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MAXIM INTEGRATED MAX17320 ModelGauge m5 EZ Fuel Gauge | New Product Brief

MAXIM INTEGRATED MAX17320 ModelGauge m5 EZ Fuel Gauge | 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.


Apple Files Three Patents for Biometric Sensor-based Tech Coming Down the Pike

Apple Files Three Patents for Biometric Sensor-based Tech Coming Down the Pike

Apple appears to be moving farther into the health market with new patents targeting various metrics of health including AR/VR, glucose monitoring, and clinical sleep analysis.


News Feb 15, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
A Glimpse Into the Future of Prosthetics: Advanced Sensors, E-Skin, and AI

A Glimpse Into the Future of Prosthetics: Advanced Sensors, E-Skin, and AI

Researchers in electronics-based prosthetics, from e-skin to bionic hands, are working to bring comfortable and cutting-edge technology to future mainstream wearers.


News Feb 10, 2021 by Rushi Patel
TDK ESD Notch Filters | New Product Brief

TDK ESD Notch Filters | 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.


5G Plus GNSS? u-blox Aims for the Best of Both Worlds in a Small SiP

5G Plus GNSS? u-blox Aims for the Best of Both Worlds in a Small SiP

u-blox’s newest technology integrates both GNSS and 5G onto the same package. We had the chance to sit down with Senior Product Manager Samuele Falcomer to get the details.


News Jan 26, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Are AR Smart Glasses Making a Comeback? Lenovo and Vuzix Think So

Are AR Smart Glasses Making a Comeback? Lenovo and Vuzix Think So

Since the initial hype of Google Glass has died down in recent years, many AR companies have used the CES stage to resurge excitement in AR smart glasses. Here are the latest advancements from CES 2021.


News Jan 18, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Vishay VJ HIFREQ HT Series Capacitor | Tech Specs

Vishay VJ HIFREQ HT Series Capacitor | Tech Specs

This episode of Tech Specs is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


new products Dec 04, 2020 by TTI, Inc
Thermoelectric Coolers: A Low-Power, Eco-Friendly Design Option for Temperature Control

Thermoelectric Coolers: A Low-Power, Eco-Friendly Design Option for Temperature Control

Thermoelectric coolers (TECs) are increasingly replacing traditional refrigeration technology. But despite all the virtues of TECs, these devices are not without limitations.


Quantum-Dot Transistors: A Potential Alternative to Flexible Electronics?

Quantum-Dot Transistors: A Potential Alternative to Flexible Electronics?

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with the University of California Irvine have created transistors out of quantum dots to create functional logic circuits.


News Nov 11, 2020 by Luke James
Amphenol Sine Systems ecomate RSSM Series | New Product Brief

Amphenol Sine Systems ecomate RSSM Series | 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.


Engineers Tackle the Challenge of Miniaturizing Organic FETs

Engineers Tackle the Challenge of Miniaturizing Organic FETs

A Hong Kong engineering team claims to have made an important breakthrough in developing staggered structure monolayer organic field-effect transistors, which they say are important for future flexible electronic devices.


News Oct 24, 2020 by Luke James
Researchers Bring Sintering Heat to Room Temperature to Print Sensors on Human Skin

Researchers Bring Sintering Heat to Room Temperature to Print Sensors on Human Skin

A joint research effort between China and the United States has culminated in a method for printing sensors directly onto human skin at room temperature.


News Oct 22, 2020 by Luke James
Silicone Sensor Allows Device to Stretch While Measuring Strain and Pressure

Silicone Sensor Allows Device to Stretch While Measuring Strain and Pressure

Researchers in Japan have turned to heterogeneous silicone to "bounce back" stretchable sensors that have been stretched a touch too far.


News Oct 15, 2020 by Luke James
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR PSoC® 6 Wi-Fi® BT Prototyping Kit | New Product Brief

CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR PSoC® 6 Wi-Fi® BT Prototyping Kit | 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.


Fabric-Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Relies on Hot Pressing and Tape Casting

Fabric-Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Relies on Hot Pressing and Tape Casting

Engineers in South Korea have developed a process that could lead to the realization of embedded wearable electronics.


News Oct 03, 2020 by Luke James
Electronic Face Masks are a Fashionable High-Tech Trend

Electronic Face Masks are a Fashionable High-Tech Trend

Engineers are finding ways to innovate face masks with electronics—whether for air filtration, an LED smile, or language translation.


News Sep 26, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
ams Says New Sensor Can Monitor Blood-Oxygen Levels in Wearable Designs

ams Says New Sensor Can Monitor Blood-Oxygen Levels in Wearable Designs

The ultra-thin sensor integrates a photodiode, filter, and signal processing to remotely monitor Sp02 levels.


News Sep 23, 2020 by Jake Hertz
For Wearables, Inkjet-Printed Solar Cells Can Be an Ultra-Thin Power Source

For Wearables, Inkjet-Printed Solar Cells Can Be an Ultra-Thin Power Source

The printed solar cells are so light, thin, and flexible that they can rest on a bubble.


News Sep 17, 2020 by Luke James
Room Temperature Liquid-Metal Battery Could Provide More Power Than Li-ion

Room Temperature Liquid-Metal Battery Could Provide More Power Than Li-ion

Texas researchers realize the strengths of both solid-state and liquid-state batteries in the first room-temperature liquid-metal battery.


News Aug 29, 2020 by Luke James
New Berkeley Study Rewrites the Narrative on Capacitors

New Berkeley Study Rewrites the Narrative on Capacitors

Researchers from Berkeley have come up with a method to create ultra-high energy density capacitors, combining the virtues of both batteries and capacitors.


News Aug 21, 2020 by Jake Hertz