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Spansion expands MCUs with IoT on its radar
Spansion expands MCUs with IoT on its radar
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On Monday, October 20, Spansion Inc. unveiled 96 new MCUs, fresh additions to the company's FM4 family of MCUs based…
Visteon concept marries data security and connectivity
Visteon concept marries data security and connectivity
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Automotive supplier Visteon plans to extends its fame as a designer of unconventional, innovative car dashboards. At electronica, the company…
Simpler circuit design unlocks power of superconducting devices
Simpler circuit design unlocks power of superconducting devices
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MIT researchers have developed a circuit design that could make simple superconducting devices much cheaper to manufacture and with zero…
iPhones a viable option for monitoring eye disease
iPhones a viable option for monitoring eye disease
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The iPhone has been demonstrated to be a portable and effective tool for imaging the inside of the eye, according…

Supercomputer simulations point path to better Mg-ion batteries
Supercomputer simulations point path to better Mg-ion batteries
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Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory using computer simulations have shown that Mg-ion batteries, which would be less expensive and safer than Li-ion batteries, could become a alternative for future…
Rohde & Schwarz demos 5G test setup
Rohde & Schwarz demos 5G test setup
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The next mobile communications generation, 5G, is expected to take off around 2020. Rohde & Schwarz supports developers in identifying potential technologies to access 5G networks. At the 5G Global…
R&S demos 5G test setup
R&S demos 5G test setup
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The next mobile communications generation, 5G, is expected to take off around 2020. Rohde & Schwarz supports developers in identifying potential technologies to access 5G networks. At the 5G Global…
Measuring differential current at high precision and low cost
Measuring differential current at high precision and low cost
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Products and solutions for the field of renewable energy have long been part of VAC's portfolio. For many years the Hanau-based company has supplied AC-DC-sensitive differential current sensors (DI sensors)…
Choosing SAR vs Sigma-Delta ADCs for high dynamic range applications
Choosing SAR vs Sigma-Delta ADCs for high dynamic range applications
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Maithil Pachchigar of Analog Devices explains how to select SAR vs Sigma-Delta ADCs for high dynamic range applications.
Breakthrough for drive batteries? Ultra-fast battery charges in 2 minutes
Breakthrough for drive batteries? Ultra-fast battery charges in 2 minutes
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Range anxiety is still one of the most powerful inhibitors for widespread acceptance of electric vehicles. But if it would not take longer to recharge a battery than to fill…
Network testing via smartphone
Network testing via smartphone
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The RANAdvisor Handheld multi-technology radio access network (RAN) analysis solution from JDSU helps wireless network professionals to optimise next-generation networks in the deployment phase. With this handheld product, test sourcing…
Breakthrough for traction batteries? Ultra-fast battery charges in 2 minutes
Breakthrough for traction batteries? Ultra-fast battery charges in 2 minutes
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Range anxiety is still one of the most powerful inhibitors for widespread acceptance of electric vehicles. But if it would not take longer to recharge a battery than to fill…
2D material underpins world’s thinnest electric generator
2D material underpins world’s thinnest electric generator
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Researchers from Columbia Engineering and the Georgia Institute of Technology report have made the first experimental observation of piezoelectricity and the piezotronic effect in an atomically thin material, molybdenum disulfide…
Bluetooth beacons nowhere precise enough, says BeSpoon
Bluetooth beacons nowhere precise enough, says BeSpoon
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About a year after it demonstrated ultra-precise real-time location accurate to within a few centimetres based on its Impulse Radio Ultra-Wide Band (IR-UWB) ICs, French company BeSpoon is now pushing…
When the steering wheel is a computer
When the steering wheel is a computer
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One of the most demanding disciplines in motor sports is, besides formula one, the World Endurance Championship (WEC) - a series of eight races of which the 24 hours of…
Will 2D material innovation soothe ‘green gap’ headache?
Will 2D material innovation soothe ‘green gap’ headache?
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The U.S. Patent Office has issued a patent to VerLASE Technologies on the use of certain 2D materials to grow semiconductor structures that can emit light in green to red…
Bluetooth beacons nowhere precise enough
Bluetooth beacons nowhere precise enough
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About a year after it demonstrated ultra-precise real-time location accurate to within a few centimetres based on its Impulse Radio Ultra-Wide Band (IR-UWB) ICs, French company BeSpoon is now pushing…
AUTOSAR and ISO26262: A new approach to vehicle network design and automotive safety
AUTOSAR and ISO26262: A new approach to vehicle network design and automotive safety
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Today’s vehicles contain multiple complex electronic systems, which can cause serious harm if they fail, potentially with resulting lawsuits and much financial loss and brand damage to the manufacturer. Cross-industry…
Bluetooth beacons not precise enough, says BeSpoon
Bluetooth beacons not precise enough, says BeSpoon
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About a year after it demonstrated ultra-precise real-time location accurate to within a few centimetres based on its Impulse Radio Ultra-Wide Band (IR-UWB) ICs, French company BeSpoon is now pushing…
LEDs face power-saving rival based on carbon nanotubes
LEDs face power-saving rival based on carbon nanotubes
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Scientists from Tohoku University in Japan have developed a new type of energy-efficient flat light source based on carbon nanotubes with a low power consumption of around 0.1 Watt for…
Irlynx teams with Leti to develop IR sensor on CMOS
Irlynx teams with Leti to develop IR sensor on CMOS
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Irlynx SA (Meylan, France), a startup developer of infrared sensing modules, has formed a technology partnership with CEA-Leti to develop a CMOS infrared sensing technology.
LED thermal substrate passes UL safety tests
LED thermal substrate passes UL safety tests
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Heraeus Precious Metals' Celcion material system – including a dielectric, conductor, and solder mask – for LED thermal substrates has passed UL safety testing.
Low-cost fusion can beat fossil fuels
Low-cost fusion can beat fossil fuels
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Researchers at the University of Washington (Seattle) claim to have invented a simpler fusion reactor that is more economical than a coal-fired power plant, yet produces zero green house gases.
Can superfast LEDs pave way for light-based telecommunications?
Can superfast LEDs pave way for light-based telecommunications?
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Researchers at Duke University have made fluorescent molecules emit photons of light 1,000 times faster than normal and are claiming a speed record that could become a key step in…
Blue LED light helps diabetics regulate blood glucose
Blue LED light helps diabetics regulate blood glucose
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Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, Germany have chemically modified an anti-diabetic agent to make its action dependent on light. The resulting prototype compound induces release of insulin only when…
ECU operating system to reduce complexity in the car
ECU operating system to reduce complexity in the car
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More safety, less complexity - these have been the design goals for the ECU operating system which Finnish software company Elektrobit is introducing at the international automotive supplier conference IZB…
ECU operating system aims at reducing complexity in the car
ECU operating system aims at reducing complexity in the car
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More safety, less complexity - these have been the design goals for the ECU operating system which Finnish software company Elektrobit is introducing at the international automotive supplier conference IZB…
Will airlines tighten rules to prevent battery fires?
Will airlines tighten rules to prevent battery fires?
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An international team of aviation safety experts has advised the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations agency, to tighten restrictions on bulk shipments of lithium batteries via commercial…


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