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Nanofibres create conformal rechargeable zinc battery
Nanofibres create conformal rechargeable zinc battery
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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…
Algorithm boosts SiC transistor reliability
Algorithm boosts SiC transistor reliability
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Researchers at the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) have developed a simple and precise method for detecting defects in silicon…
Smart shopping carts let customers skip checkout
Smart shopping carts let customers skip checkout
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Smart shopping cart startup Caper (Brooklyn, NY) has announced that it is rolling out AI-powered shopping carts that automatically tally…
Holographic color printing deters counterfeiting
Holographic color printing deters counterfeiting
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Stepping up on conventional anti-counterfeit optical markings such as microscopic colour prints and holograms, a team of researchers from the…

Algorithm enables better SiC transistors
Algorithm enables better SiC transistors
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Even when using the latest SiC transistors, switching large currents still leads to energy losses and thus to high heating of the power transistors. Researchers at the Friedrich Alexander University…
New weather system promises ‘vastly improved’ global forecasting
New weather system promises ‘vastly improved’ global forecasting
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IBM (Armonk, NY) and its subsidiary The Weather Company (Atlanta, GA) have unveiled a new global weather forecasting system that they say will provide the most accurate local weather forecasts…
Another Smart Home API for WiFi thermostats
Another Smart Home API for WiFi thermostats
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nVent Electric has announced new smart home integrations for its WiFi-enabled, floor heating thermostat and a new developer Applications Programming Interface (API).
Anticounterfeit microprint shines multiple holographic patterns under RGB lasers
Anticounterfeit microprint shines multiple holographic patterns under RGB lasers
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Stepping up on conventional anti-counterfeit optical markings such as microscopic colour prints and holograms, a team of researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have managed to…
Colour microprints project multiple authentication patterns under laser exposure
Colour microprints project multiple authentication patterns under laser exposure
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Stepping up on conventional anti-counterfeit optical markings such as microscopic colour prints and holograms, a team of researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have managed to…
Panasonic employs 48V platform for versatile concept vehicle
Panasonic employs 48V platform for versatile concept vehicle
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To build an electric vehicle, designers not necessarily need to deal with high-voltage batteries and drives; the 48-V ecosystem offers an increasing number of options for electric powertrains. At CES,…
Thermomagnetic breakthrough for generating power
Thermomagnetic breakthrough for generating power
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Scientists have developed a new magnetic generator to convert waste heat into electricity. A clever arrangement of the components has made it possible to improve the electrical yield by orders…
All 1000Base-T1 test cases demonstrated for the first time
All 1000Base-T1 test cases demonstrated for the first time
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Rohde & Schwarz has teamed with chip maker Marvell to demonstrate for the first time all the 1000BASE-T1 compliance test cases for layer 1 (PHY) networking at 1Gbit/s over single twisted…
Researchers make inexpensive optoelectronic components possible
Researchers make inexpensive optoelectronic components possible
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Researchers at the University of Münster (Germany) have succeeded in taking a major step towards the development of highly efficient, inexpensive photo transistors. The scientists were able to drastically improve…
Breakthrough in sight for thermomagnetic generators
Breakthrough in sight for thermomagnetic generators
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Scientists have developed a new magnetic generator to convert waste heat into electricity. A clever arrangement of the components has made it possible to improve the electrical yield by orders…
IBM unveils commercial quantum computer
IBM unveils commercial quantum computer
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IBM has launched the world’s first commercial quantum computer at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Buttonless smartphone demonstrated at CES
Buttonless smartphone demonstrated at CES
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In order to promote its ultra-low-power piezoelectric (piezo) drivers, haptics solutions provider Boréas Technologies is demonstrating a buttonless smartphone at CES, replacing the smartphone’s mechanical volume and power buttons with…
Flexible wireless charger can be easily cut to shape
Flexible wireless charger can be easily cut to shape
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Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed a flexible sheet for charging smartphones and smartwatches wirelessly that can be easily cut or molded into shape.
CES report – Low Voltage Dynamic PhotoDiode (DPD) offers cost effective light sensing
CES report – Low Voltage Dynamic PhotoDiode (DPD) offers cost effective light sensing
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ActLight’s Dynamic Photodiode (DPD) technology offers technological breakthrough in light sensing…
Boréas replaces smartphone buttons with haptics
Boréas replaces smartphone buttons with haptics
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In order to promote its ultra-low-power piezoelectric (piezo) drivers, haptics provider Boréas Technologies is demonstrating a buttonless smartphone at CES, replacing the smartphone’s mechanical volume and power buttons with two…
NXP, Kalray defy Nvidia with automotive AI computing platform
NXP, Kalray defy Nvidia with automotive AI computing platform
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There is movement in the market for computer platforms for autonomous vehicles: Chip manufacturers NXP and Kalray have entered into a partnership to develop such a computer platform. Thus, a…
Buttonless smartphone relies on haptics
Buttonless smartphone relies on haptics
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In order to promote its ultra-low-power piezoelectric (piezo) drivers, haptics solutions provider Boréas Technologies is demonstrating a buttonless smartphone at CES, replacing the smartphone’s mechanical volume and power buttons with…
New claim for highest-performance ARM-based server processor chip
New claim for highest-performance ARM-based server processor chip
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The world's largest telecommunications company Huawei has announced the Kunpeng 920 processor, which includes 64 ARM processor cores able to operate at clock frequencies of up to 2.6GHz.
IBM looks to European designers for quantum computer launch
IBM looks to European designers for quantum computer launch
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IBM has tapped European design skills to launch the world’s first commercial quantum computer at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
IBM taps European design for first commercial quantum computer
IBM taps European design for first commercial quantum computer
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IBM has tapped European design skills to launch the world’s first commercial quantum computer at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Passive design uses solar power to convert seawater into fresh
Passive design uses solar power to convert seawater into fresh
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A team of engineers from the Department of Energy at the Politecnico di Torino has devised a new prototype to desalinate seawater using solar energy more efficiently.
ZF demos automotive supercomputer, autonomous minibus
ZF demos automotive supercomputer, autonomous minibus
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At CES in Las Vegas, automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen shows how networked and autonomous driving could become reality. A powerful AI computer for autonomous vehicles takes center stage. In addition,…
MIT technique ‘reverse engineers’ complex 3D CAD models
MIT technique ‘reverse engineers’ complex 3D CAD models
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Researchers at MIT (Cambridge, MA) have found a way to "reverse engineer" complex 3D computer-aided design (CAD) models that breaks them down into the many individual shapes they're made of.
Time division power supply enables flexible wireless charger sheet that can be cut to shape
Time division power supply enables flexible wireless charger sheet that can be cut to shape
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Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed a flexible sheet for charging smartphones and smartwatches wirelessly that can be easily cut or molded into shape.


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