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Google developing smart contact lens for diabetics
Google developing smart contact lens for diabetics
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Google is testing a contact lens that can help sufferers of diabetes manage their blood sugar levels. The lens has…
UCL joins research consortium to promote adoption of solid-state lighting in European cities
UCL joins research consortium to promote adoption of solid-state lighting in European cities
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London-based UCL's has won a share of a £4.6m grant funded by the European Commission to promote adoption of solid-state…
Continental sees new challenges for automotive HMIs
Continental sees new challenges for automotive HMIs
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In the design of future-proof HMI concepts, automotive supplier Continental aspires to a holistic, integrated approach. "Car drivers should be…
How much power from MEMS windmills?
How much power from MEMS windmills?
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A University of Texas Arlington research team has enjoyed considerable publicity for its development of a MEMS windmill that the…

Charging batteries without wires in a compact, efficient manner
Charging batteries without wires in a compact, efficient manner
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Batteries provide power to many different applications across a wide range of industries. In many of these applications, a charging connector is difficult or impossible to use. Wireless charging adds…
Google focus on smart contact lens project to monitor diabetes
Google focus on smart contact lens project to monitor diabetes
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Google has revealed in a blogpost that the company is working to develop smart contact lens built to measure glucose levels in tears and is exploring integrating LED lights to…
JTAG/Boundary Scan – a Method to Eliminate Access Problems in Electronic Assembly Development
JTAG/Boundary Scan – a Method to Eliminate Access Problems in Electronic Assembly Development
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JTAG/Boundary Scan has become an increasingly valuable application, in particular in the development departments of small and large companies. On the one hand this is due to the enormous potential…
Plessey orders laser dicing system from ALSI to produce GaN-on-Silicon LEDs
Plessey orders laser dicing system from ALSI to produce GaN-on-Silicon LEDs
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Advanced Laser Separation International (ALSI) NV has received an order for a laser dicing system from Plessey Semiconductors Ltd to equip the company's UK based LED manufacturing facility.
FIPS-certified security comes to enterprise applications in smartphones
FIPS-certified security comes to enterprise applications in smartphones
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INSIDE Secure has announced that it has upgraded its SafeZone FIPS software cryptographic module to improve security for a broad array of smart connected devices.
New generation controls offer huge benefits for indoor lighting
New generation controls offer huge benefits for indoor lighting
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Dr Andy Davies explains how advent of new generation controls offer numerous benefits for indoor lighting applications.
Sensor package demonstrates sensing technologies and Bluetooth LE connectivity
Sensor package demonstrates sensing technologies and Bluetooth LE connectivity
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EBV Elektronik’s sensorTAG demonstration kit features the sensorTAG, a battery-powered sensor hub, and a USB-to-BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) nanoDONGLE measuring 9 x 17 mm.
EnE-HVAC European project launch: Energy saving through efficient HVAC components
EnE-HVAC European project launch: Energy saving through efficient HVAC components
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Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems account for approximately 35% of the total energy consumption in residential and commercial buildings. Although today most of the energy consumed is spent…
Smart Carbon additive aims to boost battery performance in Partial State of Charge applications
Smart Carbon additive aims to boost battery performance in Partial State of Charge applications
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Trojan Battery Co. is adding Smart Carbon as a standard feature to the company's Industrial and Premium flooded battery lines to address the impact of Partial State of Charge on…
Vicor unveils first 380-VDC input ChiP power modules for high voltage DC distribution
Vicor unveils first 380-VDC input ChiP power modules for high voltage DC distribution
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Vicor Corporation has unveiled the first module utilizing the company's Converter housed in Package (ChiP) power component platform which claims to deliver 4x the density of competing solutions.
Precision Power Scope combines oscilloscope and power analyser
Precision Power Scope combines oscilloscope and power analyser
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A complex mix of renewable and conventional energies in the grid, electric and hybrid vehicles, aggravated standby power consumption regulations and faster-switching semiconductors with all the consequences for harmonic distortion…
Low cost solar cell based on graphene and perovskite delivers an efficiency of 15.6 percent
Low cost solar cell based on graphene and perovskite delivers an efficiency of 15.6 percent
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The Group of Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices (DFO) at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, Spain together with researchers from the University of Oxford, have created solar cell based on…
Project IMAGE yields printable transparent and flexible electrodes for OLEDs and solar cells
Project IMAGE yields printable transparent and flexible electrodes for OLEDs and solar cells
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Reaching completion after 3 years of research, the project IMAGE (innovation printable electrode materials for high performance lighting devices and organic solar cells “IMAGE”) has yielded novel transparent electrodes, arranged…
Panoramic throwball camera largely outperforms initial crowd funding goal
Panoramic throwball camera largely outperforms initial crowd funding goal
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Showcased at CES 2014 in Las Vegas, the panoramic ball camera concept, Panono received great public feedback and the Berlin startup successfully completed its crowd funding campaign, collecting more than…
Revolutionary low cost micro thermal imaging core at heart of iPhone case
Revolutionary low cost micro thermal imaging core at heart of iPhone case
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FLIR Systems has developed a thermal imaging camera core using wafer level lenses and sensors that is small enough to be integrated into the case of an iPhone.
Infographics: Top gadgets and technologies of 2013
Infographics: Top gadgets and technologies of 2013
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2013 was the year when consumer technology really became part of our daily lives. Thanks to a confluence of hardware, software and infrastructure the devices we own can now help…
Cree LED technology provides Munich airport with energy-efficient lighting solutions
Cree LED technology provides Munich airport with energy-efficient lighting solutions
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Cree is providing LED technology to power the apron and exterior lighting systems of Munich Airport (FMG), the seventh largest international hub in Europe, serving 38 million passengers per year.
Dual FPGA board drives manycore 3D system on chip research programme
Dual FPGA board drives manycore 3D system on chip research programme
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Sundance Multiprocessor Technology has developed a dual-FPGA board as the prototyping platform for the European Union’s FP7 FlexTiles 3D SoC project, placing it at the heart of leading research into…
Magnetic ‘lens’ aids wireless power transfer
Magnetic ‘lens’ aids wireless power transfer
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Researchers from Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) have demonstrated a "magnetic lens" that supports the transfer of wireless power over distances much larger than the…
Continental, HERE jointly drive towards the electronic horizon
Continental, HERE jointly drive towards the electronic horizon
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Automotive supplier Continental and map services provider HERE will collaborate to make the connected car a reality. The developments will focus on the 'electronic horizon', future functionality for automated driving…
Continental, HERE push connected car towards the ‘electronic horizon’
Continental, HERE push connected car towards the ‘electronic horizon’
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Automotive supplier Continental and map services provider HERE will collaborate to make the connected car a reality. The developments will focus on the 'electronic horizon', future functionality for automated driving…
Low-power ADC aims at wireless sensor nodes
Low-power ADC aims at wireless sensor nodes
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Researchers at the Public University of Navarra have developed an 8-bit charge redistribution successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with a power consumption of 2-microwatts.
Fuel cell vehicles unlikely to become competitive, expert says
Fuel cell vehicles unlikely to become competitive, expert says
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Though several carmakers such as Toyota and Daimler continue to highlight their commitment to hydrogen fuel cells as a seminal technology for emission-free mobility, it will take a long time…
How much power can you get from a brick?
How much power can you get from a brick?
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Patrick Le Fèvre of Ericsson, examines how much power is it possible to extract from a power brick.


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