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Sensitive receiver can detect weak, fast, random signals
Sensitive receiver can detect weak, fast, random signals
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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a receiver that can detect a weak, fast, randomly occurring…
Materials discovery aims to produce lower cost LEDs
Materials discovery aims to produce lower cost LEDs
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Researchers at Aalto University in Finland and the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered there are more promising materials…
Energy generator socks power up wireless transmitters
Energy generator socks power up wireless transmitters
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Researchers at the University of the West of England have developed a socks embedded with miniaturised microbial fuel cells and…
Zhaga Book 13 details standardized form-factors for LED drivers
Zhaga Book 13 details standardized form-factors for LED drivers
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The Zhaga Consortium has published a new specification for LED drivers that are used in combination with separate LED modules.

Fusion energy: German stellarator generates helium plasma
Fusion energy: German stellarator generates helium plasma
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A nuclear fusion experiment in Germany at the Max Planck Institute's Wendelstein 7-X stellarator claims to have produced a helium plasma that measured about one million degrees Celsius.  The scientists…
Diagnostic imaging technique aims to boost solar cell efficiencies
Diagnostic imaging technique aims to boost solar cell efficiencies
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A diagnostic imaging technique developed by a University of Maryland-led team of researchers claims to be capable of boosting efficiencies of solar cells by finding and correcting previously undetected ways…
Preventing the nasty surprise of an unexpected system shutdown
Preventing the nasty surprise of an unexpected system shutdown
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Steve Sheard of ON Semiconductor considers what can be done to prevent an unexpected system shutdown.
How to ptrevent an unexpected system shutdown
How to ptrevent an unexpected system shutdown
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Steve Sheard of ON Semiconductor considers what can be done to prevent an unexpected system shutdown.
Hublex: a custom fit for industrial mobility
Hublex: a custom fit for industrial mobility
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With its slim and lightweight hub-less gyropod, French startup Hublex is onto something big, so to speak, looking at a market potentially much bigger than what Segway was ever able…
Facebook preps open GPU server
Facebook preps open GPU server
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Facebook will make open source a GPU server geared for machine learning. Big Sur packs eight Nvidia Tesla M40 graphics accelerators, each drawing up to 300 watts, and is the…
Probes with LEDs shed light on Alzheimer’s
Probes with LEDs shed light on Alzheimer’s
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University of Michigan researchers are unlocking the secrets of neural pathways in the brain with the help of light-emitting diodes as small as neurons.
2016 predictions: NFV finds its feet, CSPs throttle 4G and video calling dials in
2016 predictions: NFV finds its feet, CSPs throttle 4G and video calling dials in
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2015 saw reduction, or at least proposed reduction, of the number of traditional telecoms operators in several countries. In 2016, this will provide an opportunity for operators new and old…
3D image sensor uses time-of-flight method
3D image sensor uses time-of-flight method
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En route towards autonomous driving, it is imperative to gather all the information about what is happening both inside and around the car. Besides driver state monitoring, capturing 3D data…
Nanostructured metal coatings enable higher-efficiency optoelectronic devices
Nanostructured metal coatings enable higher-efficiency optoelectronic devices
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Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, have developed an anti-reflection coating that lets light through without…
Daimler brings E-Class one step closer to autonomous driving
Daimler brings E-Class one step closer to autonomous driving
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With the next version of its Mercedes-Benz E class due next spring, Daimler will introduce what it calls Active Lane Change Assist. This system brings drivers another step closer to…
Huawei envisages network architecture driven by applications
Huawei envisages network architecture driven by applications
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Huawei has announced a radical new vision and concept for carrier network architecture - the Application-driven Network (ADN) - at IEEE Globecom 2015 in San Diego.
San Jose deploys Philips SmartPoles pilot project
San Jose deploys Philips SmartPoles pilot project
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Philips Lighting has partnered with the City of San Jose in California, USA to pilot 50 Philips SmartPoles, which bring together energy efficient LED lighting and fully integrated 4G LTE…
Miniscule silicon pillars prove key to doubling solar cell efficiencies
Miniscule silicon pillars prove key to doubling solar cell efficiencies
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Researchers at the University of Twente research institute MESA+ have demonstrated that it is possible to more than double the amount of energy produced for each surface of a solar…
Racetrack memory discovery promises lower-power data storage advance
Racetrack memory discovery promises lower-power data storage advance
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Researchers from the Universities of Glasgow and Leeds have taken a step towards creating faster, higher-capacity, lower-power data storage using 'racetrack memory' technology.
Bat-inspired ultrasound 3D mapping could equip drones
Bat-inspired ultrasound 3D mapping could equip drones
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German startup Toposens has developed a lightweight and low-cost 3D sensor system that performs ultrasound echolocation and turns the acquired signal into tangible 3D scenery mapping, for either humans or…
Compact LED light source packs 2500-lm into office projectors
Compact LED light source packs 2500-lm into office projectors
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Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed Osram Ostar Projection Power solution that the company claims will enable users to equip even mainstream projectors rated at more than 2500 lumen exclusively with…
Radio waves power world’s smallest temperature sensor
Radio waves power world’s smallest temperature sensor
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Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have developed a tiny wireless temperature sensor that is powered from the radio waves that are part of the sensor's wireless network.
Smart wound dressing lights up to indicate medicine usage
Smart wound dressing lights up to indicate medicine usage
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MIT engineers have designed a 'smart wound dressing' capable of releasing medicine in response to changes in skin temperature which can also light up if the medicine is running low.
CMOS bio-chip taps intracellular energy transfer to drive implants
CMOS bio-chip taps intracellular energy transfer to drive implants
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Researchers from Columbia Engineering claim to have, for the first time, harnessed the molecular machinery of living systems to power an integrated circuit from adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which often described…
2016 predictions from Cobham Wireless
2016 predictions from Cobham Wireless
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For the last two years the industry’s focus has been firmly placed on 5G, with speculation centring on the impact the new protocol may have and potential timeframes for deployment.
Novel phase of carbon shows enhanced electronic properties
Novel phase of carbon shows enhanced electronic properties
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Researchers from the North Carolina State University (Rayleigh, NC) have reported the discovery of a novel phase of solid carbon, known as Q-carbon, distinct from the already known phases of…
Flat tunneling transistor operates at 0.1V
Flat tunneling transistor operates at 0.1V
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A transistor designed with a molybdenum disulphide single atomic layer as its channel has been shown to switch at voltages down to 0.1 volt with the prospect of reducing power…
Flexible Bluetooth LE beacon sticker operates on photovoltaics
Flexible Bluetooth LE beacon sticker operates on photovoltaics
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Fujitsu has unveiled a battery-less flexible Bluetooth LE-enabled geolocation beacon, measuring 108x26mm and only 3mm thick. The ready-to-stick beacon features a flexible photovoltaic panel that can generate power from sunlight,…


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