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Fiber-like LEDs suit displays for wearable devices
Fiber-like LEDs suit displays for wearable devices
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Researchers from the School of Electrical Engineering at KAIST have developed fiber-like light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which can be applied in…
Simplified organic solar cells boost efficiency while lowering costs
Simplified organic solar cells boost efficiency while lowering costs
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Researchers at Purdue University are proposing a new strategy for creating inexpensive solar technology by challenging a classical theory of…
Samsung partners MIT to create longer-lasting solid-state rechargeable batteries
Samsung partners MIT to create longer-lasting solid-state rechargeable batteries
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Researchers at MIT and Samsung have developed a solid electrolyte with the aim of improving both device lifetime and safety…
Bats inspire ultrasound sensor for locating dangerous structural cracks
Bats inspire ultrasound sensor for locating dangerous structural cracks
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Researchers at the University of Strathclyde have been inspired by the world of bats to develop an ultrasound sensor for…

Airbus D&S and Lime Microsystems plan “Robust” Galileo GNSS receiver
Airbus D&S and Lime Microsystems plan “Robust” Galileo GNSS receiver
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Lime Microsystems and Airbus Defence and Space, with funding from Innovate UK have announced a joint development of robust GNSS products. Airbus D&S, using Lime’s Field Programmable RF (FPRF) transceiver…
LVDS display bridges and automated measurements, Part 2
LVDS display bridges and automated measurements, Part 2
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Sudhansu Mishra considers which instruments are needed for LVDS characterization and how to automate measurements.
‘Sandwiching’ 2D atomic layers expands energy-storage material performance
‘Sandwiching’ 2D atomic layers expands energy-storage material performance
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Drexel University materials researchers have developed a method that allows for two-dimensional layers of disparate elements to be stacked together. The development will yield a variety of new, durable materials…
Changes to radio rules
Changes to radio rules
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The Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (R&TTE) was introduced in April 2000, but the European Commission became concerned about the low level of compliance for some categories of radio…
Blue LED discovery offers chemical-free food preservation
Blue LED discovery offers chemical-free food preservation
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Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) have strong antibacterial effect on major foodborne pathogens which paves the way to use…
Electric car maker Tesla reveals snakebot charger
Electric car maker Tesla reveals snakebot charger
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Tesla Motors claims to be building a snakelike robot that is capable of automatically plug-in into your electric vehicle.
Tesla reveals snakebot electric car charger
Tesla reveals snakebot electric car charger
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Tesla Motors claims to be building a snakelike robot that is capable of plugging in your electric vehicle in for you.
Micro rake doubles efficiency of inexpensive solar cells
Micro rake doubles efficiency of inexpensive solar cells
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Researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have developed a manufacturing technique that could double the electricity output of inexpensive solar cells by using…
IKEA turns to LEDs to light up future sales
IKEA turns to LEDs to light up future sales
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By September 2015 the home furnishing retailer IKEA will have transitioned to a 100 per cent LED bulb range to become the first major global retailer to offer a fully…
Design a VRM with perfectly flat output impedance in 5 seconds or less
Design a VRM with perfectly flat output impedance in 5 seconds or less
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Steve Sandler explains how to design a VRM with perfectly flat output impedance in 5 seconds or less.
Hackers could steal data by turning IoT devices into radios
Hackers could steal data by turning IoT devices into radios
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Security researchers have revealed a technique that could allow hackers to steal data from IoT devices by essentially turning them into radios and then listening to the signals they broadcast…
Smarter and lighter car battery aimed at replacing lead acid batteries
Smarter and lighter car battery aimed at replacing lead acid batteries
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A new drop-in car battery replacement from Ohm Laboratories - called Ohm - is claimed to offer a smarter and lighter car battery for existing gas-engine vehicles.
Miniature gas sensor enables smartphone to monitor air quality
Miniature gas sensor enables smartphone to monitor air quality
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a miniature gas sensor that can be connected to mobile devices. Taking gas measurements using smartphones will make activities such as the…
Micro rake doubles efficiency of polymer solar cells
Micro rake doubles efficiency of polymer solar cells
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Menlo Park, CA) and Stanford University have developed a manufacturing technique that could double the electricity output of inexpensive solar…
Could black phosphorus take out graphene?
Could black phosphorus take out graphene?
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A Korean team of scientists have tuned the band gap of black phosphorous (BP) to form a superior conductor, allowing for the application to be mass produced for electronic and…
Smarter, lighter car battery replaces lead acid types
Smarter, lighter car battery replaces lead acid types
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A new drop-in car battery replacement from Ohm Laboratories - called Ohm - is claimed to offer a smarter and lighter car battery for existing gas-engine vehicles.
World’s smallest emergency phone charger makes Kickstarter debut
World’s smallest emergency phone charger makes Kickstarter debut
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Two design engineering students from Brunel University London, Doug Stokes and Chris Tait, have turned to Kickstarter, the world's largest funding platform, to fund development of what the pair claim…
Sensor Ganging–Optimize Power in a Capacitive Sensing System — Part II
Sensor Ganging–Optimize Power in a Capacitive Sensing System — Part II
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Shruti Hanumanthaiah and Subbarao Lanka continues to consider the challenges of sensor ganging and how to optimize power in a capacitive sensing system.
UK Government to trial charge-as-you-drive ‘electric motorways’
UK Government to trial charge-as-you-drive ‘electric motorways’
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Highways England, which is a UK government company charged with driving the devleopment of the UK's motorways and major A roads, is planning to test ‘dynamic wireless power transfer’ technologies…
New spacecraft data promises improved solar storm forecasts
New spacecraft data promises improved solar storm forecasts
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Scientists at the University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH) are providing some new predictive analysis tools for forecasting the timing and severity of solar storms, which have the potential for…
Renault’s Espace MPV opts for HELLA LED rear tail-lamps
Renault’s Espace MPV opts for HELLA LED rear tail-lamps
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Renault's new model Espace Multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) which have been introduced in Europe is featuring distinctive LED tail lamps incorporating a two-part design developed by HELLA.
LEDs spot quantum dots ready for nanophotonic devices
LEDs spot quantum dots ready for nanophotonic devices
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An international team of scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the USA, in collaboration with the universities of Southampton (UK)and Rochester (USA) have developed…
Imec looks to extend capabilities of Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology
Imec looks to extend capabilities of Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology
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Nano-electronics research centre imec (Leuven, Belgium) is extending its Gallium Nitride-on-Silicon (GaN-on-Si) R&D programme, and is now offering joint research on GaN-on-Si 200mm epitaxy and enhancement mode device technology.
3D-printed ‘cocktail party listener’ picks out voices in a crowd
3D-printed ‘cocktail party listener’ picks out voices in a crowd
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Researchers at Duke University (Durham, NC) say they have developed a 3D-printed device that is able to solve the "cocktail party problem" - i.e., enabling a computer to be able…


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