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Tiny mobile brain-computer interface for smartphones
Tiny mobile brain-computer interface for smartphones
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Mind Solutions has announced that pre-orders of its mobile BCI (Brain-Computer-Interface) will begin April 28th, 2015. The company has completed…
Software defined power architecture for 5G cellular
Software defined power architecture for 5G cellular
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Next-generation cellular communications will require a drastic reduction in energy consumption, something researchers at Ericsson are calling “ultra-lean transmission.”…
Nanolaser enables on-chip photonics
Nanolaser enables on-chip photonics
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Sending communications signals around chips, and between chips and boards is an area of intense research worldwide. Now University of…
Graphene’s first commercial success: energy-saving light bulbs?
Graphene’s first commercial success: energy-saving light bulbs?
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The first commercially viable consumer product to use graphene will be an energy-saving lightbulb which is slated to go on…

Will energy-saving lightbulb become graphene’s first commercial success?
Will energy-saving lightbulb become graphene’s first commercial success?
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The first commercially viable consumer product to use graphene will be an energy-saving lightbulb which is slated to go on sale later in 2015 according to the device's developers.
Brain-computer interface developed for smartphones
Brain-computer interface developed for smartphones
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Mind Solutions has announced that pre-orders of its mobile BCI (Brain-Computer-Interface) will begin April 28, 2015. The company has completed development of what they claim is the smallest BCI on…
Sensor data predict failure of large machines
Sensor data predict failure of large machines
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Long before they actually fail, large machines exhibit signs of wear and tear. A team of researchers from the Saarland University (Saarbrücken, Germany) is now devising new ways to precisely…
Vampire power and the need to save energy little and often
Vampire power and the need to save energy little and often
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Jim Bird of Texas Instruments points out that "standby" may be a convenience in home electronics but it is also an energy drain. More needs to be done in saving…
MIT pinpoints promising pathways for solar photovoltaic power
MIT pinpoints promising pathways for solar photovoltaic power
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In an assessment of the prospects of solar photovoltaic technology, MIT researchers are claiming solar photovoltaic technology is “one of the few renewable, low-carbon resources with both the scalability and…
Could customizing LED lightbulbs save lives in developing countries?
Could customizing LED lightbulbs save lives in developing countries?
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A new study led by a University of Southern California (USC) environmental science professor has discovered that what matters most regarding increasing the risk of catching vector-borne diseases is not…
Giant spider-bot needs your inspiration
Giant spider-bot needs your inspiration
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Mouser Electronics has partnered with celebrity engineer Grant Imahara to call on engineers of all levels to collaborate with him to provide creative ideas and solve real world problems using…
Thin light-powered Bluetooth LE beacons wrap around objects
Thin light-powered Bluetooth LE beacons wrap around objects
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Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd announced a Bluetooth LE beacon weighing only 3 grams and only 2.5mm thick, that does not require battery replacement or any other maintenance.
Printable electroluminescent sheets promise cost-effective large-format luminous surfaces
Printable electroluminescent sheets promise cost-effective large-format luminous surfaces
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Researchers at the INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials have developed a cost-effective method that enables electroluminescence to be produced on large, curved surfaces. The solution produces the light-emitting…
Simulation software boosts lithium-ion battery performance for EVs
Simulation software boosts lithium-ion battery performance for EVs
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Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed modeling software to help researchers and battery manufacturers improve the design of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
Printable electroluminescent sheets in large-format
Printable electroluminescent sheets in large-format
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Researchers at the INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials have developed a cost-effective method that enables electroluminescence to be produced on large, curved surfaces. The solution produces the light-emitting…
Thin and flexible Bluetooth LE beacons operate battery-free
Thin and flexible Bluetooth LE beacons operate battery-free
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Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd announced a Bluetooth LE beacon weighing only 3 grams and only 2.5mm thick, that does not require battery replacement or any other maintenance.
Try out CVD graphene on substrates up to 100x200mm
Try out CVD graphene on substrates up to 100x200mm
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Helping the semiconductor industry unlock graphene's potential, graphene supplier 2-DTech has made further advances in the fabrication of graphene products using chemical vapour deposition (CVD) techniques.
Smart cities will see it all
Smart cities will see it all
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Altera Corporation and IP partner Eutecus have developed the ReCo-Pro Multi-channel High Definition (HD) Video Analytics platform for integration into surveillance cameras.
MACOM and Kaiam demonstrate next generation 400G capability
MACOM and Kaiam demonstrate next generation 400G capability
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MACOM is consolidating the high speed semiconductor content in 100G/400G transceivers, optimizing the chips to provide highly differentiated performance, power, size and cost benefits.
European city banks 70% energy savings using connected LED technology
European city banks 70% energy savings using connected LED technology
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Poland’s city of Szczecin has selected Philips to renew its street lighting system with LED technology. By September 2015, Philips will replace 5,000 existing street lights with LED luminaires, reducing…
Can tandem photovoltaics achieve record solar cell efficiencies?
Can tandem photovoltaics achieve record solar cell efficiencies?
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Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University are exploring ways to create solar cells using low-cost manufacturing methods. A novel prototype device combines perovskite with silicon solar…
Tandem photovoltaics for record efficiencies?
Tandem photovoltaics for record efficiencies?
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Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University are exploring ways to create solar cells using low-cost manufacturing methods. A novel prototype device combines perovskite with silicon solar…
Formal-methods checking contributes to FPGA use in hi-rel designs
Formal-methods checking contributes to FPGA use in hi-rel designs
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Microsemi and OneSpin Solutions (Munich and San Jose, California) are targeting high-reliability design verification with a formal-based FPGA equivalency checking solution; OneSpin’s 360 EC-FPGA is used to verify Microsemi FPGA…
50 GHz Germanium waveguide electro-absorption modulator demonstrated
50 GHz Germanium waveguide electro-absorption modulator demonstrated
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At the OFC 2015 global conference and exposition for optical communications, imec, its associated lab at Ghent University (Intec), and Stanford University have demonstrated a compact germanium (Ge) waveguide electro-absorption…
New class of magnetic materials could boost wireless data transmission
New class of magnetic materials could boost wireless data transmission
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A zero-moment half metal, a Mn2RuxGa magnetic alloy discovered by a team of researchers at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland has some unique properties that give it the potential to…
Innovate UK pumps funding into lithium sulfur battery R&D
Innovate UK pumps funding into lithium sulfur battery R&D
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Innovate UK, which sponsored by the UK's Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, is injecting £1.1 million into a consortium of UK companies and academic partners for the R&D of…
Is UK Government cutting solar subsidies too soon?
Is UK Government cutting solar subsidies too soon?
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UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey has declared that the plummeting cost of solar panels has caused the UK government to revise upwards its forecast for solar energy use in the…
End-to-end encryption for the masses
End-to-end encryption for the masses
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When Facebook bought WhatsApp last year, Swiss company Threema saw millions of secure messaging WhatsApp users flee to adopt its Threema secure messenger, being cautious about Facebook's endeavours.


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