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Innovative waste heat power generation reduces CO2 emissions in passenger cars
Innovative waste heat power generation reduces CO2 emissions in passenger cars
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A new technology for energy recovery in internal combustion engines is to improve their efficiency. A new class of thermoelectric…
Microsoft takes aim at Amazon in automated shopping
Microsoft takes aim at Amazon in automated shopping
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Microsoft (Redmond, WA) is reportedly working on technology that would replace cashiers and checkout lines from stores.
3D-printed soft magnetic robots crawl and jump
3D-printed soft magnetic robots crawl and jump
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Soft robotics, often leveraging slow to actuate material properties to create curling or moving robotic limbs, got a boost from…
MIT-designed transmitter protects wireless data from hackers
MIT-designed transmitter protects wireless data from hackers
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In order to prevent hackers from intercepting wirelessly transmitted data, researchers from MIT went beyond traditional frequency hopping techniques that…

Soft 3D-printed magnetic robots can crawl and jump, untethered
Soft 3D-printed magnetic robots can crawl and jump, untethered
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Soft robotics, often leveraging slow to actuate material properties to create curling or moving robotic limbs, got a boost from a novel 3D-printing technique developed by MIT researchers.
Composite carbon anode triples battery capacity
Composite carbon anode triples battery capacity
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Researchers in Germany have developed a material comprising tin oxide nanoparticles enriched with antimony, on a base layer of graphene, that can triple the capacity of a battery cell and dramatically…
MIT researchers find bit-level frequency hopping secures data
MIT researchers find bit-level frequency hopping secures data
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In order to prevent hackers from intercepting wirelessly transmitted data, researchers from MIT went beyond traditional frequency hopping techniques that change the transmitting RF channel every thousands of bits or…
Total to design autonomous robots for inspections
Total to design autonomous robots for inspections
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Following the completion of the ARGOS Challenge it launched back in 2013 in partnership with the French national research agency (ANR), gas and oil extraction group Total is nearing its…
Composite carbon anode triples battery capacity
Composite carbon anode triples battery capacity
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Researchers in Germany have developed a material comprising tin oxide nanoparticles enriched with antimony, on a base layer of graphene, that can triple the capacity of a battery cell and dramatically…
Researchers test small ‘spin qubit’ chip for quantum computing
Researchers test small ‘spin qubit’ chip for quantum computing
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Intel (Santa Clara, CA) says its researchers have begun testing a new "spin qubit" chip - said to be the company's smallest yet - for quantum computing.
Wireless smart home system ‘sees’ through walls
Wireless smart home system ‘sees’ through walls
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Researchers at MIT (Cambridge, MA) have developed a wireless smart-home system that can monitor a person's movements from the other side of a wall.
AI smart home system sees through walls
AI smart home system sees through walls
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Researchers at MIT (Cambridge, MA) have developed a wireless smart-home system that can monitor a person's movements from the other side of a wall.
Intel testing tiny ‘spin qubit’ chip for quantum computing
Intel testing tiny ‘spin qubit’ chip for quantum computing
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Intel (Santa Clara, CA) says its researchers have begun testing a new "spin qubit" chip - said to be the company's smallest yet - for quantum computing.
Oil giant developing robots for autonomous site inspection
Oil giant developing robots for autonomous site inspection
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Following the completion of the ARGOS Challenge it launched back in 2013 in partnership with the French national research agency (ANR), gas and oil extraction group Total is nearing its…
World’s top supercomputer ranks 5th in power efficiency
World’s top supercomputer ranks 5th in power efficiency
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The latest supercomputer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory should be the fastest machine on the planet, but only ranks fifth for its power efficiency.
MEMS power switch startup achieves major milestone
MEMS power switch startup achieves major milestone
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Power switch startup Menlo Micro (Irvine, CA) has hit a major milestone in the development of its MEMS-based Digital-Micro-Switch (DMS) technology platform.
Smart connector increases reliability in cars, industrial applications
Smart connector increases reliability in cars, industrial applications
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In many areas of industrial application, e.g. in automobiles and in connected manufacturing environments (Industry 4.0), the reliability of connectors and electrical connection technologies plays a pivotal role. Together with…
Wireless current sensing with a micropower zero-drift Op Amp
Wireless current sensing with a micropower zero-drift Op Amp
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Many current sense circuits follow the same simple recipe: develop a voltage drop across a sense resistor: amplify the voltage, read it with an ADC, and now you know the…
Total to design robots for autonomous industrial site inspections
Total to design robots for autonomous industrial site inspections
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Following the completion of the ARGOS Challenge it launched back in 2013 in partnership with the French national research agency (ANR), gas and oil extraction group Total is nearing its…
Analog NN startup’s technology included in Infineon microphones
Analog NN startup’s technology included in Infineon microphones
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Syntiant Corp. (Irvine, Calif.), a startup formed to develop analog neural networking processors, has agreed to marry its neural decision processors (NDPs) with the microphone technology of Infineon Technologies AG…
MEMS power switches to shrink thanks to through glass via packaging
MEMS power switches to shrink thanks to through glass via packaging
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In cooperation with investing partner Corning, two-year-old power switch startup Menlo Micro announced a major milestone in the development of its MEMS-based Digital-Micro-Switch (DMS) technology platform.
Summit ranks 5th in green supercomputing
Summit ranks 5th in green supercomputing
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The latest supercomputer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US should be the fastest machine on the planet, but only ranks fifth for its power efficiency.
Transparent hole-transport layer triples UVC LED light output
Transparent hole-transport layer triples UVC LED light output
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Startup Bolb Inc. has announced a new line of ultraviolet c-band light-emitting diodes (UVC LED) featuring record single-chip performance for universal disinfection. With its UVC LEDs, the company claims it…
Glass vias boost MEMS power switch performance
Glass vias boost MEMS power switch performance
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Power switch startup Menlo Micro has hit a major milestone in the development of its MEMS-based Digital-Micro-Switch (DMS) technology platform.
MEMS power switches to shrink with through glass vias packaging
MEMS power switches to shrink with through glass vias packaging
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In cooperation with investing partner Corning, two-year-old power switch startup Menlo Micro announced a major milestone in the development of its MEMS-based Digital-Micro-Switch (DMS) technology platform.
Blood swimming nanorobots eliminate bacteria, toxins
Blood swimming nanorobots eliminate bacteria, toxins
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed tiny ultrasound-powered nanorobots that can swim through blood and remove harmful bacteria along with the toxins they produce.
Adesto teams with Russian, Chinese fabs on CBRAM
Adesto teams with Russian, Chinese fabs on CBRAM
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Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corp. (HLMC) has announced a collaboration with Adesto Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Crocus Nano Electronics LLC (Moscow, Russia) to develop MCUs and RFID chips based…
Analog NN startup signs up Infineon microphones
Analog NN startup signs up Infineon microphones
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Syntiant Corp. (Irvine, Calif.), a startup formed to develop analog neural networking processors, has agreed to marry its neural decision processors (NDPs) with the microphone technology of Infineon Technologies AG…


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