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ST motion sensors give smartphone 0.2s focus time
ST motion sensors give smartphone 0.2s focus time
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Leading Chinese mobile manufacturer, OnePlus, has integrated motion and proximity sensors from STMicroelectronics into the company's 2015 flagship model, OnePlus…
Knowm’s memristors alive & shipping
Knowm’s memristors alive & shipping
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The name memristor is formed from memory + resistor. The fundamental component it labels behaves like a resistor, but one…
Advanced motion sensors give smartphone 0.2s ‘human-eye’-grade focus time
Advanced motion sensors give smartphone 0.2s ‘human-eye’-grade focus time
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Leading Chinese mobile manufacturer, OnePlus, has integrated advanced motion and proximity sensors from STMicroelectronics into the company's 2015 flagship model,…
Optimized reference cells improve calibration of PV systems
Optimized reference cells improve calibration of PV systems
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A new version of reference cells for calibrating solar cells has been developed by scientists at the German Fraunhofer Institute…

Find IGBT degradation through power cycling
Find IGBT degradation through power cycling
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Andras Vass-Varnai outlines how to pinpoint IGBT degradation using power cycling methods.
Daimler to step into the ring against Tesla with own e-car design
Daimler to step into the ring against Tesla with own e-car design
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In the wake of the imminent Tesla X SUV rollout, competitor Daimler leaks information about an own electric car with an acceptable driving range. Already some time ago, the German…
Light-harvesting nanoparticles power solar water-splitting technology
Light-harvesting nanoparticles power solar water-splitting technology
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Rice University researchers have demonstrated an efficient way to capture the energy from sunlight and convert it into clean, renewable energy by splitting water molecules.
Wheel hub drive offers superior power density at low cost
Wheel hub drive offers superior power density at low cost
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Wheel hub drives hold out the promise to reduce cost and energy consumption of vehicles because the enable designers to omit many components of the classical powertrain. However, the high…
DVB-T2 TV analyzer prepares for HEVC roll-out
DVB-T2 TV analyzer prepares for HEVC roll-out
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Germany will soon experience the world’s first regular DVB-T2 broadcasting of HEVC-coded programs and Rohde & Schwarz is gearing up to meet the challenge by making the R&S ETL TV…
Innovation is 10x times better at reducing HBLED overheating
Innovation is 10x times better at reducing HBLED overheating
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ESCATEC claims to have solved the problem of overheating high brightness LEDs with the company's Heat Spreader solution that solders the LEDs onto a copper substrate, which is up to…
Metallic gels produce tunable light emission properties
Metallic gels produce tunable light emission properties
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Researchers at MIT have developed a family of materials that can emit light of precisely controlled colors — even pure white light - and whose output can be tuned to…
Big data ‘road weather’ tool warns drivers on road conditions ahead
Big data ‘road weather’ tool warns drivers on road conditions ahead
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A tool that uses data from both connected cars and weather predictions is designed to improve driver safety and make transportation networks smarter.
Self-sweeping lasers could make LIDAR systems cheaper
Self-sweeping lasers could make LIDAR systems cheaper
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A team of researchers at the University of Berkeley has developed a novel concept to automate the way a light source changes its wavelength as it sweeps the surrounding landscape.
The future of print and paper: digital hybrids
The future of print and paper: digital hybrids
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Printed batteries, posters capable of detecting touch, WiFi-blocking and noise-absorbing paper, these are just a selection of innovations brought together by the ‘Paper Evolutions: Exploring digital and physical paper futures’…
Google-led group preempts HEVC
Google-led group preempts HEVC
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Internet giants Google and Cisco have banded together with Amazon and Netflix, two large streaming service players, along with Microsoft, Intel and Mozilla, to establish an Alliance for Open Media…
Big data tool warns drivers on road conditions
Big data tool warns drivers on road conditions
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A tool that uses data from both connected cars and weather predictions is designed to improve driver safety and make transportation networks smarter.
Printed energy harvesting device targets NFC applications
Printed energy harvesting device targets NFC applications
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A UK-based consortium has formed to develop a novel printed energy harvesting device that is powered by near-field communication (NFC).
Philips adds flexible lightstrips to Hue connected lighting porfolio
Philips adds flexible lightstrips to Hue connected lighting porfolio
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Philips has combined flexible design with connected lighting technology to deliver a new way of using light. The Philips Hue Lightstrip Plus can be shaped, bent, cut and extended up…
Can diesel-to-hydrogen conversion speed acceptance of F-cell cars?
Can diesel-to-hydrogen conversion speed acceptance of F-cell cars?
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Fuel cell vehicles may have a promising future – once the hydrogen supply infrastructure is in place. Since investors are not in sight, the fuel cell technology suffers from the…
IoT conquers consumer electronics
IoT conquers consumer electronics
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The term “Internet of Things” stands for smart interconnection between devices through internet technologies. While many market watchers focus on industrial applications, the IoT is flourishing in home electronics –…
Robust Power Conversion, a Must Have for Truck, Automotive & Heavy Equipment
Robust Power Conversion, a Must Have for Truck, Automotive & Heavy Equipment
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Truck, automotive and heavy equipment environments are very demanding for any type of power conversion devices. Wide operating voltage ranges coupled with large transients and wide temperature excursions combine to…
Imec laminates stretchable LED display onto garments
Imec laminates stretchable LED display onto garments
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Researchers from Holst Centre (set up by TNO and imec), imec and CMST, imec's associated lab at Ghent University, have demonstrated what they claim to be the world’s first stretchable…
Domain controller concept gains traction
Domain controller concept gains traction
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Automotive supplier ZF TRW has won two business contracts for the second generation of its Safety Domain ECUs. The orders come from a European and a North American OEM, respectively.
Solar-charged transparent Li-ion battery promises ‘smart windows’
Solar-charged transparent Li-ion battery promises ‘smart windows’
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Researchers at Kogakuin University (Tokyo, Japan) have prototyped a transparent Li-ion battery that can charge itself by sunlight.
Health effects of Wi-Fi networks addressed by eBrief
Health effects of Wi-Fi networks addressed by eBrief
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There is little hard evidence that Wi-Fi network and other radio wave "pollution" is harmful to your health, but a new GoNet Systems eBrief looks at how this pollution can…
The economic implications of 5G
The economic implications of 5G
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The wireless world is currently undergoing an innovative period where the fundamentals of networks that have been in place for decades are experiencing rapid change and upheaval. This is underpinned…
Mobile anti-malware technology uses cognitive computing
Mobile anti-malware technology uses cognitive computing
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Qualcomm Incorporated has announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), is extending its mobile security technology leadership with the introduction of Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Smart Protect.
Smart radio prototype knows a listener’s preferences
Smart radio prototype knows a listener’s preferences
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A prototype of an online radio that learns from a user's listening habits is based on a personalisation engine developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.


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