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World’s smallest FM radio transmitter made from graphene
World’s smallest FM radio transmitter made from graphene
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Researchers at Columbia Engineering, led by Mechanical Engineering Professor James Hone and Electrical Engineering Professor Kenneth Shepard, have created a…
Field test fathoms out potential for electric mobility
Field test fathoms out potential for electric mobility
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In order to evaluate the economic efficiency of electric vehicles, the Munich Technical University (TUM) is setting up the “Virtual…
Emergency Steer Assistant avoids collisions
Emergency Steer Assistant avoids collisions
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If in road traffic suddenly an obstacle appears in front of the vehicle, drivers have to react within fractions of…
Bluetooth Smart temperature sensor enables a smartphone to monitor temperature
Bluetooth Smart temperature sensor enables a smartphone to monitor temperature
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Nordic Semiconductor ASA has announced that British startup, Blue Maestro, has specified a Nordic nRF51822 System-on-Chip (SoC) in each of…

Emergency Steer Assistant can avoid collisions
Emergency Steer Assistant can avoid collisions
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If in road traffic suddenly an obstacle appears in front of the vehicle, drivers have to react within fractions of a second. In many cases, the natural response time of…
Thermal characterization of LEDs: Enabling the upcoming lighting revolution
Thermal characterization of LEDs: Enabling the upcoming lighting revolution
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Dr. John Parry, CEng., Electronics Industry Manager, Mechanical Analysis Division, Mentor Graphics considers how improving the thermal characterization of LEDs will help to spur on the LED lighting revolution.
Sony files patent for the SmartWig
Sony files patent for the SmartWig
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Sony has filed a patent for the invention of the smartwig, as companies around the world rush to try and carve out a position in wearable electronics.
Printed-on-paper keyboard to show at CES
Printed-on-paper keyboard to show at CES
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Cambridge startup Novalia has demonstrated printed conductive ink on paper to implement circuit tracks and touch-patterns connected to a wafer-thin Bluetooth low energy chip embedded into cardboard.
Demo Bluetooth low energy keyboard is 10x thinner than any other
Demo Bluetooth low energy keyboard is 10x thinner than any other
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UK startup, Novalia has developed a demo keyboard, which employs a single ultra low power embedded Nordic Semiconductor nRF51822 SoC, and claims to be 10x thinner than any other and…
Israeli research points way to improved performance for composite-based electronics
Israeli research points way to improved performance for composite-based electronics
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Israeli researchers have experimentally confirmed a theoretical model that demonstrates that electrical resistivity obeys a staircase-like dependence on the conducting particle concentration in composite materials.
Touch-interactive posters combine conductive ink patterns with Bluetooth chip to run smartphone apps
Touch-interactive posters combine conductive ink patterns with Bluetooth chip to run smartphone apps
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Cambridge startup Novalia has demonstrated printed conductive ink on paper to implement circuit tracks and touch-patterns connected to a wafer-thin Bluetooth low energy chip embedded into cardboard.
Singapore, Abu Dhabi, agree to develop MEMS together
Singapore, Abu Dhabi, agree to develop MEMS together
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Singapore and Abu Dhabi research institutes and government economic agencies have agreed to establish a "twin-lab" to advance MEMS technologies for multiple industries.
Singapore, Abu Dhabi to develop MEMS together
Singapore, Abu Dhabi to develop MEMS together
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Singapore and Abu Dhabi research institutes and government economic agencies have agreed to establish a "twin-lab" to advance MEMS technologies for multiple industries.
Sensor belt monitors cardiac patients over long periods
Sensor belt monitors cardiac patients over long periods
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Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a sensor belt which for the first time enables clinics to monitor a patient's heart activities over long periods of…
Cloud-capable breathalyser key-ring gives drivers the green light
Cloud-capable breathalyser key-ring gives drivers the green light
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Alcosystems has developed a very compact alcometer, iBAC that connects wirelessly to Android and iPhones via Bluetooth to provide accurate blood alcohol measurements to drivers or even directly to car…
100-channel neural-recording IC achieves record low power consumption
100-channel neural-recording IC achieves record low power consumption
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Scientists from the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) have jointly developed and demonstrated an integrated circuit with record-low power consumption…
Arduino@Heart program offers increased visibility to marketable Arduino-based designs
Arduino@Heart program offers increased visibility to marketable Arduino-based designs
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More frequently than ever, prototypes created using Arduino become products, and the Arduino brand is used to carry ideas of quality and ease of use to these products. Often though,…
IMEC uses CCD-in-CMOS for image sensor
IMEC uses CCD-in-CMOS for image sensor
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Belgian nanoelectronics research center IMEC has developed an embedded CCD-in-CMOS time-delay integration (TDI) image sensor linear array for space applications.
Cooling without a fan
Cooling without a fan
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Steve Elliott of XP Power examines the issues surrounding why you should try to avoid using a fan to cool a power supply.
Power Tip 65: Power supply implications of envelope tracking
Power Tip 65: Power supply implications of envelope tracking
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Robert Kollman, Senior Applications Manager, Texas Instruments examines how envelope tracking has design implications for the power supply.
Bio-based solar cell uses photosynthetic proteins to generate electricity
Bio-based solar cell uses photosynthetic proteins to generate electricity
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Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have developed a bio-based solar cell by embedding the two proteins photosystem 1 and 2, which in plants are responsible of photosynthesis, into complex…
Wearable textile battery is capable of being recharged by lightweight solar cells
Wearable textile battery is capable of being recharged by lightweight solar cells
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A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed a technology for textile-based foldable batteries that are which are rechargeable using energy recharged via integration…
IoT on a fingertip is researcher’s goal
IoT on a fingertip is researcher’s goal
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"In a world where the display is on your glasses and the computer is in your pocket, you want your accelerometers on your fingertips. That way, you've got your keyboard,…
Physically aware synthesis in RTL compiler delivers 15 percent improvement in power savings
Physically aware synthesis in RTL compiler delivers 15 percent improvement in power savings
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has introduced a new suite of physically aware RTL synthesis capabilities that deliver up to 15 percent improvement in power, performance and area.
National Instruments, University of Edinburgh jointly develop ultra-high bandwidth wireless technology
National Instruments, University of Edinburgh jointly develop ultra-high bandwidth wireless technology
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Measurement technology vendor National Instruments (NI) and the University of Edinburgh have partnered to develop a test bed that is intended to 'dramatically' improve indoor wireless communications capacity. The prototypes…
Sensirion preps multi-gas sensor ‘nose’ for smartphones
Sensirion preps multi-gas sensor ‘nose’ for smartphones
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Sensirion AG, a vendor of temperature and humidity sensors, has developed a multi-gas sensor that it is planning to sell to smartphone makers.
Going Graphical in the Cockpit
Going Graphical in the Cockpit
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Adaptive and context-sensitive graphical instrumentation can now be found in an increasing number of mid-range cars, providing a means to manage and present information optimally to help improve driver control…
LiFi proposal for massive-MIMO visible-light communication networks
LiFi proposal for massive-MIMO visible-light communication networks
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National Instruments and the University of Edinburgh are collaborating on work to use LED lighting as a vehicle for local, in-room, broadband download connections.


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