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Cars, smartphones, AI among NRAM applications in waiting
Cars, smartphones, AI among NRAM applications in waiting
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Nano-RAM non-volatile memories, based on carbon-nanotubes (CNTs), will prove useful in a broad swathe applications after they start to appear…
Next-generation Bluetooth® beacon technology – new business models and revenue streams
Next-generation Bluetooth® beacon technology – new business models and revenue streams
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Not everyone has heard of Bluetooth® beacons yet, but it is almost certain that they will – very soon. The…
Tin selenide ‘nanoflakes’ could create miniature thermoelectric devices
Tin selenide ‘nanoflakes’ could create miniature thermoelectric devices
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Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, are investigating single crystal 'nanoflakes' of tin selenide (SnSe) for miniature thermoelectric devices…
Researchers devise sensorless “thinking wheels”
Researchers devise sensorless “thinking wheels”
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Is this the re-invention of the wheel? Not quite, but it makes wheels much smarter. Researchers have developed a technology…

Scalable energy harvesting textile operates in the wet
Scalable energy harvesting textile operates in the wet
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Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) have designed a novel type of piezoelectric fibre which is robust enough to be woven using industrial weaving machines to create energy harvesting…
Future chip architectures should be organised like agile factories
Future chip architectures should be organised like agile factories
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Tomorrow’s embedded computing architectures will by far surpass those of today – in particular in terms of their complexity. Therefore, next-generation chips should be organized like agile factories, experts believe.
V2X communications – LTE versus DSRC
V2X communications – LTE versus DSRC
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With all the hype surrounding self-driving vehicles based on artificial intelligence (AI), image recognition and sophisticated sensors, it is easy to forget about another important interrelated technology that also promises…
Tin selenide ‘nanoflakes’ for miniature thermoelectric devices
Tin selenide ‘nanoflakes’ for miniature thermoelectric devices
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Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, are investigating single crystal 'nanoflakes' of tin selenide (SnSe) for miniature thermoelectric devices that can generate power from temperature differences and be used…
Future chip architectures: inspired by factory concepts
Future chip architectures: inspired by factory concepts
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Tomorrow’s embedded computing architectures will by far surpass those of today – in particular in terms of their complexity. Therefore, next-generation chips should be organized like agile factories, experts believe.
Lithium-sulfur breakthrough promises drastically longer battery life
Lithium-sulfur breakthrough promises drastically longer battery life
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Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas believe they have made a breakthrough in the development of lithium sulfur batteries that could drastically lengthen battery life.
‘Nanoflakes’ show promise for thermoelectric energy conversion
‘Nanoflakes’ show promise for thermoelectric energy conversion
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Researchers from Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) are investigating single crystal 'nanoflakes' of tin selenide (SnSe) for miniature thermoelectric devices that can generate power from temperature differences and be used for…
Energy harvesting textile operates in the wet, is scalable
Energy harvesting textile operates in the wet, is scalable
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Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) have designed a novel type of piezoelectric fibre which is robust enough to be woven using industrial weaving machines to create energy harvesting…
From wheelchairs to trolleys: researchers devise “thinking wheels”
From wheelchairs to trolleys: researchers devise “thinking wheels”
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Is this the re-invention of the wheel? Not quite, but it makes wheels much smarter. Researchers have developed a technology that enables wheels to know for themselves when and how…
€5 octacore MCU for edge analytics and sensor fusion
€5 octacore MCU for edge analytics and sensor fusion
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Fabless chip company GreenWaves Technologies SAS (Grenoble, France) has launched its GAP8 RISC-V-based multicore processor.
Tin selenide ‘nanoflakes’ for miniature thermoelectric devices
Tin selenide ‘nanoflakes’ for miniature thermoelectric devices
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Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, are investigating single crystal 'nanoflakes' of tin selenide (SnSe) for miniature thermoelectric devices that can generate power from temperature differences and be used…
Breakthrough for lithium sulfur batteries
Breakthrough for lithium sulfur batteries
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Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas believe they have made a breakthrough in the development of lithium sulfur batteries that could drastically lengthen battery life.
Apple continues to back microLED displays, says report
Apple continues to back microLED displays, says report
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Apple Inc. is designing and producing microLED displays at a facility in Santa Clara, Calif., according to a Bloomberg report that referenced unnamed sources.
GloFo extends silicon photonics roadmap
GloFo extends silicon photonics roadmap
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Foundry chipmaker Globalfoundries Inc. has said it has qualified a 90nm manufacturing process for silicon photonics on 300mm-diameter wafers and added an upcoming 45nm technology to the roadmap.
€5 octacore MCU covers analytics, fusion at the edge
€5 octacore MCU covers analytics, fusion at the edge
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Fabless chip company GreenWaves Technologies SAS (Grenoble, France) has launched its GAP8 RISC-V-based multicore processor.
Atomically-thin LEDs could pave way for transparent displays
Atomically-thin LEDs could pave way for transparent displays
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Leveraging the special properties of transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMDCs) monolayers, researchers from the University of California Berkeley have designed an atomically-thin bright-light emitting device several millimeters wide and fully transparent when…
Renesas samples 28nm MCUs with embedded flash
Renesas samples 28nm MCUs with embedded flash
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Japan's Renesas Electronics is shipping samples of its RH850/E2x series automotive microcontrollers with embedded flash non-volatile memory manufactured in a 28nm CMOS process.
3D printing process connects optical microchips
3D printing process connects optical microchips
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Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a flexible and efficient concept for combining optical components into compact systems: They use a high-resolution 3D printing process to…
Driving towards the automotive radar test
Driving towards the automotive radar test
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Radar has multiple advantages over alternative sensing technologies like cameras, ultrasound or LIDAR, securing its role in automotive active safety and autonomous driving well into the future.
Researchers make transparent LEDs atomically thin
Researchers make transparent LEDs atomically thin
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Leveraging the special properties of transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMDCs) monolayers, researchers from the University of California Berkeley engineers have designed an atomically-thin bright-light emitting device several millimetres wide and fully transparent…
Collaboration on MEMS-based reconfigurable metal lenses
Collaboration on MEMS-based reconfigurable metal lenses
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In a paper titled "Dynamic metasurface lens based on MEMS technology" published in the APL Photonics journal, researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory and Harvard University explain how they were…
Nissan reuses car batteries for standalone street lights
Nissan reuses car batteries for standalone street lights
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Nissan hs teamed up with battery recycling comapny 4R Energy to install new streetlights powered by solar panels and used batteries from Nissan's LEAF electric car.
German consortium plans to shrink LED optics
German consortium plans to shrink LED optics
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Coordinated by Osram Opto Semiconductors, German research project "IBELIVE" (a German acronym for Innovative Hybrid Diffusers for Low-Profile Lighting Systems with Tailored Light Distribution) gathers research partners including Fraunhofer Institute…
German consortium wants to shrink LED optics
German consortium wants to shrink LED optics
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Coordinated by Osram Opto Semiconductors, German research project "IBELIVE" (a German acronym for Innovative Hybrid Diffusers for Low-Profile Lighting Systems with Tailored Light Distribution) gathers research partners including Fraunhofer Institute…


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