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Scientists suggest light momentum carried by atomic shock wave
Scientists suggest light momentum carried by atomic shock wave
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Finnish scientists have shed some light on 100 year-old paradox that there have been two different values for the momentum…
Building-integrated PV generation uses organic film technology
Building-integrated PV generation uses organic film technology
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While many laboratories around the world have worked over years to produce incremental increases in the conversion efficiency of silicon-based…
Bio-inspired antireflection film makes displays more readable under the sun
Bio-inspired antireflection film makes displays more readable under the sun
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Finding their inspiration in nature, an international team of researchers has investigated the use of a moth-eye-like nanostructure as an…
Custom battery enables smart watch buckle
Custom battery enables smart watch buckle
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A startup in California has developed a custom battery to allows a Bluetooth-enabled fitness tracker to fit into the buckle…

Qualcomm unveils advanced fingerprint scanning, authentication technology
Qualcomm unveils advanced fingerprint scanning, authentication technology
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Qualcomm Technologies (San Jose, CA) has announced a new fingerprint scanning and authentication technology that the company says is capable of scanning through thick glass and metal, operating underwater, and…
Super-strong silicon alternative promises sensors for ‘next tech frontier’
Super-strong silicon alternative promises sensors for ‘next tech frontier’
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) have developed a new material that they say will allow microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based sensors to meet the demands of the "next tech frontier."…
Reference design uses GaN power stage for 99%-efficient 200V drive
Reference design uses GaN power stage for 99%-efficient 200V drive
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Texas Instruments has added a reference design for a 200-V, 2-kW AC servo motor drive, that uses a three-phase, gallium nitride (GaN) power module-based inverter configuration, and delivers, TI says,…
LCD-controlled headlights turn cars into powerful projectors
LCD-controlled headlights turn cars into powerful projectors
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What is the result if you combine LED floodlight with an LC display? Automotive lighting company Hella (Lippstadt, Germany) did it. The result is a headlight that can vary the…
3D through-wall imaging achieved with drones and Wi-Fi
3D through-wall imaging achieved with drones and Wi-Fi
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In a recent paper presented at the last ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing (IPSN), researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara demonstrated how, using two drones flying in…
Curiosity Mars rover gets smart with AI update
Curiosity Mars rover gets smart with AI update
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A new study in the journal Science Robotics looks at how artificial intelligence (AI) software on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has performed since it was rolled out last year.
Lensless ‘camera of the future’ opens new imager applications
Lensless ‘camera of the future’ opens new imager applications
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A silicon photonics-based camera design developed by engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) uses an ultra-thin optical phased array (OPA) instead of traditional lenses to create an…
Novel phosphor and purple LED combination yields sun-like white light
Novel phosphor and purple LED combination yields sun-like white light
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Combining its patented LED chip technology with Toshiba Materials’ TRI-R phosphor technology, Seoul Semiconductor claims its SunLike Series LEDs deliver the world’s best light quality, so close to the sun's…
High conductive foils enabling large area lighting
High conductive foils enabling large area lighting
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Together with leading manufacturer of precision fabrics Sefar AG, the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP) has developed a roll-to-roll processed large area flexible OLED…
WiFi-equipped drones extract through-wall 3D-maps out of RSSI measurements
WiFi-equipped drones extract through-wall 3D-maps out of RSSI measurements
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In a recent paper presented at last ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing (IPSN), researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara demonstrated how using two drones flying in tandem,…
An X-band GaN PA MMIC for phased array radar applications
An X-band GaN PA MMIC for phased array radar applications
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Active phased array radars require numerous power amplifiers (PAs), which must be small, efficient and low-cost. This article describes an X-band PA MMIC that covers 9 to 11.5 GHz and…
Toshiba takes 3D-NAND to 96-layers, 4 bits per cell
Toshiba takes 3D-NAND to 96-layers, 4 bits per cell
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Toshiba has announced that it has developed a 4-bit per cell version of a 64-layer 3D-NAND flash memory and has produced a 96-layer version of a 3-bit per cell 3D-NAND.
Realizing 5G and IoT RF systems with off-the-shelf components
Realizing 5G and IoT RF systems with off-the-shelf components
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Architecting and building RF systems for 5th Generation (5G) and Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications to achieve the best performance at the lowest cost and in the shortest time places intense pressure…
KeyLemon and SoftKinetic demonstarte mobile 3D face recognition
KeyLemon and SoftKinetic demonstarte mobile 3D face recognition
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KeyLemon and SoftKinetic are demonstarting 3D front-facing camera in mobile and 3D face recognition technology at Mobile World Congress Shanghai (MWC).
GM demonstrates its hands-free driving technology
GM demonstrates its hands-free driving technology
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General Motors (Detroit, MI) has demonstrated its new Super Cruise hands-free driving system.
A new security architecture for networked embedded devices
A new security architecture for networked embedded devices
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Road vehicles today are typically managed by networks of control processors that interpret sensor readings and operate actuators to control the car’s behavior and safety. They intervene for braking, steering,…
A new security architecture for networked embedded devices
A new security architecture for networked embedded devices
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Road vehicles today are typically managed by networks of control processors that interpret sensor readings and operate actuators to control the car’s behavior and safety. They intervene for braking, steering,…
Speaker-less audio system saves weight, volume
Speaker-less audio system saves weight, volume
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Inspired by the functional principle of string instruments, Continental has reinvented the car audio system: The company is replacing conventional loudspeakers with actuators that create sound by vibrating certain surfaces…
‘Face-in-video’ recognition advances with help from Intel FPGAs
‘Face-in-video’ recognition advances with help from Intel FPGAs
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Intel (Altera) technology is powering a face recognition engine that can rapidly and accurately identify people, even when they are moving and in a crowd, to help detect and prevent…
LCD-controlled headlight enables adaptive light distribution
LCD-controlled headlight enables adaptive light distribution
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What is the result if you combine LED floodlight with an LC display? Automotive lighting company Hella (Lippstadt, Germany) did it. The result is a headlight that can vary the…
Nvidia to launch cryptocurrency mining graphics cards
Nvidia to launch cryptocurrency mining graphics cards
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According to reports, Nvidia (Santa Clara, CA) is planning to launch graphics cards specifically designed for mining cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin.
Intel FPGAs enable NEC’s face recognition technology
Intel FPGAs enable NEC’s face recognition technology
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Intel (Altera) technology is powering a face recognition engine that can rapidly and accurately identify people, even when they are moving and in a crowd, to help detect and prevent…
Fraunhofer HHI completes optical WiFi project
Fraunhofer HHI completes optical WiFi project
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The “VLC Mainau” project was launched in the spring of 2015 with the objective to convert an existing conference room on the Island of Mainau (Lake Constance) using Visible Light…
Video: MM-wave components and technologies for 5G
Video: MM-wave components and technologies for 5G
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In a presentation at the recent Interlligent RF & Microwave Seminar 2017, CEO Liam Devlin discusses potential millimetre-wave components and technologies that are likely to be used in future 5G…


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