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Bosch develops ECUs for fuel cell vehicles
Bosch develops ECUs for fuel cell vehicles
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On airports, emission-free mobility is taking shape. Baggage tractors, mobile working machines and other vehicles on airports are increasingly powered…
element14 launches Inductive Sensing Challenge
element14 launches Inductive Sensing Challenge
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element14 has launched the Inductive Sensing Challenge, a global design competition set to encourage participating engineers to design and develop…
Flexible technologies: New perspectives for sensors
Flexible technologies: New perspectives for sensors
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Display panels that can be rolled up and medication boxes that automatically indicate the number of pills taken are just…
Using MCUs in cell phone and tablet apps
Using MCUs in cell phone and tablet apps
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Ronak Desai of Cypres Semiconductor Corp discusses the role of MCUs and programmable system-on-chip PSoC devices in cell phone and…

Yet another efficiency record for thin-film CIS solar cells
Yet another efficiency record for thin-film CIS solar cells
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Solar Frontier, in joint research with Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), is claiming a world record 20.9% conversion efficiency on a 0.5cm2 CIS (copper, indium, selenium)…
Electrodes charge transfer mechanism is measured for first time
Electrodes charge transfer mechanism is measured for first time
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A team of researchers at MIT claim to have discovered a way to directly measure the fundamental charge transfer rate of electrochemical reactions inside the porous electrodes of batteries and…
Saliva provides fuel source for microelectronic energy harvester
Saliva provides fuel source for microelectronic energy harvester
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An international team of engineers at Penn State have discovered a way of creating saliva-powered micro-sized microbial fuel cells that can produce minute amounts of energy sufficient to run on-chip…
Thin-film CIS cell claims conversion efficiency world record
Thin-film CIS cell claims conversion efficiency world record
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Solar Frontier, in joint research with Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), is claiming a world record 20.9% conversion efficiency on a 0.5cm2 CIS (copper, indium, selenium)…
X-ray technique pinpoints path to non-toxic solar cells
X-ray technique pinpoints path to non-toxic solar cells
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Researchers at Nantes University in France have developed a new approach to studying solar panel absorber materials which aims to accelerate the development of non-toxic and readily available alternatives to…
55m euros project ramps up power electronics production plans
55m euros project ramps up power electronics production plans
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Infineon is leading a Euro 55 million project aimed at strengthening and expanding Germany and Europe as centers of expertise for the manufacture of power electronics. The project includes 26…
InvenSense, Sonion collaborate on hearing aid microphones
InvenSense, Sonion collaborate on hearing aid microphones
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InvenSense Inc., (Sunnyvale, California), a fabless supplier of MEMS microphones has struck a deal with Sonion A/S (Roskilde, Denmark) a leading developer and supplier of hearing aids.
SmartMesh IP wireless sensor network starter kit
SmartMesh IP wireless sensor network starter kit
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SmartMesh IP is a ready-to-use, IPv6 enabled, low power mesh networking solution from the Dust Networks product group at Linear Technology.
MEMS in closed-loop automotive applications
MEMS in closed-loop automotive applications
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MEMS sensors are increasingly providing a crucial element in closed-loop automotive control systems.
Putting cars in to motion
Putting cars in to motion
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MEMS sensors are increasingly providing a crucial element in closed-loop automotive control systems.
Pan-European mark certifies initial performance of LED luminaires
Pan-European mark certifies initial performance of LED luminaires
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The first pan-European mark capable of certifying the initial performance of traditional and LED luminaires, ENEC+, has been launched by the European Electrical Products Certification Association, EEPCA, in cooperation with…
French smart image sensor uses local core
French smart image sensor uses local core
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French chip designer Pyxalis is using the APS 32bit core from Cortus in multiple design projects for smart CMOS image sensors…
GaN on diamond triples power density
GaN on diamond triples power density
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Through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Near Junction Thermal Transport effort under the Thermal Management Technologies program, Raytheon's team is replacing GaN's current substrate, Silicon Carbide, with diamond,…
Ultra-fast micro mirror array targets optical microscopes
Ultra-fast micro mirror array targets optical microscopes
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Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS in Dresden have developed a programmable MEMS chip that diverts light of varying wavelengths at very high speed and with micrometre…
What is an ampere?
What is an ampere?
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In November 2014, the International Conference on Measures and Weights will likely agree on a new definition of the Ampere as one of the three basic dimensions of electricity. Just…
What after all is 1 Ampere?
What after all is 1 Ampere?
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In November 2014, the International Conference on Measures and Weights will likely agree on a new definition of the Ampere as one of the three basic dimensions of electricity. Just…
ETSI starts standardisation process for European Cybersecurity
ETSI starts standardisation process for European Cybersecurity
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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has opened a new technical committee on Cybersecurity to address the growing demands for standards in this field.
What actually is 1 ampere?
What actually is 1 ampere?
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In November 2014, the International Conference on Measures and Weights will likely agree on a new definition of the Ampere as one of the three basic dimensions of electricity. Just…
28-nm silicon tests confirm world-leading SRAM power efficiency
28-nm silicon tests confirm world-leading SRAM power efficiency
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Early testing of Yorkshire-based SRAM IP company SureCore Ltd's innovative low power SRAM design has confirmed the company's simulations that deliver more than 50% power savings compared with SRAM technologies.
Tesla car battery fires caused by road debris damage
Tesla car battery fires caused by road debris damage
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Three Tesla Model S cars destroyed by fire after running over road debris did not represent a "defect trend" is the conclusion of a US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…
Solar cell efficiency – Is it all in the mix?
Solar cell efficiency – Is it all in the mix?
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Research from North Carolina State University has revealed that solar cell efficiency is based upon a delicate balance between the size and purity of the interior layers, or domains. The…
European Cybersecurity to standardize under ETSI
European Cybersecurity to standardize under ETSI
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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has opened a new technical committee on Cybersecurity to address the growing demands for standards in this field.
Hella creates eye-catcher with curved OLEDs
Hella creates eye-catcher with curved OLEDs
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The availability of Organic LEDs (OLEDs) at and in cars will yield a host of new design options. A foretaste provides automotive supplier Hella at the current Light & Building…
Light wave filtering technique boosts photovoltaics efficiency potential
Light wave filtering technique boosts photovoltaics efficiency potential
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A system that allows light of any color to pass through only if it is coming from one specific angle has been created by researchers at MIT.  The technique points…


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