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French team up to develop geo-location without GPS
French team up to develop geo-location without GPS
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Movea SA, developer of embedded software for sensor fusion and motion processing, is teaming up with MEMS foundry Tronics Microsystems…
Samsung makes graphene at the wafer-scale
Samsung makes graphene at the wafer-scale
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Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), in partnership with Sungkyunkwan University, has announced a method of synthesizing single-crystal monolayers of…
Implementing 802.11ac – revolution or evolution?
Implementing 802.11ac – revolution or evolution?
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The 802.11ac standard is due to be ratified in early 2014. This article explains what it offers and provides tips…
Inductance Pulse Testing of Three-Phase Inductors
Inductance Pulse Testing of Three-Phase Inductors
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Three phase line inductors (also called reactors or chokes) help limit and control the load current as well as suppress…

Mushrooms recover gold from mobile scrap
Mushrooms recover gold from mobile scrap
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Gold, silver, copper and many other valuable metals, including rare earth metals, are commonly used in the manufacture of consumer electronics only to end-up into huge piles of electronic waste.
Land Rover makes front part of vehicle invisible
Land Rover makes front part of vehicle invisible
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In a combination of augmented reality and driver assistance system, carmaker Land Rover makes the front part of the vehicle transparent. What on first glance appears a bit weird is…
University of Parma refines autonomous driving
University of Parma refines autonomous driving
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With a new vehicle, the University of Parma (Italy) intends to bring autonomous driving closer to perfection. The development is focusing on real-time processing of camera and laser sensor data.
Porous silicon generates hydrogen from sunlight
Porous silicon generates hydrogen from sunlight
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A team mechanical engineers at Penn State have discovered a new method of manufacturing porous silicon which can use solar energy to generate hydrogen from water and could be used…
Mushrooms recover gold out of mobile scrap
Mushrooms recover gold out of mobile scrap
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Gold, silver, copper and many other valuable metals (including rare earth metals) are commonly used in the manufacture of consumer electronics only to end-up into huge piles of electronic waste.
BMW Laserlights to hit streets in autumn 2014
BMW Laserlights to hit streets in autumn 2014
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BMW has confirmed that BMW Laserlights will receive a world premiere in autumn 2014 and the efficient light source will be hitting our roads in a production car for the…
Porous silicon generates hydrogen using sunlight
Porous silicon generates hydrogen using sunlight
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A team mechanical engineers at Penn State University have developed a method of manufacturing porous silicon which can use solar energy to generate hydrogen from water and could be used…
A Dragon Fruit for test and measurement: Red Pitaya comes to Europe
A Dragon Fruit for test and measurement: Red Pitaya comes to Europe
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Fans of Arduino, Raspberry Pi or Cubieboard will like this: Startup company Red Pitaya transfers the open approach of these single-board computers to the Test and Measurement arena. The company…
ARM backs Open Sensor Platform
ARM backs Open Sensor Platform
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ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) has offered its support of the Open Sensor Platform (OSP) for sensor hub applications, developed by startup Sensor Platforms Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
Panasonic cracks solar cell 25 percent conversion efficiency barrier
Panasonic cracks solar cell 25 percent conversion efficiency barrier
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Panasonic Corporation is claiming to be the first organization in the world to break through the 25% conversion efficiency barrier for practical size solar cells at the research level.
Startup Red Pitaya brings Dragon Fruit test and measurement to Europe
Startup Red Pitaya brings Dragon Fruit test and measurement to Europe
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Fans of Arduino, Raspberry Pi or Cubieboard will like this: Startup company Red Pitaya transfers the open approach of these single-board computers to the Test and Measurement arena. The company…
Samsung S5 teardown: loaded with sensors
Samsung S5 teardown: loaded with sensors
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Announced at Mobile World Congress, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is the latest evolution of the Korean electronics manufacturer’s market-leading Android-based device.
Powering image sensors in automobiles
Powering image sensors in automobiles
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Steve Brown and Mathew Jacob considers how to power image sensors in automotive camera applications.
Cellulose processing yields cheap supercapacitors
Cellulose processing yields cheap supercapacitors
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Chemists from Oregon State University (OSU) have discovered that cellulose – the most abundant organic polymer on Earth and a component of trees – can be heated in a furnace…
4K OLED: the last status symbol before TV obsolescence?
4K OLED: the last status symbol before TV obsolescence?
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Ultra High Definition also known as 4K (boasting 3840×2160pixels at either 60 or 120 frames per second) was in pretty much every announcement at the NAB Show which took place…
Powering image sensors in automotive camera applications
Powering image sensors in automotive camera applications
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Steve Brown and Mathew Jacob considers how to power image sensors in automotive camera applications.
Land Rover makes front part of vehicle ‘invisible’
Land Rover makes front part of vehicle ‘invisible’
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In a combination of augmented reality and driver assistance system, carmaker Land Rover makes the front part of the vehicle transparent. What on first glance appears a bit weird is…
Batteries for space exploration – the final frontier?
Batteries for space exploration – the final frontier?
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NASA has begun the search for a next generation of energy storage technologies to replace the battery technology that has previously powered the organization's space program.
Smart glasses light source breakthrough improves image quality
Smart glasses light source breakthrough improves image quality
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EpiCrystals Inc. of Finland has developed a revolutionary multicolor laser light source which is especially designed to improve the usability and image quality in advanced projection applications such as smart…
Nanoparticles provide efficiency gains for thinner solar cells
Nanoparticles provide efficiency gains for thinner solar cells
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Nanostructures could enable more light to be directed into the active layer of solar cells to boost their efficiency. Prof. Martina Schmid (HZB und Freie Univ. Berlin) has now measured…
2-D molybdenum diselenide process holds promise for LEDs
2-D molybdenum diselenide process holds promise for LEDs
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Researchers at Rice University and Nanyang Technological University have unveiled a scalable method for making one-atom-thick layers of molybdenum diselenide which is a semiconductor similar to graphene but offering better…
4K TV broadcasting ends-up on smartphones
4K TV broadcasting ends-up on smartphones
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At the NAB Show organized by the American National Association of Broadcasters this week in Las Vegas, Ultra High Definition also known as 4K (boasting twice the horizontal and vertical…
Biomedical sensors analyse vascular deposits
Biomedical sensors analyse vascular deposits
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Electronics engineers, physicists, biologists and physicians will jointly develop a range of sensors for medical applications. The ESSENCE life science project is coordinated by the Darmstadt Technical university and bundles…
Internet of Things: Making the component industry think inside the box
Internet of Things: Making the component industry think inside the box
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The Internet of Things (IoT) vision that is emerging will result in homes, offices and cities becoming gradually interconnected. No single company owns the M2M (machine-to-machine) and the IoT concepts…


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