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First narrowband IoT based smart street lighting system
First narrowband IoT based smart street lighting system
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Swiss company, u‑blox has announced that its SARA-N2 series of NB‑IoT (LTE Cat NB1) modules is enabling the world’s first…
Movidius upgrades VPU with on-chip neural compute
Movidius upgrades VPU with on-chip neural compute
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Video processor company Movidius, now a subsidiary of Intel, has introduced its third generation of Myriad VPU with an on-chip…
BiCMOS chip delivers 370 GHz beam steering for next gen communications
BiCMOS chip delivers 370 GHz beam steering for next gen communications
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Researchers from the University of California, Davis have designed a novel SiGe chip operating at tunable frequencies from 318 GHz…
Anyside Isolated Switch Controller with I²C Command and Telemetry
Anyside Isolated Switch Controller with I²C Command and Telemetry
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Hot swap integrated circuits are used to limit inrush current in either low-side or high-side DC applications. The application operating…

OLED taillights for the show: Mercedes-Benz’ video teaser
OLED taillights for the show: Mercedes-Benz’ video teaser
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Anticipating the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show in September, Mercedes-Benz produced a teaser video highlighting the use of OLEDs for the taillights of its upcoming S-Class Coupe and Cabriolet cars.
Continental outsources head unit functions to the cloud
Continental outsources head unit functions to the cloud
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The new Continental Cloud Terminal is designed to offer a maximum of flexibility in the vehicle cockpit. Applications that were previously integrated on the head unit will migrate into the…
Swiss and US researchers boost silicon solar cell efficiency over 32%
Swiss and US researchers boost silicon solar cell efficiency over 32%
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Swiss and US researchers have created a dual junction solar cell with a record efficiency of 32.8% that could dramatically reduce the cost of solar energy.
Nuclear fusion heating gets a boost
Nuclear fusion heating gets a boost
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Researchers at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (Cambridge, MA) have found a new technique for heating the plasma in tokamak nuclear fusion reactors that produces ten times more energy…
New Intel VPU delivers AI at the edge
New Intel VPU delivers AI at the edge
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Intel (Santa Clara, CA) has introduced its Movidius Myriad X vision processing unit (VPU), claimed to be the world's first system-on-chip (SoC) with a dedicated neural compute engine for accelerating…
Wireless charging for underwater vehicles
Wireless charging for underwater vehicles
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Scientists at the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Centre in San Diego have developed a way to use wireless charging technology underwater to recharge unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
Movidius targets low power for AI at the edge
Movidius targets low power for AI at the edge
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Movidius, owned by Intel, has launched its third generation vision processor with a dedicated hardware deep learning engine embedded artificial intelligence with a focus on low power.
Drones relay RFID signals for inventory tracking
Drones relay RFID signals for inventory tracking
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Cheap, battery-free RFID tags, which receive power wirelessly from scanners and then broadcast identifying numbers, enable warehouse managers to log inventory much more efficiently than they could by reading box…
Ink-on-paper flashlight rolls up to produce light
Ink-on-paper flashlight rolls up to produce light
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A Japanese designer has used conducting ink on paper to create a roll up torch. The tighter the paper is rolled, the brighter the light.
32x8x2.75mm power-on-package targets AI processors
32x8x2.75mm power-on-package targets AI processors
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Vicor Corporation's Power-on-Package modular current multipliers are aimed at high performance, high current, CPU/GPU/ASIC (“XPU”) processors. By freeing up XPU socket pins and eliminating losses associated with delivery of current from the…
Samsung ups OLED specs, notes DisplayMate
Samsung ups OLED specs, notes DisplayMate
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Unveiling its newest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note8, OLED display manufacturer Samsung equipped it with the best OLED screen it could possibly mass produce. According to display calibration solutions provider…
Fabric-based OLEDs promise wearable displays
Fabric-based OLEDs promise wearable displays
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Moving away from the integration of LEDs into relatively stiff silicone or flexible plastic substrates, researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) have managed to design…
Precision shunt-based current measurement in battery management demonstrator
Precision shunt-based current measurement in battery management demonstrator
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB) (Erlangen, Germany) is using Isabellenhütte’s IVT-S shunt-based management system for precision current measurement in battery management systems, in its foxBMS…
Smart software fights computing bottlenecks
Smart software fights computing bottlenecks
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Scientists from the University of Erlangen and Nuremberg (Germany) are investigating methods to allocate the computing power to the individual programs with special consideration for their needs. With their research,…
Nanodiamonds promise safer, more energy dense lithium batteries
Nanodiamonds promise safer, more energy dense lithium batteries
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Researchers at Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA) have found that adding nanodiamonds to the electrolyte solution in lithium batteries can prevent hazardous battery malfunctions.
‘Living sensors’ hold promise for ocean surveillance, says DARPA
‘Living sensors’ hold promise for ocean surveillance, says DARPA
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Arlington County, VA) is looking for new ideas and approaches for developing "living sensors" in surface and subsurface marine environments "through observation and interpretation…
Munich team wins Hyperloop speed competition
Munich team wins Hyperloop speed competition
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With a speed of 324 kmph (201 mph), a group of students from the TU Munich sent a test vehicle through the hyperloop tube of the US entrepreneur Elon Musk…
Large scale functional transparent membranes to smarten up buildings’ roofs and façades
Large scale functional transparent membranes to smarten up buildings’ roofs and façades
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Started last June, cooperative research project FLEX-G aims to investigate technologies for the manufacture of translucent and transparent membrane roof and façade elements with integrated optoelectronic components, namely electrochromic layers…
Rockley teams with UK government on optoelectronics
Rockley teams with UK government on optoelectronics
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Startup Rockley Photonics Ltd., (Pasadena, California and Oxford, England) has said it will match UK government funding from the Engineering and Physical Research Council (EPSRC) in a 'Prosperity Partnership' with…
Roll up torch is controlled by conducting ink
Roll up torch is controlled by conducting ink
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A Japanese designer has used conducting ink on paper to create a roll up torch. The tighter the paper is rolled, the brighter the light.
UK to start trial of driverless trucks on public roads
UK to start trial of driverless trucks on public roads
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A commercial trial of platoons of driverless trucks is to start in the UK later this year.
Drones to take RFID to next level for inventory control
Drones to take RFID to next level for inventory control
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Cheap, battery-free RFID tags, which receive power wirelessly from scanners and then broadcast identifying numbers, enable warehouse managers to log inventory much more efficiently than they could by reading box…
Coiled carbon nanotube yarn harvests energy under strain
Coiled carbon nanotube yarn harvests energy under strain
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An international research team led by scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and Hanyang University in South Korea has developed high-tech yarns, dubbed "twistron", that generate electricity when…
Magnesium battery breakthrough promises safe lithium alternative
Magnesium battery breakthrough promises safe lithium alternative
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Researchers at the University of Houston (Houston, TX) have discovered a way to drastically improve the energy storage of magnesium batteries, potentially making them a safer, less-expensive alternative to lithium-ion…


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