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E-Racer breaks acceleration record
E-Racer breaks acceleration record
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With their electric racing car “Grimsel”, students from the ETH Zurich and Luzern universities set a new world record for…
Inorganic solar cells promise greener, lower-cost silicon alternative
Inorganic solar cells promise greener, lower-cost silicon alternative
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Researchers at the Institute of Photonic Science (ICFO) in Barcelona, Spain have fabricated a solar cell using low-cost inorganic materials…
R&D project speeds up market entry of fuel cell cars
R&D project speeds up market entry of fuel cell cars
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There are increasing signs that fuel cells will get going in the next future. Besides Daimler’s electrification program, one of…
Hybrid display switches between OLED and reflective LCD modes
Hybrid display switches between OLED and reflective LCD modes
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The Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL) Co Ltd in Japan has developed a smartphone-sized 4.38 inches hybrid display that combines two…

Organic QD startup shows 55-inch display
Organic QD startup shows 55-inch display
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StoreDot Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel), a pioneer of organic quantum dot materials for use in displays, battery charging, sensors and semiconductor memory, has produced a 55-inch display using its MolecuLED material.
Silver and cheap minerals make LED phosphors
Silver and cheap minerals make LED phosphors
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Leveraging the porous framework of zeolites together with the unique optical properties of silver atoms, researchers from KU Leuven (Belgium), the University of Strasbourg (France), and CNRS (France) have managed…
Inorganic materials look to replace silicon in solar cells
Inorganic materials look to replace silicon in solar cells
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Researchers at the Institute of Photonic Science (ICFO) in Barcelona, Spain have fabricated a solar cell using low cost inorganic materials rather than silicon or perovskite. …
Microfluidics-based pressure sensor takes loads and bends
Microfluidics-based pressure sensor takes loads and bends
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Researchers from the National University of Singapore have devised a thin and flexible pressure sensor that not only measures compressive loads from a very wide range (2 kPa to 400…
LED horticultural growth system allows dynamic light recipes
LED horticultural growth system allows dynamic light recipes
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Philips Lighting has launched a horticultural lighting and software combination that allows growers and researchers to adjust dynamically both the LED colours in the spectrum (far red, red, white and…
Rambus demos lensless eye tracking sensor
Rambus demos lensless eye tracking sensor
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At last week's VLSI Symposia, Rambus (Sunnyvale, CA) presented a poster titled "Lensless Smart Sensors: Optical and Thermal Sensing for the Internet of Things" in which the company not only…
Hybrid display combines transmissive, reflective technologies
Hybrid display combines transmissive, reflective technologies
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The Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL) Co Ltd in Japan has developed a smartphone-sized 4.38-in. hybrid display that combines two display technologies into one: OLED for its very high contrast and…
Hybrid display switches between OLED and reflective LCD modes
Hybrid display switches between OLED and reflective LCD modes
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The Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL) Co Ltd in Japan has developed a smartphone-sized 4.38 inches hybrid display that combines two display technologies into one: OLED for its very high contrast…
Small 2- x 2-mm lens-free eye-tracker demonstrated
Small 2- x 2-mm lens-free eye-tracker demonstrated
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At last week's VLSI Symposia, Rambus presented a poster titled "Lensless Smart Sensors: Optical and Thermal Sensing for the Internet of Things" in which the company not only detailed the…
Projects looks to save fuel through C2X communications
Projects looks to save fuel through C2X communications
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Maximizing the fuel efficiency of cars is not only a matter of engine and powertrain design. A group of companies and research institutions has launched a project that aims to…
1000-processor chip churns out 1.78 trillion instructions per second
1000-processor chip churns out 1.78 trillion instructions per second
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A team from the University of California, Davis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has designed a 1000-core processor, with an ultimate throughput rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second…
Research goal: Saving fuel through C2X communications
Research goal: Saving fuel through C2X communications
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Maximizing the fuel efficiency of cars is not only a matter of engine and powertrain design. A group of companies and research institutions has launched a project that aims to…
Microfluidics-based pressure sensor takes loads and bends
Microfluidics-based pressure sensor takes loads and bends
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Researchers from the National University of Singapore have devised a thin and flexible pressure sensor that not only measures compressive loads from a very wide range (2 kPa to 400…
SRAM Takes the Wheel in Autonomous Vehicles
SRAM Takes the Wheel in Autonomous Vehicles
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One area where SRAM is seeing some continued stickiness is the growing automotive segment, as vehicles continue to get smarter and provider more digital information, whether it's to help the…
Rambus demoes 2x2mm lens-free eye-tracker
Rambus demoes 2x2mm lens-free eye-tracker
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At last week's VLSI Symposia, Rambus presented a poster titled "Lensless Smart Sensors: Optical and Thermal Sensing for the Internet of Things" in which the company not only detailed the…
1000-processor chip is world’s first
1000-processor chip is world’s first
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A team from the University of California, Davis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has designed a 1000-core processor, with an ultimate throughput rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second…
Advanced materials startup gets $4M to improve electric car batteries
Advanced materials startup gets $4M to improve electric car batteries
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Advanced materials technology startup SiNode Systems (Chicago, IL) has been awarded a $4M grant to develop lithium-ion battery technology using silicon and graphene for Ford, Fiat, and General Motors.
Electric Version of Toyota Land Cruiser almost drives up the wall
Electric Version of Toyota Land Cruiser almost drives up the wall
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Electric vehicles are most hyped for their acceleration, their sleek design and their coolness. Here is an electric car that has been designed as a workhorse in dirty, work-oriented environments.
LED growth lighting and software adapts to crops
LED growth lighting and software adapts to crops
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Philips Lighting has launched a horticultural lighting and software combination that allows growers and researchers to adjust dynamically both the LED colours in the spectrum (far red, red, white and…
Rambus prototypes 2x2mm lens-less eye-tracker for headmount displays
Rambus prototypes 2x2mm lens-less eye-tracker for headmount displays
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At last week's VLSI Symposia, Rambus presented a poster titled "Lensless Smart Sensors: Optical and Thermal Sensing for the Internet of Things" in which the company not only detailed the…
1000 processor cores on a single chip; Californian researchers build ‘KiloCore’
1000 processor cores on a single chip; Californian researchers build ‘KiloCore’
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A team from University of California, Davis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has designed a 1000-core processor, with an ultimate throughput rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second and…
€5000 prize for Ada programming challenge
€5000 prize for Ada programming challenge
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AdaCore – supplier of software development and verification tools for mission-critical, safety-critical, and security-critical systems – has created a competition called “Make with Ada”, which aims to demonstrate to embedded…
SiNode wins $4m to jumpstart silicon graphene automotive batteries
SiNode wins $4m to jumpstart silicon graphene automotive batteries
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US startup SiNode Systems has been awarded a $4m grant to develop lithium ion battery technology using silicon and graphene for Ford, Fiat and General Motors.
SiNode wins $4m to jumpstart silicon graphene automotive batteries
SiNode wins $4m to jumpstart silicon graphene automotive batteries
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US startup SiNode Systems has been awarded a $4m grant to develop lithium ion battery technology using silicon and graphene for Ford, Fiat and General Motors.


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