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High-temperature plasmonics boost solar cell efficiency rates
High-temperature plasmonics boost solar cell efficiency rates
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Researchers at Purdue University are working to replace silver and gold with titanium nitride and zirconium nitride in 'plasmonic metamaterials'…
Li-Fi reaches 1Gbps: lighting the path to a new internet model
Li-Fi reaches 1Gbps: lighting the path to a new internet model
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Harald Haas and his team are claiming another breakthrough in Li-Fi technology by demonstrating that up to 1.1 Gbps can…
Startup makes first MEMS bio-tag sales
Startup makes first MEMS bio-tag sales
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Bluechiip Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia) has achieved the first sales of its passive ID and temperature-sensing device based on MEMS technology.
Teardown reveals PrimeSense in Google’s Tango
Teardown reveals PrimeSense in Google’s Tango
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A deconstruction by iFixit of Google's Project Tango depth-sensing prototype Android phone has revealed the presence of the PS1200 'Capri'…

Nike FuelBand layoffs: a pivot in wearables?
Nike FuelBand layoffs: a pivot in wearables?
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Nike is denying rumors that it has laid off most of the engineering team responsible for its Nike+ FuelBand SE fitness band to focus on software development instead.
Should the solar cell be pensioned off?
Should the solar cell be pensioned off?
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This week marks the 60th anniversary of one of the major technological landmarks in the history of the solar cell and is showing no signs of seeking early reitrement.
Mouser and ADI sponsor 12th annual NASA Tech Briefs design contest
Mouser and ADI sponsor 12th annual NASA Tech Briefs design contest
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Together with Analog Devices Inc, Mouser Electronics is sponsoring the 12th annual NASA Tech Briefs magazine “Create the Future” Design Contest, a challenge to engineers and students worldwide to create…
Chip equipment book-to-bill rises States-side
Chip equipment book-to-bill rises States-side
The book-to-bill ratio for North American manufacturers of chip equipment is in positive territory and rising with a 1.06 figure for March following 1.04 in February, 1.01 in January and…
LED light engines offer luminaire design flexibility
LED light engines offer luminaire design flexibility
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Farnell element14 has added the Osram PrevaLED range of light engines and Optotronic drivers to the distributor's portfolio to offer flexibility for luminaire design with a wide range of luminous…
LED bulbs – what is a whiter shade of pale?
LED bulbs – what is a whiter shade of pale?
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Scientists from Penn State in partnership with Soraa Inc., believe that some LED bulbs whites are not 'whiter than white' and that with the switch away from incandescent and fluorescent…
20-nm FPGAs meet interconnect needs with fine-pitch copper bump technology
20-nm FPGAs meet interconnect needs with fine-pitch copper bump technology
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Altera and TSMC have announced that they are to use TSMC’s fine-pitch copper bump-based packaging technology for Altera’s 20 nm Arria 10 FPGAs and SoCs. Altera is the first company…
Anritsu adds GCF approved test cases to lead global roll-out of LTE-Advanced
Anritsu adds GCF approved test cases to lead global roll-out of LTE-Advanced
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Anritsu Corporation has announced that its ME7873L RF Conformance Test System has become the first GCF approved test system to achieve the key milestone of more than 80% test cases…
Magnetic RAM set for 50% CAGR, says report
Magnetic RAM set for 50% CAGR, says report
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Magnetic RAM (MRAM) non-volatile memory components – in field-induced and spin-torque transition (STT) forms – are forecast to enjoy a boom over the rest of the decade as they replace…
Printoo: printed electronics made Arduino-compatible
Printoo: printed electronics made Arduino-compatible
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A spin-out from YDreams, Ynvisible was founded in 2010 with the goal to bring more interactivity to everyday objects and surfaces, mostly through the use of flexible and printed electronics…
Hard wired floating point changes FPGA
Hard wired floating point changes FPGA
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Altera has developed a way to add single precision floating point processing to its FPGAs with minimal overhead, opening up a wide set of new high performance computing applications.
Artesyn opens ATCA management framework to third parties to slash integration time
Artesyn opens ATCA management framework to third parties to slash integration time
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Artesyn Embedded Technologies has developed a new software framework for its ATCA systems that can cut develop time by 40 percent by allowing third party applications.
Video processing system supports multi-band TV/IR imaging
Video processing system supports multi-band TV/IR imaging
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RFEL has announced the Rapid Product Development System (RPDS) for its HALO video processing solution. The plug and play platform enables customers to input video, try out REFL’s video processing…
Bluechiip makes first MEMS bio-tag sales
Bluechiip makes first MEMS bio-tag sales
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Bluechiip Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia) has achieved the first sales of its passive ID and temperature-sensing device based on MEMS technology. The technology has particular applications in identification of biological samples…
Surge protection against 10,000A on an 8/20 µsec waveform
Surge protection against 10,000A on an 8/20 µsec waveform
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Bourns has added the Model 1840 surge protective device (SPD) for signal and data line applications, a heavy-duty, multi-stage protector designed to safeguard sensitive electronic circuits and components from damaging…
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Getting EMC design right – First time
Getting EMC design right – First time
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This article is part of a series taken from the eBook entitled “Getting EMC Design Right First Time” by EMC FastPass. To download the book, see the link at the…
GUI development editor helps you write “Cooler GUIs”
GUI development editor helps you write “Cooler GUIs”
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Altia is a user interface development software company that provides tools for the creation of graphical user interfaces for embedded devices, with users in automotive, medical, industrial, fitness, and home…
LED-based solar lamp offers billions safer future
LED-based solar lamp offers billions safer future
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A LED-based solar lamp developed by the Swiss start-up LEDsafari claims to provide a more effective, safer, and less expensive form of illumination than traditional oil lamps currently used by…
High density arrays target high-power UV LED applications
High density arrays target high-power UV LED applications
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Innovations in Optics, Inc. has introduced LumiBright UV Boards for high power UV LED applications such as UV curing, 3D printing, maskless lithography, photodynamic therapy, and fluorescence excitation in life…
See-through OLED display goes eye-interactive
See-through OLED display goes eye-interactive
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Uwe Vogel of the Center for Organic Materials & Electronic Devices Dresden (COMEDD) outlines how a see-through OLED display is going eye-interactive.
Global regulations on external power supplies and their implications
Global regulations on external power supplies and their implications
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Scott Brown of Dialog Semiconductor takes a look at some of the implications of the global regulations on external power supplies.
17V, 2A regulator shuts down to 3.5µA quiescent current
17V, 2A regulator shuts down to 3.5µA quiescent current
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LTC3624 is a high efficiency, 17V input capable synchronous buck regulator that delivers up to 2A of continuous output current to outputs as low as 0.6V. Synchronous rectification delivers efficiencies…
Superconducting qbits made immune to quasiparticle energy loss
Superconducting qbits made immune to quasiparticle energy loss
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The energy storage time of a quantum switch has been improved by several orders of magnitude by scientists at Yale who have confirmed a 50-year-old, previously untested theoretical prediction in…


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