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Semiconducting polymers discovery claims record solar cell efficiency
Semiconducting polymers discovery claims record solar cell efficiency
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Researchers from North Carolina State University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have found that temperature-controlled aggregation in…
Demystifying ultra-low-power benchmarks for microcontrollers
Demystifying ultra-low-power benchmarks for microcontrollers
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Stefan Schauer of Texas Instruments examines some of the mysteries surrounding ultra-low-power benchmarks for microcontrollers.
Freescale to offer OpenCL platform for ADAS and autonomous driving systems development
Freescale to offer OpenCL platform for ADAS and autonomous driving systems development
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Freescale Semiconductor has announced its intention to offer an OpenCL-based platform, which it says will be key to addressing automated…
Compact high-flux LED focuses on indoor spotlight solutions
Compact high-flux LED focuses on indoor spotlight solutions
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Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed the Soleriq P 13 which is a compact high-flux LED that claims to achieve a…

Smart battery charges up for IoT
Smart battery charges up for IoT
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After several years chasing WiFi sockets in consumer gadgets, Roel Peeters got another idea. Sell a $35 smart, networked battery that consumers can plug into millions of existing smoke alarms.
Why HTTP won’t work for IoT
Why HTTP won’t work for IoT
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Are you trying to fit devices into the Internet? If so, HTTP isn’t going to work. There are much better options. In this short article I will introduce how protocols…
Supercapacitor innovation promises panel-powered cars
Supercapacitor innovation promises panel-powered cars
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A team of researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have developed lightweight supercapacitors that can be combined with regular batteries to boost the power of an electric car by…
Supercapacitor innovation promises panel-powered cars in five years
Supercapacitor innovation promises panel-powered cars in five years
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A team of researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have developed lightweight supercapacitors that can be combined with regular batteries to boost the power of an electric car by…
MEMS inertial sensors provide the equilibrium sense to your car
MEMS inertial sensors provide the equilibrium sense to your car
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Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) sensors are indispensable in cars and smart phones today. These tiny sensors are becoming ever smarter, more compact, and more energy efficient. With the new SMI7 inertial…
Twisted pair wireline pushes data rates up to 10 Gbit/s in vehicles
Twisted pair wireline pushes data rates up to 10 Gbit/s in vehicles
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Scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen will present a high-speed link at electronica in Munich that uses the 10+ Gbit/s physical layer for a simple…
Can controlling nano-level energy make mobile batteries last longer?
Can controlling nano-level energy make mobile batteries last longer?
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Researchers at University of Luxembourg claim to have discovered how electronic devices waste a lot of energy by producing useless heat and how this waste could be reduced by controlling…
USB battery charging rev. 1.2: Important role of charger detectors
USB battery charging rev. 1.2: Important role of charger detectors
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Mohamed Ismail of Maxim Integrated considers the role of charger detectors in the USB battery charging specification rev. 1.2:…
Sodium-conducting material promises performance gains for rechargeable batteries
Sodium-conducting material promises performance gains for rechargeable batteries
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Researchers at the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology together with several other institutions, have discovered a safe, inexpensive, sodium-conducting material which claims to outperform all other materials in…
Sodium-conducting material enters rechargeable batteries
Sodium-conducting material enters rechargeable batteries
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Researchers at the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology together with several other institutions, have discovered a safe, inexpensive, sodium-conducting material which claims to outperform all other materials in…
Osram to narrow the LED green gap
Osram to narrow the LED green gap
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The 'Hi-Q-LED' project funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is claiming to have achieved pioneering advances with green LEDs, diminishing the 'green gap' phenomenon – the…
Superconductivity predicted by supercomputer
Superconductivity predicted by supercomputer
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Until now, searching for new superconductors has been a combination of acquired expertise, intuition, and plain old luck.
Crocus senses flex in flexible displays
Crocus senses flex in flexible displays
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A prototype flexible display uses magnetic logic unit (MLU) sensors from Crocus Technology AS (Grenoble, France) and magnets to detect the shape of flexible surfaces and displays. The magnets and…
ST extends Thelma MEMS process
ST extends Thelma MEMS process
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STMicroelectronics NV (Geneva, Switzerland) has announced that it has gone into full production with its Thelma60 manufacturing process, suitable for etches of 60-microns in depth.
Vehicle-to-X technology: 1.300 km drive starts at electronica
Vehicle-to-X technology: 1.300 km drive starts at electronica
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On November 11, a group of companies and organisations will give the start signal for a large practical test of the Vehicle-to-X (V2X) communication technology. NXP, Cohda Wireless, Siemens and…
Osram research claims to reduce LED green gap phenomenon
Osram research claims to reduce LED green gap phenomenon
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The 'Hi-Q-LED' project funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is claiming to have achieved pioneering advances with green LEDs, diminishing the 'green gap' phenomenon – the…
8.7-inch OLED display can be folded in three
8.7-inch OLED display can be folded in three
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Japanese company Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL) Co Ltd has revealed an OLED display that can be folded in three and has a screen size, pixel count and resolution of 8.7…
Researchers unlock potential of phased-array radar for automotive deployment
Researchers unlock potential of phased-array radar for automotive deployment
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Phased-array radar systems, known from military applications, could help to improve the environment recognition system for cars. A group of researchers from the University of California in San Diego along…
Single-chip LED driver reduces intelligent lighting development costs
Single-chip LED driver reduces intelligent lighting development costs
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Embedded systems solutions company Spansion Inc. has released a series of intelligent LED driver integrated circuits (IC) solutions.
Smart wall re-focuses scattered RF signal
Smart wall re-focuses scattered RF signal
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Ever experienced bad radio communication, struggling to find the right spot at home, making the most of a faint signal to place a phone call?…
Dual-purpose film gives extra edge to energy storage
Dual-purpose film gives extra edge to energy storage
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Rice University scientist James Tour has turned molybdenum disulfide’s two-dimensional form into a nanoporous film that can catalyze the production of hydrogen or be used for energy storage.
Power supply for mobile devices
Power supply for mobile devices
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Michael Mueller of congatec considers what to look for when selecting a power supply for mobile devices.
Battery coating innovation helps prevent swallowing injuries
Battery coating innovation helps prevent swallowing injuries
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Researchers at MIT, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital have devised a new way to coat batteries with a special material that prevents them from conducting electricity after…
Smart wall focuses scattered RF signal
Smart wall focuses scattered RF signal
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Ever experienced bad radio communication, struggling to find the right spot at home, making the most of a faint signal to place a phone call?…


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