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Reconfigurable robot merges origami, modular approaches
Reconfigurable robot merges origami, modular approaches
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The fields of modular and origami robotics have become increasingly popular in recent years, with both approaches presenting particular benefits,…
Audi’s flagship sedan A8 comes with 48V primary power system
Audi’s flagship sedan A8 comes with 48V primary power system
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Powertrain electrification can come as a revolutionary step or as an evolution. For the next version of its top-of-the-line luxury…
Microresonators deliver record 55Tbit/s data rate
Microresonators deliver record 55Tbit/s data rate
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Researchers from Karlsruhe and Lausanne have demonstrated new device that allows a record-breaking transmission of data at 55Tbit/s over a…
Modular robots fold like origami
Modular robots fold like origami
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The fields of modular and origami robotics have become increasingly popular in recent years, with both approaches presenting particular benefits,…

Bi-directional, 2-kW reference design for uninterruptible power supplies
Bi-directional, 2-kW reference design for uninterruptible power supplies
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Texas Instruments has a 2-kW, isolated, bidirectional DC/DC converter reference design for 48V to 400V uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and energy storage systems. The design can achieve greater than 93%…
Renesas claims record standby power SRAM
Renesas claims record standby power SRAM
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Renesas Electronics has presented an embedded SRAM circuit with a standby power of 13.7nW per Mbit and 1.84ns readout based on a 65nm silicon on thin buried oxide (SOTB) manufacturing…
Wind River, state of Ohio collaborate on testing self-driving cars
Wind River, state of Ohio collaborate on testing self-driving cars
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A subsidiary of Intel, Wind River (Alameda, CA) has engaged with the Transportation Research Center (TRC), Ohio State University (OSU), and the City of Dublin, OH to advance smart, connected,…
Graphene-on-CMOS makes broad spectrum image sensor
Graphene-on-CMOS makes broad spectrum image sensor
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Spain's Institute of Photonic Sciences (IFCO) has integrated graphene quantum dots within CMOS to create an image sensor that can sense visible, ultraviolet and infrared light at the same time.
USAF and university develop Mott-MEMS actuator
USAF and university develop Mott-MEMS actuator
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A team of researchers from Michigan State University and the US Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate have developed micro-electromechanical (MEMS) mirror actuator systems based on smart materials, specificially vanadium…
Quantum communications goal of 3D micro-optics research
Quantum communications goal of 3D micro-optics research
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A team of German scientists has focused its efforts on improving the extraction efficiency of quantum light sources, with the hope to be able to couple such sources directly to…
Molecular electronics research sees new developments
Molecular electronics research sees new developments
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A group of researchers at the Basque Excellence Research Center into Polymers (POLYMAT), the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), the University of Barcelona, the Institute of Bioengineering of Barcelona…
Testing self-driving connected cars is focus of Wind River, Ohio collaboration
Testing self-driving connected cars is focus of Wind River, Ohio collaboration
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A subsidiary of Intel, Wind River (Alameda, CA) has engaged with the Transportation Research Center (TRC), Ohio State University (OSU), and the City of Dublin, OH to advance smart, connected,…
Nanowire array lasers grown on SOI: readily coupled to waveguides
Nanowire array lasers grown on SOI: readily coupled to waveguides
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A multi-disciplinary team of researchers has demonstrated room-temperature InGaAs nanowire array lasers directly grown on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform.
3D micro optics on top of singled-out quantum dots
3D micro optics on top of singled-out quantum dots
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A team of German scientists has focused its efforts on improving the extraction efficiency of quantum light sources, with the hope to be able to couple such sources directly to…
Audio module is based on IC-in-PCB technology
Audio module is based on IC-in-PCB technology
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Trigence Semiconductor Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) has launched an audio module that makes use of TDK's semiconductor embedded substrate (SESUB) technology to reduce the footprint for a digital speaker.
Researchers achieve CMOS-compatible ferroelectric memory
Researchers achieve CMOS-compatible ferroelectric memory
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Belgian nanotech research institute imec has disclosed the world’s first demonstration of a vertically stacked ferroelectric Al doped HfO2 device for NAND applications. Using a new material and a novel…
Testing self-driving connected cars: Intel’s Wind River on the case
Testing self-driving connected cars: Intel’s Wind River on the case
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A subsidiary of Intel, Wind River has engaged with the Transportation Research Center (TRC), The Ohio State University (OSU), and the City of Dublin to advance smart, connected, and autonomous…
Nanowires open up new horizons in molecular electronics
Nanowires open up new horizons in molecular electronics
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A group of researchers at the Basque Excellence Research Center into Polymers (POLYMAT), the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), the University of Barcelona, the Institute of Bioengineering of Barcelona…
RF Energy Toolkit to accelerate time-to-market
RF Energy Toolkit to accelerate time-to-market
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MACOM Technology Solutions have unveiled a development kit targeted to help commercial OEMs quickly and easily adapt their product designs to incorporate GaN-based RF energy sources for a wide range…
New liquid metal battery may solve renewable energy storage problem
New liquid metal battery may solve renewable energy storage problem
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Researchers in Norway are developing a membrane-free sodium-zinc liquid metal battery that could be used with renewable energy systems.
VR headset design: Time to rethink pixel density vs wider FOV?
VR headset design: Time to rethink pixel density vs wider FOV?
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Which is better: higher pixel density or wider field of view? This is one of the key VR headset design decisions that product developers have been wrestling with. So far,…
2,250ppi LCD targets VR, AR and 3D applications
2,250ppi LCD targets VR, AR and 3D applications
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Exhibiting at DisplayWeek, Samsung Display has revealed a 1.96" LCD panel specifically developed for VR/AR applications, with a resolution of 2,250ppi, so that even when magnified through lenses the pixels…
Low-cost perovskite solar cell achieves 10,000-hour+ stability
Low-cost perovskite solar cell achieves 10,000-hour+ stability
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Researchers at EPFL in Zurich have developed a low-cost perovskite solar cell that has operated for more than a year without loss in its 11% efficiency and could mark the…
Hyper-local air pollution maps show air quality at street level
Hyper-local air pollution maps show air quality at street level
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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed what is claimed as the "most detailed and extensive local map of air pollution" ever produced for an urban area.
RF-powered pacemaker cuts risks by eliminating wire leads
RF-powered pacemaker cuts risks by eliminating wire leads
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Researchers at Rice University (Houston, TX) have developed a microwave-powered pacemaker that eliminates battery packs and wire leads and allows the device to be inserted directly into the heart.
VR headset design: Time to rethink pixel density vs wider FOV?
VR headset design: Time to rethink pixel density vs wider FOV?
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Which is better: higher pixel density or wider field of view? This is one of the key VR headset design decisions that product developers have been wrestling with. So far,…
RF-powered pacemaker cuts risks by eliminating wire leads
RF-powered pacemaker cuts risks by eliminating wire leads
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Researchers at Rice University (Houston, TX) have developed a microwave-powered pacemaker that eliminates battery packs and wire leads and allows the device to be inserted directly into the heart.
Bosch, TomTom tap radar sensors to create road maps
Bosch, TomTom tap radar sensors to create road maps
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Automated driving requires very exact, concurrent virtual roadmaps. These maps are normally composed by the camera images from the vehicles. Together with map services provider TomTom, Bosch has developed a…


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