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“World’s First” Organic BJT—Could Organic Transistors Take Off?

Researchers at TU Dresden have created the "world's first" efficient organic bipolar junction transistor (OBJT).

3 days ago by Jake Hertz

Semtech Cloud Service Simplifies LoRa IoT Asset Tracking

By moving location calculation to the cloud, Semtech’s new service allows for lower-power LoRa devices to be embedded in tracked Internet of Things (IoT) assets.

June 22, 2022 by Jeff Child

Qualcomm Spurs AR/VR Development With XR Dev Platform

Qualcomm takes a swing at opening up the world of AR/VR hardware development with its Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Program.

June 07, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan

TI Keeps AI on the Edge Targeting Accessibility at Half the Power Consumption

A new family of system-on-a-chips (SoCs) from Texas Instruments (TI) aims at accessible edge AI for applications including human-machine interface (HMI) interaction.

June 06, 2022 by Jake Hertz

MIT’s Fuel Cell Technology Harvests Energy from Glucose

Researchers have developed a fuel cell that can convert glucose into electricity. The goal: powering medical implants from within.

May 23, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan

XP Power FCB100 Open Frame AC-DC Power Supplies | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

May 22, 2022 by Mouser Electronics

New Sensor Harnesses Energy From Movement for Human-machine Interfaces

Solar, thermal, and wind are common sources of energy harvesting. Now, a triboelectric tactile sensor draws energy from movement to power wearables.

May 20, 2022 by Antonio Anzaldua Jr.

Alternative Energy Harvesting Techniques Emerge for Sensor Networks

Wireless sensor networks need energy harvesting to replace battery power. Researchers are coming up with innovative ways to get energy from alternative sources—even human sweat.

May 14, 2022 by Darshil Patel

TRACO Power THM 60WI Medical 60W DC/DC Converters | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

May 04, 2022 by Mouser Electronics

New Smart Syringe Uses NFC to Store Drug Information

NP Plastibell has announced a pre-filled “smart syringe” with an embedded NFC chip that relays information about the medicine to practitioners and patients.

May 03, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan

Mojo Vision Keeps an Eye on the Future With Mojo Lens Prototype

Mojo Vision unveils an advanced prototype of its Mojo Lens——an augmented reality (AR) based contact lens that's packing eye-tracking technology and a digital display all in one.

April 04, 2022 by Darshil Patel

Wyss Institute Researchers Take Aim at Replicating the Immune System Onto a Chip

Meshing together bioengineering with electronics, Wyss Institute researchers developed a microfluidic organ-on-a-chip (OoC) to mimic human immune functions and study the efficacy of vaccines on a chip.

March 30, 2022 by Darshil Patel

ANALOG DEVICES INC. EagleEye™ Trial Kit | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.

March 29, 2022 by Mouser Electronics

Eleven T&M Functions, One Device: Liquid Instruments Introduces the “Instrument-on-Chip”

With an FPGA at its heart, the Moku product series allows engineers to tap into a suite of programmable test instruments—all on a single device.

March 28, 2022 by vishvachi

Clothing That Can Hear? MIT Researchers Create Acoustic Fabric

Taking inspiration from the biological auditory system, MIT researchers have created a fabric that senses sound signals and converts them to electrical signals, analogous to how a microphone works.

March 25, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

NORCOMP VULCON M12 Stainless Steel Circular Connector | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

March 20, 2022 by Mouser Electronics

Paragraf Proves the Viability of Graphene for In-Vitro Diagnostics

After a successful Series B funding round, Paragraf is ready to take on bigger challenges—venturing into graphene-based biosensing.

March 18, 2022 by Jake Hertz

ADI’s Latest Analog Front End Measures Vitals in Its Smallest Package Yet

Embedded in a wearable system, ADI's new analog front end is designed to level up bioimpedance monitoring—a way to monitor various medical conditions and help doctors come to a more precise diagnosis.

March 16, 2022 by Ikimi .O

Kicking Off Women’s History Month with the “Queen of Carbon Science”

Here is an accolade to Mildred Dresselhaus, a woman who began studying carbon allotropes on a nanoscale level and prompted other female physicists to follow her steps in STEM.

March 04, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova

Researchers Leverage Photonics in Radar System to Detect Down to the Millimeter

Scientists from the University of Sydney have developed a new type of photonic radar system and sensor promising non-invasive medical monitoring.

February 17, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski