency of organic solar cells
Dopant boost could double efficiency of organic solar cells
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Researchers have discovered a technique that can double the number of electrons made available by doping plastic materials, thereby doubling…
Organic electronics breakthrough promises to double efficiency
Organic electronics breakthrough promises to double efficiency
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Researchers have discovered a technique that can double the number of electrons made available by doping plastic materials, thereby doubling…

Open-source tool scans for hackable robots on the net
Open-source tool scans for hackable robots on the net
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In the hope of making robot manufacturers and users react promptly to secure their installations, robot cybersecurity startup Alias Robotics has released the code for a robot scanning tool, able…
New approach to negate SNR deficiencies in electro-optical gyroscopes
New approach to negate SNR deficiencies in electro-optical gyroscopes
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A 2mm-square silicon-based optical gyroscope devised at Caltech overcomes the major source of error in these tiny units thanks to the use of a self-cancellation technique. Those tiny gyroscopes—along with…
Silicon-based electro-optical gyroscope overcomes SNR deficiencies
Silicon-based electro-optical gyroscope overcomes SNR deficiencies
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A 2mm-square silicon-based optical gyroscope devised at Caltech overcomes the major source of error in these tiny units thanks to the use of a self-cancellation technique. Those tiny gyroscopes—along with…
Organic electronic breakthrough doubles efficiency
Organic electronic breakthrough doubles efficiency
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Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and six other universities, have discovered a technique that can double the number of electrons made available by doping plastic materials, thereby doubling…
Project uses blockchain to track cobalt through the supply chain
Project uses blockchain to track cobalt through the supply chain
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Car makers, battery makers and material suppliers have come together in a blockchain pilot program to address concerns in strategic mineral supply chains.
Blockchain pilot aims to address cobalt supply chain concerns
Blockchain pilot aims to address cobalt supply chain concerns
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Ford Motor Company (Detroit, MI), Huayou Cobalt (Zhejiang, China), IBM (Armonk, NY), chemical company LG Chem (Seoul, South Korea), and global service provider RCS Global have launched a blockchain pilot…
China Unicom and ZTE complete 5G call with prototype smartphone
China Unicom and ZTE complete 5G call with prototype smartphone
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ZTE Corporation has announced that the Guangdong branch of China Unicom and ZTE have made the first 5G call using 5G prototype smartphone from ZTE in a Shenzhen 5G field…
Researchers aim to commercialise switchable perovskite voltaic window
Researchers aim to commercialise switchable perovskite voltaic window
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Researchers in the US are building a test system to commercialise a perovskite photovoltaic cell technology that can be used to generate power as part of a window.
Ultrasound sensor can hear bacteria
Ultrasound sensor can hear bacteria
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A research team drawn from the universities of Swansea and Queensland has developed a MEMS-based ultrasound sensor of such sensitivity that it could find applications ranging from medical devices to…
Scientists develop technology for future “tactile” internet
Scientists develop technology for future “tactile” internet
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Researchers at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea have developed a technology capable of sending packets of digital information at 25 Gb/s – 10 times faster than currently…
New efficiency record for bifacial silicon solar cell
New efficiency record for bifacial silicon solar cell
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LONGi Solar in China is claiming a new record efficiency for a monocrystalline solar cell on a commercial wafer at over 24 percent.
Korean scientists bring “tactile” internet within reach
Korean scientists bring “tactile” internet within reach
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Researchers at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea have developed a technology capable of sending packets of digital information at 25 Gb/s – 10 times faster than currently…
Bifacial silicon solar cell tops record 24 per cent efficiency
Bifacial silicon solar cell tops record 24 per cent efficiency
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LONGi Solar in China is claiming a new record efficiency for a monocrystalline solar cell on a commercial wafer at over 24 percent.
Ultra-precise ultrasound detector can ‘hear’ bacteria, cells
Ultra-precise ultrasound detector can ‘hear’ bacteria, cells
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Researchers at the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) have developed an extremely sensitive ultrasound sensor that can measure miniscule random forces from surrounding air molecules.
Nvidia opens new AI robotics research lab
Nvidia opens new AI robotics research lab
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Graphics processing units maker Nvidia (Santa Clara, CA) has announced that it is opening a new robotics research lab in Seattle, WA to help enable the next generation of robots.
MIREGAS project yields superluminescent LEDs for mid-IR spectroscopy
MIREGAS project yields superluminescent LEDs for mid-IR spectroscopy
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A consortium of European research centres and industrial partners led by Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT Ltd, the H2020-project MIREGAS has already yielded new components for miniaturized gas sensors…
‘Sensor Fish’ to help engineers design fish-friendly dam turbines
‘Sensor Fish’ to help engineers design fish-friendly dam turbines
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The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has announced an agreement with radio telemetry product maker Advanced Telemetry Systems (Isanti, MN) in which its autonomous "sensor fish" will…
Miniaturized mid-IR spectroscopy for gas sensors
Miniaturized mid-IR spectroscopy for gas sensors
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A consortium of European research centres and industrial partners led by Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT Ltd, the H2020-project MIREGAS has already yielded new components for miniaturized gas sensors…
Everspin ships 1Gbit STT-MRAM
Everspin ships 1Gbit STT-MRAM
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Everspin Technologies Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.) has announced it has started shipping pre-production samples of its 1Gbit STT magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) non-volatile memory manufactured using a 28nm process.
‘Structural battery’ uses cartilage-like material
‘Structural battery’ uses cartilage-like material
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have used a cartilage-like material built with nanofibres to make zinc batteries that are highly durable and easy to shape.
Wireless, biodegradable artery sensor monitors healing blood vessels
Wireless, biodegradable artery sensor monitors healing blood vessels
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Using exclusively bio-compatible and bio-degradable materials, researchers from the University of Stanford have devised a capacitive-based artery blood-flow sensor which can be read out wirelessly once implanted, and which does…
Capacitive wireless blood flow sensor self-resorbs after use
Capacitive wireless blood flow sensor self-resorbs after use
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Using exclusively bio-compatible and bio-degradable materials, researchers from the University of Stanford have devised a capacitive-based artery blood-flow sensor which can be read out wirelessly once implanted, and which does…
Wireless backhaul demo achieves fiber-like results
Wireless backhaul demo achieves fiber-like results
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Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom claim to be the first to successfully demonstrate a millimeter wave link with a data transmission rate of 40 Gbps in a joint innovation project at…
Wireless blood flow sensor wraps around arteries, self-resorbs
Wireless blood flow sensor wraps around arteries, self-resorbs
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Using exclusively bio-compatible and bio-degradable materials, researchers from the University of Stanford have devised a capacitive-based artery blood-flow sensor which can be read out wirelessly once implanted, and which does…


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