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Is LTE the better V2X technology?
Is LTE the better V2X technology?
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During the recent GSA meeting in Munich, the perspectives of Vehicle-to-X technologies were one of the topics for a keynote…
UL streamlines global certification for portable LED luminaires
UL streamlines global certification for portable LED luminaires
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Global safety organization, UL has introduced a new global certification program for portable luminaires, the most popular type of LED…
Smartphones get access to car infotainment via MOST bus
Smartphones get access to car infotainment via MOST bus
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At their recent industry meeting, the MOST Cooperation demonstrated first functioning building blocks of a UPnP based connectivity between smartphones…
3-D gesture recognition comes to automotive HMI
3-D gesture recognition comes to automotive HMI
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Futuristic cockpit concepts are the distinguishing mark of automotive supplier Visteon. In the past the company already stood out with…

Airborne wind turbine doubles energy output tower-mounted turbines
Airborne wind turbine doubles energy output tower-mounted turbines
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Altaeros Energies, a startup launched out of MIT, has developed the world’s first commercial airborne wind turbine, which uses a helium-filled shell to float as high as a skyscraper to…
LTE the best technology for V2X
LTE the best technology for V2X
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During the recent GSA meeting in Munich, the perspectives of Vehicle-to-X technologies were one of the topics for a keynote speech. Dirk Lindemeier, Head of Liquid Applications at Nokia Solutions…
Handbook of current sensing in DC power – Part two
Handbook of current sensing in DC power – Part two
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Petre Petrov focuses on some simple circuits for sensing currents in negative and bipolar power supplies.
MOST bus opens infotainment to smartphone access
MOST bus opens infotainment to smartphone access
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At their recent industry meeting, the MOST Cooperation demonstrated first functioning building blocks of a UPnP based connectivity between smartphones and in-car systems, in particular in the infotainment domain.
MOST bus opens infotainment for smartphone access
MOST bus opens infotainment for smartphone access
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At their recent industry meeting, the MOST Cooperation demonstrated first functioning building blocks of a UPnP based connectivity between smartphones and in-car systems, in particular in the infotainment domain.
Simple circuits for sensing currents in negative and bipolar power supplies – Part two
Simple circuits for sensing currents in negative and bipolar power supplies – Part two
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Petre Petrov focuses on some simple circuits for sensing currents in negative and bipolar power supplies.
Organic photo diodes enable innovative sensor applications
Organic photo diodes enable innovative sensor applications
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Enabling the design of cameras with higher sensitivity or test equipment for display panels, organic photodiodes are increasingly regarded as a promising alternative to their silicon-based counterparts. Fraunhofer COMEDD has…
Graphene, porous copper startups merge
Graphene, porous copper startups merge
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Versarien plc (Cinderford, England), vendor of porous copper as a heat-sink material, has bought 85 percent of 2-DTech Ltd., a spin off from University of Manchester research into graphene.
Visteon taps 3-D gesture recognition for automotive HMI
Visteon taps 3-D gesture recognition for automotive HMI
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Futuristic cockpit concepts are the distinguishing mark of automotive supplier Visteon. In the past the company already stood out with eye-catching designs like its e-Bee design where fully configurable TFT…
Fraunhofer makes organic photo diodes for sensors
Fraunhofer makes organic photo diodes for sensors
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Enabling the design of cameras with higher sensitivity or test equipment for display panels, organic photodiodes are increasingly regarded as a promising alternative to their silicon-based counterparts. Fraunhofer COMEDD has…
Project brings environment-aware vehicles, talking traffic lights
Project brings environment-aware vehicles, talking traffic lights
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If traffic lights could speak, which language would the use to make sure that vehicles could understand them? An industry consortium of 31 companies, with automotive supplier Continental and aerospace…
Wireless lighting communication technology optimizes off-grid LED lighting
Wireless lighting communication technology optimizes off-grid LED lighting
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Wireless Environment will unveil at LightFair 2014 the company's NetBright wireless lighting communication technology which has been developed to optimize performance in off-grid lighting applications.
Scientists seek direct approach to overhaul power grid
Scientists seek direct approach to overhaul power grid
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Scientists at The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen, Germany are calling for a radical overhaul of power grid technology and how it is managed…
Industrial links give SHDSL a new lease of life
Industrial links give SHDSL a new lease of life
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A new SHDSL initiative is aiming to bring the data-rate and reach performance of G.SHDSL and Ethernet First Mile (EFM) to new industrial applications.
VTT to spin-off MEMS-based spectrometer startup
VTT to spin-off MEMS-based spectrometer startup
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The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has started the development of MEMS-based tunable Fabry-Perot Interferometers (MEMS FPIs) in the 90's but it is only in the past few years…
1:5 output voltage LED drivers reduce inventory costs
1:5 output voltage LED drivers reduce inventory costs
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British manufacturer Integrated System Technologies (IST) Limited has launched the iDrive Solo 40 range of LED drivers which comprise two models that can cover the majority of LED fixtures types.
Flexible CIGS solar cells claim efficiency record
Flexible CIGS solar cells claim efficiency record
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Midsummer, a Swedish production line supplier for flexible thin film CIGS solar cells has increased the efficiency of the company's solar cells from 15 per cent to 16.2 per cent…
Talking traffic lights, environment-aware vehicles in the UR:BAN project
Talking traffic lights, environment-aware vehicles in the UR:BAN project
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If traffic lights could speak, which language would the use to make sure that vehicles could understand them? An industry consortium of 31 companies, with automotive supplier Continental and aerospace…
Wireless lighting technology optimizes off-grid LED lighting
Wireless lighting technology optimizes off-grid LED lighting
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Wireless Environment will unveil at LightFair 2014 the company's NetBright wireless lighting communication technology which has been developed to optimize performance in off-grid lighting applications.
Hyperbolic metamaterials pave way for high-performance solar cells
Hyperbolic metamaterials pave way for high-performance solar cells
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Researchers at Purdue University claim to have taken a step toward practical applications for 'hyperbolic metamaterials', which are ultra-thin crystalline films that could bring optical advances including high-performance solar cells,…
Fiber supercapacitor aims to power wearable devices
Fiber supercapacitor aims to power wearable devices
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Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, Tsinghua University in China, and Case Western Reserve University in the USA claim to have developed a fiber supercapacitor that can be…
Mobile phone camera doubles as random number generator
Mobile phone camera doubles as random number generator
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Researchers from the University of Geneva have reported on how the CMOS image sensors used within a mobile phone can be used as a quantum random number generator (QRNG).
Dual carbon battery charges 20x faster than lithium-ion batteries
Dual carbon battery charges 20x faster than lithium-ion batteries
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Japanese start-up Power Japan Plus has launched a new battery technology that claims to offer a more sustainable, safer, longer-lasting and cost-effective battery technology with an energy density comparable to…
SiC power devices gain traction among electric vehicles manufacturers
SiC power devices gain traction among electric vehicles manufacturers
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Dr. Thomas Barbieri of Cree explains why SiC power devices are being used by electric vehicles manufacturers in their designs to improve performance and efficiency.


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