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Microsemi teams with Virtual Extension to offer sub-GHz mesh networks for energy harvesting
Microsemi teams with Virtual Extension to offer sub-GHz mesh networks for energy harvesting
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Microsemi Corporation has teamed up with Virtual Extension, a wireless mesh networks company based in Beit-Dagan, Israel, to release a…
LED luminaires transmit data at high bandwidth
LED luminaires transmit data at high bandwidth
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The Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) in Berlin has further developed its broadband optical communications technology which utilizes standard commercial LEDs…
BlinkSight and imec claim first single-chip indoor GPS solution
BlinkSight and imec claim first single-chip indoor GPS solution
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BlinkSight, a fabless semiconductor company in real-time location systems (RTLS), has released the first single-chip ‘indoor GPS’ solution for RTLS…
Low-cost development kit for Cypress PSoC 4 architecture is now on pre-order from Premier Farnell
Low-cost development kit for Cypress PSoC 4 architecture is now on pre-order from Premier Farnell
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Premier Farnell and Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has announced that customers can now pre-order the new PSoC 4 Pioneer Development Kit…

NXP shows ZigBee RF4CE two-way remote control for smart homes
NXP shows ZigBee RF4CE two-way remote control for smart homes
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After luminaires with individual IP address, the next step towards really smart homes could be anything that enables a two-way communication link between electricity consumer and user. A significant contribution…
Novel process could reduce OLED manufacturing costs, researcher suggests
Novel process could reduce OLED manufacturing costs, researcher suggests
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With OLEDs currently in the early phase of commercial production, manufacturing processes are subject to optimization. A dissertation thesis published at the University of Aachen could enable manufacturers to significantly…
Texas Instruments aims to develop a better way to the cloud with HP Project Moonshot
Texas Instruments aims to develop a better way to the cloud with HP Project Moonshot
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Texas Instruments Incorporated is participating in HP Project Moonshot and the HP Pathfinder Innovation Ecosystem and has affirmed the company's commitment to helping HP develop innovative, energy-efficient server technology optimized…
Laird Technologies to demonstrate wireless power generator
Laird Technologies to demonstrate wireless power generator
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Laird Technologies will demonstrate its Thermobility™ Wireless Power Generator series at Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe, in Berlin, Germany, April 17-18, 2013.
Shaw Communications and Alcatel-Lucent complete trial of 400 Gbps data transmissions
Shaw Communications and Alcatel-Lucent complete trial of 400 Gbps data transmissions
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Alcatel-Lucent and Canadian operator Shaw Communications have achieved a ground-breaking milestone with the successful first field trial in North America of 400 Gbps data transmission over an existing optical link…
Reducing display power to extend mobile battery life
Reducing display power to extend mobile battery life
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Pawel Duc and Damian Modrzyk, Evatronix together with Aris Aristodemou, ARM examine how reducing display power is able to extend mobile battery life.  …
Celcite adds LTE support to location-aware optimisation platform COPS-Geo
Celcite adds LTE support to location-aware optimisation platform COPS-Geo
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Celcite Management Solutions has announced that its geo-location based planning and optimisation solution COPS-Geo has now also added support for LTE technology.
New Volvo diesel engine: More sensors, better efficiency
New Volvo diesel engine: More sensors, better efficiency
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Volvo has developed a new fuel injection control system for Diesel engines that promises to significantly increase the already high fuel efficiency of this engine type. The i-ART system throws…
Imec Technology Forum – about interdisciplinary synergies
Imec Technology Forum – about interdisciplinary synergies
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Taking place in Brussels the 22nd and 23th of May, the Imec Technology Forum will feature a densely packed agenda of over 20 keynotes and presentations in its two-day run,…
EC Funded MobiCloud Project aims for safer, greener and more efficient public transport
EC Funded MobiCloud Project aims for safer, greener and more efficient public transport
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Nettropolis and the MobiCloud consortium announced the deployment of innovative mobile cloud services for the personnel of the Karlsruhe Public Transport Authority (Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe or VBK).
