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Can ‘designer carbon’ boost battery and supercapacitor performance?
Can ‘designer carbon’ boost battery and supercapacitor performance?
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Researchers at Stanford University have created a carbon material that boosts the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries and supercapacitors.
NiZn battery is validated for 12-V automotive use
NiZn battery is validated for 12-V automotive use
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The Institute of Automotive Technologies Dresden (IAD) has validated the benefits of PowerGenix's NiZn battery technology for stop-start and auxiliary…
Leti demos high-brightness micro-LED arrays for next-generation HUDs
Leti demos high-brightness micro-LED arrays for next-generation HUDs
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CEA-Leti has demonstrated a path to fabricating high-density micro-LED arrays for the next generation of wearable and nomadic systems in…
New ‘designer carbon’ to boost batteries and supercapacitors?
New ‘designer carbon’ to boost batteries and supercapacitors?
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Researchers at Stanford University have created a carbon material that boosts the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries and supercapacitors.

OTA platform keeps automotive software current
OTA platform keeps automotive software current
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The software-defined car comes one step closer with the possibility to perform OTA (over-the-air) updates to automotive software. US-based Movimento Group has introduced a platform that helps OEMs and tier…
Gesture sensor uses 60 GHz radar
Gesture sensor uses 60 GHz radar
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Chipmaker Infineon and the Google R&D team Advanced Technology and Project (ATAP) are jointly developing a radar-based sensor solution for future Human-machine interface solutions. First application examples have been introduced…
Reduce diode losses in redundant systems with integrated power MUXes
Reduce diode losses in redundant systems with integrated power MUXes
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Dinesh Kumar considers how to reduce diode losses in redundant systems by using integrated power MUXes.
Particle-filled silicones for EMI shielding and environmental sealing
Particle-filled silicones for EMI shielding and environmental sealing
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Particle-filled silicones are elastomeric compounds that combine the advantages of silicone with the electrical properties of metals. An inert, synthetic rubber, silicone offers thermal stability over a wide temperature range…
Google gesture sensor uses 60 GHz radar
Google gesture sensor uses 60 GHz radar
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Chipmaker Infineon and the Google R&D team Advanced Technology and Project (ATAP) are jointly developing a radar-based sensor solution for future Human-machine interface solutions. First application examples have been introduced…
Wood aerogel promises elastic high-capacity batteries
Wood aerogel promises elastic high-capacity batteries
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Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stanford University have revealed a method for making elastic high-capacity batteries from wood pulp.
Gesture sensor uses 60GHz radar
Gesture sensor uses 60GHz radar
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Chipmaker Infineon and Google’s R&D team Advanced Technology and Project (ATAP) are jointly developing a radar-based sensor solution for future Human-machine interface solutions. First application examples have been introduced at…
Google Gestures at 60 GHz
Google Gestures at 60 GHz
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Google showed at its annual developer conference a 60 GHz device that acts as a radar-on-chip for controlling with gestures small-screen devices. The technology isn’t yet authorized by the FCC,…
Ultra-fast line scan sensor captures fake banknotes
Ultra-fast line scan sensor captures fake banknotes
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Researchers from Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg, Germany have developed an ultrafast line scan sensor that delivers high-quality images and identifies faulty banknotes. The 60-line…
Zhaga Book 9 – LED modules with a ring-shaped light-emitting surface
Zhaga Book 9 – LED modules with a ring-shaped light-emitting surface
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The Zhaga Consortium, a global lighting-industry consortium that is standardizing LED light engines and associated components, has published Book 9 as the organisation's latest interface specification.
SP12T MEMS switch achieves one billion operations
SP12T MEMS switch achieves one billion operations
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A single-pole 12 throw MEMS-based RF switch being developed by DelfMEMS (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France), a supplier of radio frequency switches made using MEMS techniques, has reached one billion test cycles.
Google rolls Android M and IoT OS
Google rolls Android M and IoT OS
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A bevy of improvements and added features comes with the latest Android release, Android M. However Google did not deliver a next-generation device showcasing its software at the same time.
Touch display provides haptic feedback
Touch display provides haptic feedback
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Automotive supplier Continental has launched display that provides a tactile feedback for use in cars. The feedback feature increases operating safety and user-friendliness to the increasingly complex human machine interfaces…
AUTOSAR Integration for the MOST Network
AUTOSAR Integration for the MOST Network
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AUTOSAR is currently becoming more and more established in the traditional vehicle electronics domains. After the major German vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) introduced AUTOSAR (Automotive Open System Architecture) in central areas…
Google Rolls Android M, IoT OS
Google Rolls Android M, IoT OS
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Developers were audibly excited by the bevy of improvements and added features on the newest Android release, Android M. However Google did not deliver a next-generation device showcasing its software…
Thermal vacuum chamber can test large space equipment
Thermal vacuum chamber can test large space equipment
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In Toulouse, Intespace’s Simles auxiliary chamber can simulate temperatures ranging from 100K to 440K at a pressure of less than 10-5 mbar.
Muller retail chain opts for LED lighting upgrades
Muller retail chain opts for LED lighting upgrades
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Germany Müller retail chain has opted to use LED technology from Tridonic to equip the company's new retail outlets and for upgrading its existing shops.
Smartening up power monitoring
Smartening up power monitoring
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A recent survey from Gartner Research reports that in 2014 Microchip Technology was ranked as the top 8-bit and 16-bit MCU vendor in sales of its PIC devices. One possible…
Exploring new dimensions for HMI technology
Exploring new dimensions for HMI technology
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Touch-enabled human machine interfaces (HMIs) offer a more intuitive and natural means by which to operate electronics hardware than traditional electromechanical switches and pushbuttons, thereby delivering more enjoyable user experiences.
Ultra-low power SRAM IP available for FDSOI 28nm foundry processes
Ultra-low power SRAM IP available for FDSOI 28nm foundry processes
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sureCore, designer of very-low power SRAM IP (intellectual property) now has commercial availability of its first, ultra-low power, embedded SRAM IP. The silicon proven, 28nm FDSOI production design targets applications…
AI expert: Say “No” to autonomous killer robots
AI expert: Say “No” to autonomous killer robots
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In a commentary in the journal Nature, artificial intelligence (AI) expert and professor at the University of California, Stuart Russell calls on colleagues to "take a stand" on lethal autonomous…
Researchers make ICs on wood
Researchers make ICs on wood
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A research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working with the Madison-based U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Products Laboratory has fabricated both digital and microwave frequency integrated circuits on a…
Mentor refines power prediction in complex SoC designs
Mentor refines power prediction in complex SoC designs
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Users of Mentor Graphics’ Veloce emulation systems now have a more detailed and more accurate method of predicting power consumption of a large-scale IC. The Veloce Power Application uses actual…
Compact LED offers alternative to low-lumen CoB LEDs
Compact LED offers alternative to low-lumen CoB LEDs
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Osram Opto Semiconductors has added to the company's the Chip Array SMD family (CAS) with a compact individual LED that provides an alternative to low-lumen Chip-on-Board LEDs.


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