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TRW demos Emergency Steering Assist
TRW demos Emergency Steering Assist
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Automotive supplier TRW, according to a recent Semicast study the global number six in the automotive electronics market rankings, prepares…
Cheap lithium sulfur batteries soon on the horizon?
Cheap lithium sulfur batteries soon on the horizon?
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Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Arizona in Tucson and Korea’s Seoul National…
Are cheap lithium sulfur batteries on the horizon?
Are cheap lithium sulfur batteries on the horizon?
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Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Arizona in Tucson and Korea’s Seoul National…
Newswatch: LEDs to cash in on smartphone surveillance opportunities
Newswatch: LEDs to cash in on smartphone surveillance opportunities
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This week Xicato entered a strategic partnership with Digital Lumens which is aimed at bringing wireless intelligent solutions to professional…

A4WP extends wireless charging to 50-W for tablets
A4WP extends wireless charging to 50-W for tablets
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The Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) has extended the organization's Rezence-based wireless charging capabilities to deliver a specification for multi-device wireless charging up to 50 watts.
Structural battery advance gives electric cars longer range
Structural battery advance gives electric cars longer range
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Researchers at Sweden's KTH Royal Institute of Technology have found a carbon fiber-based solution to reducing an electric car's weight by developing a structural battery that can handle mechanical loads…
System speeds tests of analog, mixed-signal and sensor chips
System speeds tests of analog, mixed-signal and sensor chips
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The EVA100 from semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest is a measurement system for laboratory and production tests of analog, mixed-signal and sensor devices. With its expandable architecture and its drag-and-drop…
Design cars like planes, use them like cellphones
Design cars like planes, use them like cellphones
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The automotive industry is caught between an app and a hard place. On one hand, carmakers are feeling growing pressure from thoroughly modern consumers, who expect their next car to…
All-organic AMOLED display demonstrates flexible OTFT backplane technology
All-organic AMOLED display demonstrates flexible OTFT backplane technology
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Cambridge-based Plastic Logic has unveiled the second in the plastic electronics pioneer's series of all-plastic flexible AMOLED display demonstrators which is claimed to be the world's first all-organic AMOLED display…
Kontron plans Quark-based IoT box
Kontron plans Quark-based IoT box
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Kontron is planning to launch an Internet of Things gateway based around Intel's low cost Quark processor.
UltraCMOS SOI RF chip optimises Doherty amplifier performance
UltraCMOS SOI RF chip optimises Doherty amplifier performance
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Peregrine Semiconductor's UltraCMOS Monolithic Phase and Amplitude Controller (MPAC) addresses a problem that has prevented, Peregrine says, the Doherty configuration from achieving its potential performance in communications-infrastructure transmitter stages.
Samsung unveils first Bluetooth-enabled smart LED light bulb
Samsung unveils first Bluetooth-enabled smart LED light bulb
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The industry's first Bluetooth-enabled Smart LED light bulb has been unveiled by Samsung at the Lightfair International 2014 exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Bluetooth-enabled smart LED light bulb
Bluetooth-enabled smart LED light bulb
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Samsung claims to offer the industry's first Bluetooth-enabled Smart LED light bulb at the Lightfair International 2014 exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Wireless charging goes beyond smartphones as A4WP extends standard to 50-W
Wireless charging goes beyond smartphones as A4WP extends standard to 50-W
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The Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) has extended the organization's Rezence-based wireless charging capabilities to deliver a specification for multi-device wireless charging up to 50 W…
OLED microdisplays made simple
OLED microdisplays made simple
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At this week's SID Display Week conference taking place in San Diego, Dr. Alexander Zakhidov presented COMEDD’s latest development for the manufacture of high resolution OLED microdisplays.
Prototype transistor extends battery life of portable devices
Prototype transistor extends battery life of portable devices
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Researchers from the University of Twente MESA+ research institute, together with a University of Twente spin-off company, SolMateS, have developed a new type of transistor to reduce the power consumption…
Will controlling thermal conductivities boost battery performance?
Will controlling thermal conductivities boost battery performance?
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have experimentally shown for the first time that the thermal conductivity of lithium cobalt oxide (LixCoO2), an important material for electrochemical energy…
Photochemical reaction harvests solar energy for light-driven actuators
Photochemical reaction harvests solar energy for light-driven actuators
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A team of international scientists at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Faculty of Science have demonstrated a rare chemical phenomenon that could be harnessed to harvest solar energy.
Glass-free 3D display relies on eye-tracking to orient pixels
Glass-free 3D display relies on eye-tracking to orient pixels
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Tianma NLT America (TNAM) has announced the development of a new autostereoscopic display system by NLT Technologies (NLT) that optimises parallax from an arbitrary viewpoint to reduce the influence of…
Computex: Pixelworks debuts mobile video post-processing IC
Computex: Pixelworks debuts mobile video post-processing IC
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As mobile devices have become the video-watching "first screen," for more consumers, the gadgets have revealed a glaring weakness: They can't reliably display HD content on their high-resolution screens without…
Agilent reinforces field service applications with handheld instruments
Agilent reinforces field service applications with handheld instruments
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Preventive maintenance is a hot topic for operators of tool machine parks and industrial equipment: Instead of waiting for a breakdown, service engineers can replace or repair worn parts before…
Short handbook of current sensing in power DC supply lines – Part two
Short handbook of current sensing in power DC supply lines – Part two
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Petre Petrov in this second article of the series considers simple circuits for sensing currents in negative and bipolar power supplies.
Photochemical reaction improves efficiency of harvesting solar energy
Photochemical reaction improves efficiency of harvesting solar energy
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A team of international scientists at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Faculty of Science have demonstrated a rare chemical phenomenon that could be harnessed to harvest solar energy.
Multi-device 7.5-W resonant charger is first for smartphones
Multi-device 7.5-W resonant charger is first for smartphones
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PowerbyProxi is claiming a first for the industry with the development of a 7.5 W, highly resonant charging solution for thin-form devices, such as smartphones and phablets.
Active tilting function: Mercedes cars lean into bends
Active tilting function: Mercedes cars lean into bends
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Daimler has introduced an active tilting function for its new Mercedes S-Class Coupé. The system identifies curves with help of a stereo camera and a lateral acceleration sensor - an…
What about DC power integrity? – Part 2
What about DC power integrity? – Part 2
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Ben Jordan of Altium considers what is a good starting point for designing with power integrity in mind.
Anritsu re-defines cost-benefit level for Vector Network Analysers
Anritsu re-defines cost-benefit level for Vector Network Analysers
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For production tests and incoming goods inspection on passive components, Anritsu has developed a new family of vector network analysers (VNAs). The ShockLine instruments offer a new remote display and…
Is European solar panel manufacturing a greener option?
Is European solar panel manufacturing a greener option?
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Solar panels made in Europe have a lower overall carbon footprint and are likely to use less energy during manufacturing compared with those made in China reports a study from…


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