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‘Aqueous solar flow’ battery lasts longer
‘Aqueous solar flow’ battery lasts longer
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Researchers at The Ohio State University are claiming a new milestone for the world’s first solar air battery by reporting…
Brain-controlled prosthesis enables one-finger typing
Brain-controlled prosthesis enables one-finger typing
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Researchers at Stanford University have developed a technique to make thought-controlled prostheses more precise and capable of one-finger typing.
NASA preps Venus ICs
NASA preps Venus ICs
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The surface of Venus is almost 500 degrees Celsius (932 degrees Fahrenheit)—hot enough to melt lead and turn aluminum into…
Phone batteries leak your browsing whereabouts
Phone batteries leak your browsing whereabouts
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A European team of security researchers have identified a potential privacy invasion 'black hole' that could exploit phone batteries to…

Shock absorber harvests energy from car’s suspension
Shock absorber harvests energy from car’s suspension
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Researchers at Virginia Tech's College of Engineering (Blacksburg, VA) have developed a shock absorber system designed to harvest large-scale vibrational energy from a car's suspension.
The Art of Waves: Images on an oscilloscope
The Art of Waves: Images on an oscilloscope
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Arash Ushani considers how to create and view signals in different forms using an oscilloscope.
White lasers promise faster Li-Fi performance
White lasers promise faster Li-Fi performance
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Researchers at Arizona State University have demonstrated that semiconductor lasers are capable of emitting over the full visible color spectrum, which is necessary to produce a white laser that could…
Hackers could exploit phone batteries to track users
Hackers could exploit phone batteries to track users
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A European team of security researchers have identified a potential privacy invasion 'black hole' that could exploit phone batteries to pinpoint their owners and track them around the internet.
‘Aqueous solar flow’ battery 20 percent more efficient than lithium-iodine batteries
‘Aqueous solar flow’ battery 20 percent more efficient than lithium-iodine batteries
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Researchers at The Ohio State University are claiming a new milestone for the world’s first solar air battery by reporting a 20 percent energy saving compared with traditional lithium-iodine batteries.
Power grid forecasting tool is 50 percent more accurate
Power grid forecasting tool is 50 percent more accurate
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Accurately forecasting future electricity needs is tricky, with sudden weather changes and other variables impacting projections minute by minute. Errors can have grave repercussions, from blackouts to high market costs.
Can your phone batteries keep you secret on the internet?
Can your phone batteries keep you secret on the internet?
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A European team of security researchers have identified a potential privacy invasion 'black hole' that could exploit phone batteries to pinpoint their owners and track them around the internet.
Power MOSFET Basics: Understanding the superjunction technology
Power MOSFET Basics: Understanding the superjunction technology
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Sanjay Havanur and Philip Zuk of Vishay consider some of the basics of power MOSFET technology with a focus on superjunction technology.
World’s first white lasers promise faster Li-Fi performance
World’s first white lasers promise faster Li-Fi performance
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Researchers at Arizona State University have demonstrated that semiconductor lasers are capable of emitting over the full visible color spectrum, which is necessary to produce a white laser that could…
Power MOSFET Basics: Understanding superjunction technology
Power MOSFET Basics: Understanding superjunction technology
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Sanjay Havanur and Philip Zuk of Vishay consider some of the basics of power MOSFET technology with a focus on superjunction technology.
LED lighting innovation leads to ultrafast DNA diagnostics
LED lighting innovation leads to ultrafast DNA diagnostics
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Researchers at UC Berkeley have used light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have developed a technology that promises to make a workhorse lab tool cheaper, more portable and many times faster by accelerating…
Facebook unveils solar-powered Internet-beaming drone
Facebook unveils solar-powered Internet-beaming drone
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Social networking giant Facebook (Cambridge, MA) has unveiled a full-scale version of its solar-powered drone designed to provide Internet connectivity to remote regions of the world.
Butterflies help boost solar panel power by 50 per cent
Butterflies help boost solar panel power by 50 per cent
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University of Exeter researchers have discovered techniques for generating photovoltaic energy by mimicking the v-shaped posture adopted by Cabbage White butterflies to heat up flight muscles before take-off.  The results…
Fraunhofer rolls security platform for cars
Fraunhofer rolls security platform for cars
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Electronic control units in cars, in particular head units, recently have been the target of cyber attacks. Researchers from Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology have devised a platform enabling…
CoolCube circuit stacking moves to FinFET process
CoolCube circuit stacking moves to FinFET process
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The CEA-Leti research laboratory at Grenoble France, has reported that its CoolCube 3D interconnect technology is suitable for use with FinFET manufacturing processes as well as with fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator manufacturing…
Google ‘Street View’ cars add sensors to map air quality
Google ‘Street View’ cars add sensors to map air quality
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Google and environmental sensor networking company Aclima (San Francisco, CA) are partnering to map outdoor air quality in urban areas using Google's Street View vehicles and Google Maps.
A 28-GHz, 4-channel phase adjustable power amplifier IC for 5G front-ends
A 28-GHz, 4-channel phase adjustable power amplifier IC for 5G front-ends
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5G communications promises to offer the user the perception of near infinite capacity. This will require a step change in data rates, which will be facilitated by including the use…
Omnifocal eye-glasses need two-year’s development
Omnifocal eye-glasses need two-year’s development
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Omnifocal eyeglasses that adjust to the wearer's near- and long-distance viewing are at least two years from coming to market. Deep Optics Ltd. (Petah Tiqva), the startup behind the development…
The power of ZigBee 3.0 – What it means to Smart Lighting
The power of ZigBee 3.0 – What it means to Smart Lighting
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Cees Links, founder and CEO of GreenPeak Technologies considers the impact of ZigBee 3.0 on Smart Lighting applications.
Can single-molecule diode performance leap power nanoscale advances?
Can single-molecule diode performance leap power nanoscale advances?
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Researchers from Columbia University and Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry have created a single-molecule diode that claims to outperform the best of its predecessors by a factor of 50.
Smart LED helmets improves cyclist on-road visibility and safety
Smart LED helmets improves cyclist on-road visibility and safety
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A smart LED cycling helmet that was conceived at a Harvard Innvation Lab hackathon has attracted almost $500,000 of funding pledges on the Kickstarter - four times its target funding…
Google Glass refocuses on enterprises, circumvents privacy issues
Google Glass refocuses on enterprises, circumvents privacy issues
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Google Glass has been relooked to and redesigned with a bigger display and a faster processor to address the enterprise space under the “Enterprise…
Filament bulb replacements: The GaN-on-Silicon LED bulb arrives
Filament bulb replacements: The GaN-on-Silicon LED bulb arrives
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Plessey is targeting the filament bulb market with the launch of a range of LED filaments, manufactured with the company’s MaGIC GaN-on-Silicon LEDs.
RealSense teardown highlights IR light projector
RealSense teardown highlights IR light projector
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Reverse engineering services company Chipworks Inc. (Ottawa, Canada) has deconstructed an Intel RealSense depth-sensing camera taken out of a Lenovo Yoga15 computer.


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