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Capturing Maxwell’s demon: Analyzing microscopic changes in thermodynamics
Capturing Maxwell’s demon: Analyzing microscopic changes in thermodynamics
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Scientists from Aalto University have now succeeded in using nanotechnology to construct an autonomous Maxwell’s demon that makes it possible…
Smart 3D imager arrays: Metrology sensor provides in-process measurement
Smart 3D imager arrays: Metrology sensor provides in-process measurement
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FARO Technologies, Inc., has introduced 3D imager arrays that claim to drive automated industrial manufacturing metrology processes to the next…
Product certification service expands to cover LED decorative lighting strings
Product certification service expands to cover LED decorative lighting strings
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Intertek has expanded the company's ETL Mark certification to include LED decorative lighting strings.
BMW funds battery-less solar storage
BMW funds battery-less solar storage
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Solar storage has for too long been focused on converting photons to electricity, according to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology…

12-A POL DC-DC converters offer 0.7-V to 8.5-V output adjustment range
12-A POL DC-DC converters offer 0.7-V to 8.5-V output adjustment range
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TDK Corporation has introduced the iCH series of 12 A Point of Load (POL) non-isolated DC-DC converters, featuring a wide 0.7 V to 8.5 V output adjustment range.  …
Safer lithium-ion battery shuts down before overheating
Safer lithium-ion battery shuts down before overheating
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Researchers at Stanford University have developed the first lithium-ion battery that shuts down before overheating and restarts immediately when the temperature cools.
Cathode innovation aims for high capacity lithium-ion batteries
Cathode innovation aims for high capacity lithium-ion batteries
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Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found that using a different method to make lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) can offer the potential to create higher…
Two-stage power management solution boosts energy-harvesting efficiency
Two-stage power management solution boosts energy-harvesting efficiency
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Scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a two-stage power management and storage system that could improve the efficiency of triboelectric generators that harvest energy from irregular human motion…
Report: Micro-hybrids beat all-electric vehicles in reducing CO2 emission
Report: Micro-hybrids beat all-electric vehicles in reducing CO2 emission
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To reach the emission goals of 95 grams of carbon dioxide (in Europe) or 54.2 mpg in the U.S (which equals a fuel consumption of 4.3 litres on 100 km),…
Micron 3-D NAND back to Moore
Micron 3-D NAND back to Moore
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Flash memory is back on the Moore's Law scaling curve, according to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) thanks to its move into three-dimensional structures.
Intelligent sensors map out chemical pollutants in sea water
Intelligent sensors map out chemical pollutants in sea water
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Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València (Polytechnic University of Valencia, UPV) have designed an intelligent sensor system which enables the immediate detection and delimitation of toxic waste, diesel, and…
Samsung gives ground over chip workers’ cancers
Samsung gives ground over chip workers’ cancers
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has made a concession to the families of scores of workers and former employees who have died of cancers over the last decade.
High-security NTP timing and synchronisation servers from Microsemi
High-security NTP timing and synchronisation servers from Microsemi
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Microsemi may be best known to EDN Europe readers for its silicon products at device level; as a corporation it has numerous other activities one of which is in providing…
MIT researchers resurrect the incandescent lamp with nano-tech
MIT researchers resurrect the incandescent lamp with nano-tech
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Work by a team at MIT and at Purdue University aims, in the words of the Institute’s press statement, to, “combine the warm look of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century…
Segger bundles IDE, hardware and middleware elements
Segger bundles IDE, hardware and middleware elements
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Segger has announced the release of its Embedded Studio PRO offering, a highly advanced platform that combines the company's user-friendly Embedded Studio development environment, along with a selection of its…
CCD image sensor delivers 7fps at 47 megapixel resolution
CCD image sensor delivers 7fps at 47 megapixel resolution
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ON Semiconductor's KAI-47051 image sensor is believed to be the world’s highest resolution Interline Transfer CCD device, with 47 megapixels.
Contactless power transmission up to 240W
Contactless power transmission up to 240W
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Burnt, bent or dirty contacts can often be the cause of time consuming and costly production failures. This is all the more true of applications that require frequent plugging cycles.
Gpixel expands image sensor line up
Gpixel expands image sensor line up
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Gpixel Inc. (Changchun, China) has expanded its line up of CMOS image sensors.
Medical rigor on the consumer wrist
Medical rigor on the consumer wrist
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Neil Oliver, technical marketing manager at battery and charger development company Accutronics Ltd. (Newcastle-under-Lyme, England), explores the trend for medical equipment to become wearable and consumer- rather than professionally oriented…
Cypress modernises Traveo MCU product line
Cypress modernises Traveo MCU product line
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With a new generation of Traveo microcontrollers Cypress creates the basis for further innovation including over-the-air firmware updates. And by the way the company also pulls a successor for the…
Will Apple drive analog ICs?
Will Apple drive analog ICs?
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Analog expert Stephan Ohr turns his oscilloscope on the possible impact Apple could have with its new fab in San Jose. No one outside Apple knows what the iPhone giant…
New energy harvesting method harnesses power from walking, other small motions
New energy harvesting method harnesses power from walking, other small motions
Researchers at MIT (Cambridge, MA) have developed a new method of harnessing the energy of small motions based on electrochemical principles. The discovery could be capable of harvesting energy from…
Software platform connects cars, homes
Software platform connects cars, homes
Smart Home solution provider Control4 Corp. has demonstrated a software that unites smart home functionality with connected cars. The proof-of-concept is based on SmartDeviceLink (SDL), an open software developed in…
Smart textiles market to accelerate from here, says report
Smart textiles market to accelerate from here, says report
According to market research firm IDTechEx's most recent work on smart clothing and e-textiles - integrating electrically or electronically active fibres - the market for pure e-textiles was estimated to…
NFC controller supports smallest antenna sizes for mobile & IoT
NFC controller supports smallest antenna sizes for mobile & IoT
Marvell Technology Group (Hamilton, Bermuda) has announced a full-featured, near-field communication (NFC) controller to support the smallest antenna sizes critical to mobile, IoT, wearable, and automotive applications.
Analog Devices, TI say “no thanks” to Maxim buy
Analog Devices, TI say “no thanks” to Maxim buy
Both Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) and Analog Devices (Norwood, MA) have decided not to pursue an acquisition of Maxim Integrated (San Jose, CA) according to a Bloomberg report that referenced…
MIT’s layered composite enables energy harvesting from small bending motions
MIT’s layered composite enables energy harvesting from small bending motions
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Researchers at MIT have developed a new method of harnessing the energy of small motions based on electrochemical principles. The discovery could be capable of harvesting energy from a broad…
Cost-optimised Snapdragon X5 LTE modem for mobile broadband and IoT
Cost-optimised Snapdragon X5 LTE modem for mobile broadband and IoT
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Qualcomm Technologies has expanded its modem portfolio across smartphones, mobile broadband devices and IoT with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X5 LTE modem (9x07).


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