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Nano-transistor helps monitor health via sweat sensor
Nano-transistor helps monitor health via sweat sensor
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Researchers at the Nanoelectronic Devices Laboratory at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland have developed a sensor for real-time scanning of liquids…
Examining high current and high power density demands on POL converters
Examining high current and high power density demands on POL converters
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Jian Yin, Applications Engineering Manager, Intersil Corporation examines how power modules can reliably manage thermal issues, as well as minimize…
Build an electronic battery simulator
Build an electronic battery simulator
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Jon Munson considers how to build an electronic battery simulator.
Tektronix Communications sees NFV and SDN as key to next generation networks
Tektronix Communications sees NFV and SDN as key to next generation networks
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NFV (Network Function Virtualisation) and SDN (Software Defined Networks) are gaining traction with mobile operators and are considered key to…

World’s smallest micro-camera focuses on revolutionizing smart sensors
World’s smallest micro-camera focuses on revolutionizing smart sensors
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Swiss researchers at CSEM in Neuchatel have developed what is claimed to be the smallest-ever complete vision system on a chip which could create new uses for smart sensors in…
Plug-and-play evaluation tools simplify testing of RF energy applications
Plug-and-play evaluation tools simplify testing of RF energy applications
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has unveiled plug-and-play evaluation tools designed to enable fast and easy testing of RF energy applications.
Has large-scale graphene fabrication become a commercial reality?
Has large-scale graphene fabrication become a commercial reality?
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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have fabricated graphene/polymer composites using chemical vapor deposition. The 2-inch-by-2-inch sheets feature one-atom thick hexagonally arranged carbon atoms and overcome…
Top 5 System Software Considerations for Next-Generation ADAS
Top 5 System Software Considerations for Next-Generation ADAS
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Next generation ADAS (with autonomous driving perhaps its ultimate manifestation) presents automotive application and system designers with a seemingly irreconcilable mix of safety certification, connected security, and cutting edge signal…
Electrode discovery points to simpler solar cell production method
Electrode discovery points to simpler solar cell production method
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Researchers at Rice University have discovered a way of simplifying the manufacture of solar cells by using the top electrode as the catalyst that turns plain silicon into valuable black…
Cree reveals industry’s first 900-V SiC MOSFET
Cree reveals industry’s first 900-V SiC MOSFET
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Cree, Inc. has introduced the company's latest entrant in SiC power device technology: the industry’s first 900 V MOSFET platform.
Sony says: Let there light…and now music too
Sony says: Let there light…and now music too
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Sony Corp has unveiled the LED Light Speaker Bulb that combines light and sound together in a single product that is essentially an LED light bulb equipped with a Bluetooth…
MediaTek rolls 10-core monster
MediaTek rolls 10-core monster
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MediaTek essentially created an extension of ARM's big:LITTLE technology with its latest mobile SoC, showing differentiation is still possible in this space.
IoT feels Samsung’s Artik breeze
IoT feels Samsung’s Artik breeze
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Samsung leaped into the fray around the Internet of Things with three new modules and a handful of partnerships that aim to grow an open development community around them.
Matrix LED lighting enters the compact class
Matrix LED lighting enters the compact class
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Smart lighting in the shape of electronically controlled Matrix headlamps is a feature exclusively found in the automotive top league, right? This perception is about to change: Opel / Vauxhall…
Organic photovoltaic device innovation releases solar fuel potential
Organic photovoltaic device innovation releases solar fuel potential
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Researchers at the Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group at the Universitat Jaume I have developed an organic device that allows reducing water into hydrogen using only sunlight.
Submarine cable achieves record unrepeatered transmission distance of 610 km
Submarine cable achieves record unrepeatered transmission distance of 610 km
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Alcatel-Lucent has achieved a technological record for subsea communications by extending the reach of unrepeatered cable systems at 100 gigabits-per-second to more than 610 kilometers using the same fiber for…
Virtualised VoLTE and the mobile operator opportunity
Virtualised VoLTE and the mobile operator opportunity
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Mark Windle, Head of Marketing at OpenCloud, explores how by harnessing open, cloud-based VoLTE infrastructure to capitalise on 4G, mobile operators can drive the transition to all-IP communication services and…
High-performance 3D microbattery adds large-scale on-chip integration dimension
High-performance 3D microbattery adds large-scale on-chip integration dimension
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Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have combined 3D holographic lithography and 2D photolithography to demonstrate a high-performance 3D microbattery suitable for large-scale on-chip integration with microelectronic devices.
Opel Astra unveils intelligent glare-free LED matrix lighting
Opel Astra unveils intelligent glare-free LED matrix lighting
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Opel Astra has revealed the car maker's next generation intelligent lighting system for the new Astra model will be the company's full-LED matrix light IntelliLux solution.
Measurement technique innovation spurs high-speed inertial imaging advance
Measurement technique innovation spurs high-speed inertial imaging advance
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Scientists at MIT have invented a new technique for measuring the relative positions of tiny particles as they flow through a fluidic channel, thereby offering an easy way to monitor…
How about password-protected paper mail?
How about password-protected paper mail?
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In this age of encrypted messaging and secure email services, researchers from the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) have demonstrated password-protected paper envelopes that could inform the sender in…
SIGFOX, Samsung demonstrate bicycle tracking on IoT network
SIGFOX, Samsung demonstrate bicycle tracking on IoT network
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SIGFOX will be demonstrating their latest IoT Network at Samsung’s booth during Internet of Things World to show the practical and easy-to-use features of the SIGFOX IoT network and the…
The advantages of an LED power supply over standard ITE power supplies
The advantages of an LED power supply over standard ITE power supplies
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Maggie Nadjmi Product Manager for SL Power Electronics considers the advantages of an LED power supply compared with standard ITE power supplies.
Digital signal controllers consume up to 80 percent less power
Digital signal controllers consume up to 80 percent less power
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Microchip has unveiled a family of Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) optimized for digital power applications which claim to feature higher performance, more integration, lower power and smaller footprints.
Spin detection of single electrons boosts measurement sensitivity
Spin detection of single electrons boosts measurement sensitivity
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Physicists of the University of Basel and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute were able to show for the first time that the nuclear spins of single molecules can be detected with…
BMW seeks design flexibility through tri-motor concept
BMW seeks design flexibility through tri-motor concept
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Hybrid drivetrains, while established in today’s automotive landscape, are still evolving. At the Vienna Motor Symposium, BMW provided a glimpse to its vision of the next generation’s hybrid drive.
Researchers combine plasmonic and magneto-optical effects
Researchers combine plasmonic and magneto-optical effects
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Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have experimentally demonstrated that patterning of magnetic materials into arrays of nanoscale dots can lead to a very strong and highly controllable modification of…
Testing SATA DevSleep for today’s power stingy SSDs
Testing SATA DevSleep for today’s power stingy SSDs
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Mike Micheletti considers how to approach testing SATA DevSleep for today's power stingy SSDs.


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