Smartphone-based Bluetooth low energy temperature sensor platform offers low-cost monitoring
Smartphone-based Bluetooth low energy temperature sensor platform offers low-cost monitoring
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Nordic Semiconductor ASA has announced that Hong Kong-based National Electronics & Watch Co. Ltd (NEWCO) has announced a Bluetooth® low energy temperature sensor platform that could dramatically reduce the cost…
Software defined networks snare open source spotlight
Software defined networks snare open source spotlight
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Eighteen mainly large communications and software companies have created the Open Daylight Project in the Linux Foundation to develop open source code for software-defined networks (SDNs).
Bluetooth low energy temperature sensor platform offers low cost smart monitoring using a smartphone
Bluetooth low energy temperature sensor platform offers low cost smart monitoring using a smartphone
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Hong Kong-based National Electronics & Watch Co. Ltd has announced a Bluetooth low energy temperature sensor platform could reduce the cost of installing smart ambient temperature monitoring networks into homes…
Multi-sensor research project for orthopaedics and navigation sectors
Multi-sensor research project for orthopaedics and navigation sectors
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A collaborative research programme co-ordinated by Bosch, the 9D Sense research project has the goal of developing a compact, cost-efficient, and autonomous multi-sensor system that will offer precise determination of…
Plessey is first in the world to release GaN on silicon LEDs on 6-inch GaN on silicon substrates
Plessey is first in the world to release GaN on silicon LEDs on 6-inch GaN on silicon substrates
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Plessey is now making samples of the company's Gallium Nitride (GaN) on silicon LED products available. The entry level products are the first LEDs manufactured on 6-inch GaN on silicon…
Tips for increasing oscilloscope vertical resolution – Part I
Tips for increasing oscilloscope vertical resolution – Part I
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Joel Woodward of Agilent Technologies sets out a number of tips for increasing oscilloscope vertical resolution.
Energy harvesting wireless — the secret to M2M’s success
Energy harvesting wireless — the secret to M2M’s success
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A few years ago, M2M communication was an expensive niche application that required complex networking. But with technological developments and the flexible capabilities of cloud services, both the infrastructure and…
Power Factor and Solid State Lighting – Implications, Complications and Resolutions
Power Factor and Solid State Lighting – Implications, Complications and Resolutions
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Lighting comprises approximately 17.5% of global electricity consumption. As the world transitions from incandescent to solid state lighting (SSL) technology, utilities and government regulatory agencies worldwide are concerned that, as…
Simple and efficient sub-2W isolated power supply
Simple and efficient sub-2W isolated power supply
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The non-synchronous flyback topology is widely used in isolated power supplies ranging from sub watt power levels to tens of watts. With more green-mode standards emerging around the world, improving…
Crocus Technology wins IARPA contract to develop 8-bit per cell memory
Crocus Technology wins IARPA contract to develop 8-bit per cell memory
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Crocus Technology announced that it has been awarded a contract from the US' Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to develop an 8-bit per cell memory based on its Magnetic…
Smart building controls integrate power generation data
Smart building controls integrate power generation data
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At the Hannover Fair 2013 (April 8 through April 12), research center 'Next Energy' demonstrates the potential of integrated energy systems for the implementation of 'smart' buildings.
ARM partners Cadence to implement industry’s first Cortex-A57 64-bit processor on TSMC 16nm FinFET process
ARM partners Cadence to implement industry’s first Cortex-A57 64-bit processor on TSMC 16nm FinFET process
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Fulfilling the promise of performance and power scaling at 16nm, ARM and Cadence  have released details behind their collaboration to implement the first ARM Cortex-A57 processor on TSMC’s 16nm) FinFET…
Robert Bosch GmbH to coordinate 9D Sense research project
Robert Bosch GmbH to coordinate 9D Sense research project
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Involving 11 project partners from 4 countries, the 9D Sense research project is aimed at developing new applications in the fields of pedestrian navigation and orthopedics technology, and energy-autonomous multi-sensor…
Peratech to develop new ink formulations to make printable QTC sensors and switches
Peratech to develop new ink formulations to make printable QTC sensors and switches
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Peratech is working with The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) to develop new formulations for its award-winning Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) materials; the work is supported by government funding as…


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