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Nanoalloy slashes platinum use in fuel cell boost
Nanoalloy slashes platinum use in fuel cell boost
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A new type of nanomaterial used as a catalyst could provide a key breakthrough for fuel cells says researchers in…
Flexible printed battery can power wearable sensors
Flexible printed battery can power wearable sensors
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed the first printed zinc battery that is flexible, stretchable and…
Intel opens up Thunderbolt 3 for USB-C
Intel opens up Thunderbolt 3 for USB-C
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Intel calls its I/O format Thunderbolt 3, “one of the most significant cable I/O updates since the advent of USB”.
Conducting fabric promises power-generating clothes
Conducting fabric promises power-generating clothes
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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a way to apply breathable, pliable, metal-free electrodes to fabric and…

Is voice the next big thing?
Is voice the next big thing?
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To date the Amazon Echo, which runs the Amazon Alexa digital assistant has been quite a success, which has just been followed up with the latest Echo featuring a built…
NYU WIRELESS, Sprint team up on 5G
NYU WIRELESS, Sprint team up on 5G
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Sprint has joined the university research center at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering as an industry affiliate sponsor to combine forces on the development of mobile 5G.
LTE IoT multimode field trials start in China
LTE IoT multimode field trials start in China
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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, plans to commence the first eMTC/NB-IoT/GSM (LTE Cat M1/NB1 and E-GPRS) multimode field trials in China, with China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI)…
Many-core processor targets embedded AI applications
Many-core processor targets embedded AI applications
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Fabless many-core chip company Kalray SA (Grenoble, France) has announced a third generation of its massively parallel processor architecture (MPPA3) under the codename "Coolidge."…
Samsung adds 4nm and FDSOI processes to roadmap
Samsung adds 4nm and FDSOI processes to roadmap
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has announced a several semiconductor processes that it intends to bring into manufacturing over the next three or four years covering FinFETs, FDSOI and beyond.
LTE IoT multimode field trials start in China
LTE IoT multimode field trials start in China
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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, plans to commence the first eMTC/NB-IoT/GSM (LTE Cat M1/NB1 and E-GPRS) multimode field trials in China, with China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI)…
Washable electrical power connections open up wearable applications
Washable electrical power connections open up wearable applications
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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a way to apply breathable, pliable, metal-free electrodes to fabric and off-the-shelf clothing so it feels good to the touch while…
Simple antenna characterisation using multiple VNAs
Simple antenna characterisation using multiple VNAs
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This article shows how a set of two single-port vector network analysers (VNAs) that can be remotely operated via a LAN interface can be used for low-cost scalar transmission measurements…
Is the next big thing voice?
Is the next big thing voice?
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To date the Amazon Echo, which runs the Amazon Alexa digital assistant has been quite a success, which has just been followed up with the latest Echo featuring a built…
GaN-based AESA radar delivers high reliabilty, 360-degree capability
GaN-based AESA radar delivers high reliabilty, 360-degree capability
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The latest integrated air and missile defense radar from Raytheon Company based on GaN technology – an Active Electronically Scanned Array proposed upgrade to the Patriot™ Air and Missile Defense,…
Ultra-narrow-band transceiver for ‘massive internet of things’ in single-chip CMOS
Ultra-narrow-band transceiver for ‘massive internet of things’ in single-chip CMOS
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Research institute Leti (Grenoble, France) will demonstrate the world’s first wireless transceiver dedicated to ultra-narrow band (UNB) communication at the joint conferences of IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC 2017)…
NYU WIRELESS and Sprint team up on 5G
NYU WIRELESS and Sprint team up on 5G
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Sprint has joined the university research center at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering as an industry affiliate sponsor to combine forces on the development of mobile 5G.
Kalray’s Coolidge processor adds deep learning acceleration
Kalray’s Coolidge processor adds deep learning acceleration
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Fabless many-core chip company Kalray SA (Grenoble, France) has announced a third generation of its massively parallel processor architecture (MPPA3) under the codename "Coolidge."…
Time is ripe for machine learning, says IMEC
Time is ripe for machine learning, says IMEC
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At the IMEC Technology Forum held in Antwerp last week Praveen Raghavan, distinguished member of technical staff at IMEC, presented arguments for the development of dedicated hardware to implement machine…
New white LED design outshines state-of-the-art QDs, OLEDs
New white LED design outshines state-of-the-art QDs, OLEDs
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Two-year old startup PixelDisplay (San Jose, CA) aims to revolutionize the color rendering of LCD displays with a new technology, which it claims exceeds Quantum Dot (QD) and OLED color…
Samsung stretchable OLED display bends in many directions
Samsung stretchable OLED display bends in many directions
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According to the Yonhap News Agency, Samsung Display Co. has been developing a stretchable OLED display that it will showcase as a world's first during Display Week. Unlike previous flexible…
Micro-LED display fabrication process solves stacking issue
Micro-LED display fabrication process solves stacking issue
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Moving away from the traditional 3D heterogeneous stacking approach where a full microLED array is first fabricated out of a GaN epiwafer before being flipped and assembled to a separately…
Startup beats QDs and OLEDs to colour rendering
Startup beats QDs and OLEDs to colour rendering
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Two-year old Californian startup PixelDisplay aims to revolutionize the colour rendering of LCD displays with a new technology which it claims exceeds Quantum Dot and OLED colour gamut.
Leti solves stacking issue for micro-LED displays
Leti solves stacking issue for micro-LED displays
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Moving away from the traditional 3D heterogeneous stacking approach where a full microLED array is first fabricated out of a GaN epiwafer before being flipped and assembled to a separately…
Merck strikes partnerships on LC materials and flexible LCDs
Merck strikes partnerships on LC materials and flexible LCDs
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Giant German chemistry company Merck announced it has signed a five-year research collaboration agreement with the University of Leeds to develop new digital optical applications with liquid crystals under the…
Gate driver design gives industry’s smallest motor control system
Gate driver design gives industry’s smallest motor control system
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Texas Instruments (TI) has launched two new device families that when used together produce a motor controller in 511 sq mm, half the board space of other designs.
Samsung to showcase stretchable OLED displays
Samsung to showcase stretchable OLED displays
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According to the Yonhap News Agency, Samsung Display Co. has been developing a stretchable OLED display that it will showcase as a world's first during Display Week. Unlike previous flexible…
Laminated magnetic shielding sheet reduced to 0.04mm thick
Laminated magnetic shielding sheet reduced to 0.04mm thick
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It’s always better to design with systems with electromagnetic emissions and immunity in mind, but sometimes shielding in necessary. This can add weight and size, so TDK has reduced the…
$5 solar lamp tackles poverty in Africa
$5 solar lamp tackles poverty in Africa
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A UK design agency has teamed with charities in Africa to develop a solar lamp that costs just $5 (€4.45).


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