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Xiaomi launches LED smartband for under USD15
Xiaomi launches LED smartband for under USD15
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Xiaomi, China's fast-growing electronics company, is setting off the alarm bells in the global wearables market with the launch of…
Spinach feeds search for clean alternative energy
Spinach feeds search for clean alternative energy
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Purdue University physicists are part of an international group investigating the ability to convert sunlight into a clean, efficient alternative…
Transformer design: which safety standards are of concern?
Transformer design: which safety standards are of concern?
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Richard Chung considers which safety standards should concern you when it comes to transformer design.
Electric vehicle infrastructure-based chargers made easy
Electric vehicle infrastructure-based chargers made easy
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Anthony Vaughan of Texas Instruments looks at how designers of pay-to-charge stations for electric vehicles can keep designs relatively simple…

Smartwatches suck, says Pebble backer
Smartwatches suck, says Pebble backer
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There are only two significant platforms in the smartwatch arena and neither are up to snuff, according to Pebble’s Myriam Joire.
Transformer design: For which safety standards should you be concerned?
Transformer design: For which safety standards should you be concerned?
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Richard Chung and Dean Huumala consider which safety standards should concern you when it comes to transformer design.
Imagination positions itself for 802.11ah for the Internet of Things
Imagination positions itself for 802.11ah for the Internet of Things
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Imagination Technologies has developed a low power configurable radio architecture for the wide range of existing and emerging protocols for the Internet of Things.
‘Air waveguide’ creates ‘optical cables’ out of thin air
‘Air waveguide’ creates ‘optical cables’ out of thin air
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The 'air waveguide' makes air behave like an optical cable and it could provide the ability to run an optical cable or fiber to any point on earth, or even…
Study reveals graphene’s atomic level electrical properties
Study reveals graphene’s atomic level electrical properties
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have used a cutting-edge microscope for the first time to study the relationship between the atomic geometry of a ribbon of graphene and its…
RFID tags track honey bees
RFID tags track honey bees
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Honey bees are important to the ecosystem and provide a vital source of food. Recently, it has been well documented that honey bee populations have declined significantly, and scientists are…
Atomic clock based on a chip-scale frequency comb
Atomic clock based on a chip-scale frequency comb
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The microcomb clock is the first demonstration of all-optical control of the chip-scale frequency comb, or a microcomb, and its accurate conversion of optical frequencies to lower microwave frequencies. The…
Signal Integrity guru puts comprehensive SI training online
Signal Integrity guru puts comprehensive SI training online
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All of the Signal Integrity training courses developed by Eric Bogatin are now available online in the “Teledyne LeCroy Signal Integrity Academy”.
Photographic method to survey magnetic field
Photographic method to survey magnetic field
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A new technique enables users to display magnetic fields as a 2D colour photography. Thus uses can acquire, visualise and quantify the distribution of magnetic field strengths. The technique can…
Electronic dimmable LED drivers offers low voltage benefits
Electronic dimmable LED drivers offers low voltage benefits
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Elemental LED, Inc., has introduced OMNIDRIVE, an electronic low-voltage dimmable driver as part of the company's Diode LED product line, which eliminates LED flicker and stroboscopic effects, adding full-range dimming…
Surveillance could be ‘killer app’ for Google Glass
Surveillance could be ‘killer app’ for Google Glass
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About a month ago, Google was announcing its first Glass at Work certified partners. One of them, CrowdOptic promises to give super vision powers to the Glass wearer.
A closer view to Continental’s AR-HUD
A closer view to Continental’s AR-HUD
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Automotive supplier Continental is developing an Augmented Reality Head-up Display (AR-HUD) in order to facilitate a new form of dialog between the vehicle and the driver. Here is its da…
MIT wrist-robot adds extra fingers
MIT wrist-robot adds extra fingers
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Ever try to get the lid off a jar with one hand, or open an envelope, or 1,000 other two-handed tasks? Well now you can, that is if you are…
Variable HV power supply employs photovoltaic optocoupler
Variable HV power supply employs photovoltaic optocoupler
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Power supplies with adjustable DC output ranging from 0V to 30V or 60V are on the market. Above 60V, there are not many. This Design Idea from Sajjad Haidar offers a…
Bluetooth Smart module requires no RF design expertise
Bluetooth Smart module requires no RF design expertise
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Based on the Nordic Semiconductor nRF51822 SoC, the LG 4403 Bluetooth Smart system-in-package (SiP) module measures 5.3 x 4.7 x 1.0 mm and so is small enough to fit into…
Can streetlight glare from LED lighting be prevented?
Can streetlight glare from LED lighting be prevented?
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A team of researchers from China and the Netherlands has developed a way to evaluate the human impact of uncomfortable glare caused by LED road lights.
Google Glass’ killer app: surveillance
Google Glass’ killer app: surveillance
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About a month ago, Google was announcing its first Glass at Work certified partners. One of them, CrowdOptic promises to give super vision powers to the Glass wearer.
‘Hot carrier’ study opens solar cell efficiency advances
‘Hot carrier’ study opens solar cell efficiency advances
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Scientists at Berkeley Lab claim to have developed new and better way to study 'hot' carriers in semiconductors, a major source of efficiency loss in solar cells.
A crash course in “the connected car”
A crash course in “the connected car”
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As our somewhat cheesy headline suggests, there’s plenty of scope for sensationalising automotive connectivity but, for both the automotive and IT industries, there remain serious issues on how to ensure…
Will laser ignition replace the venerable spark plug?
Will laser ignition replace the venerable spark plug?
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Lowering fuel consumption and reduce the emission of pollutants - these aspects today are at the top of the design goals for new combustion engines. Not only for cars, but…
MEMS array forms terahertz modulator
MEMS array forms terahertz modulator
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A research team from University of California Los Angeles has created a MEMS array that functions as a terahertz modulator.
Automatic signal analysis speeds up development
Automatic signal analysis speeds up development
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In the aim of reducing accidents, today's vehicles are increasingly equipped with technologies that provide support to the driver in critical situations. Besides cameras and ultrasonic sensors, the automotive industry…
Automatic radar signal analysis speeds up ADAS development
Automatic radar signal analysis speeds up ADAS development
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In the aim of reducing accidents, today's vehicles are increasingly equipped with technologies that provide support to the driver in critical situations. Besides cameras and ultrasonic sensors, the automotive industry…
PV concentrator module attains efficiency of 36.7 percent
PV concentrator module attains efficiency of 36.7 percent
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The Freiburg-based Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has announced a world record module efficiency of 36.7%, achieved by adapting concentrating lens to a new solar cell structure.


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