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Making Flexible and Thin-Film Electronics More Durable

Making Flexible and Thin-Film Electronics More Durable

Researchers from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) in South Korea have reportedly developed an approach for controlling the random formation of cracks in flexible thin-film conductors.


News Jun 01, 2020 by Luke James
5G Switches Introduced by the University of Texas Claim Improved Battery Life and Processing Speeds

5G Switches Introduced by the University of Texas Claim Improved Battery Life and Processing Speeds

Although COVID-19 has caused a slowdown, the 5G revolution is still well underway with the first pioneer devices capable of accessing next-generation wireless speeds already on shelves worldwide.


News May 31, 2020 by Luke James
Sensor-Embedded “Smart Socks” Help Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy

Sensor-Embedded “Smart Socks” Help Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy

Patients with diabetic neuropathy often can't feel injuries on their feet, which can lead to ulcers and amputation. Siren's microsensor-embedded socks catch early signs of inflammation.


News May 30, 2020 by Nicholas St. John
The First Integrated Photon Source to Deliver Large-Scale Quantum Photonics

The First Integrated Photon Source to Deliver Large-Scale Quantum Photonics

Physicists from the University of Bristol in the UK have developed the world’s first integrated photon source with the potential to deliver large-scale quantum photonics.


News May 29, 2020 by Luke James
What Designers Should Know About AEC-Q100

What Designers Should Know About AEC-Q100

One defective component can snowball into 1,000 defective vehicles. That's why AEC-Q100 has an iron fist on automotive standards.


News May 29, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau
ADI Makes Big Swing for Industry 4.0 with First Software-Configurable Industrial I/Os

ADI Makes Big Swing for Industry 4.0 with First Software-Configurable Industrial I/Os

Two new I/O solutions bring remote programmability to building control and industrial automation.


News May 29, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Atomically Thin Magnets Could Enable the Next Generation of Spin and Quantum Electronics

Atomically Thin Magnets Could Enable the Next Generation of Spin and Quantum Electronics

Researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a ferromagnetic semiconductor that is able to work at room temperature.


News May 28, 2020 by Luke James
New Tech May Abate a Resurgence of COVID-19. But is it More Obtrusive Than Helpful?

New Tech May Abate a Resurgence of COVID-19. But is it More Obtrusive Than Helpful?

As states begin reopening, new technologies are being instated to keep COVID-19 at bay. But where do we draw a line between public health and privacy?


News May 28, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
A Highly Sensitive and High-Performing ‘Green’ Electronic Sensor

A Highly Sensitive and High-Performing ‘Green’ Electronic Sensor

University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst researchers claim that they have developed bioelectronic ammonia gas sensor that uses electric-charge-conducting protein nanowires to create biomaterials for devices.


News May 28, 2020 by Luke James
Arm Ramps Up 5G Portfolio With New CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

Arm Ramps Up 5G Portfolio With New CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

With an eye on 5G at the hardware level, Arm is attracting notice from Facebook, Snapchat, Google, and Netflix.


Flexible and Stretchable Crystals as an Alternative Material for Electronic Applications

Flexible and Stretchable Crystals as an Alternative Material for Electronic Applications

A recent paper describes new materials that can be used to make single crystal electronics that are inherently more flexible and stretchable.


News May 27, 2020 by Luke James
TinyML: When Small IoT Devices Call for Compressed Machine Learning

TinyML: When Small IoT Devices Call for Compressed Machine Learning

Machine learning on small IoT devices presents several challenges to designers: power consumption, latency, and accuracy.


News May 27, 2020 by Vanessa Samuel
NYU and IBM Researchers Discover a New Spintronics-Based Fast Data Transfer Solution

NYU and IBM Researchers Discover a New Spintronics-Based Fast Data Transfer Solution

Working in collaboration, New York University and IBM Research have studied the use of spintronics as a means to increase the efficiency of both data transfer and storage—thus enhancing the already-fast-growing R&D into spintronics-based software solutions.


News May 27, 2020 by Sam Holland
Summer Months Usher In More Heatstrokes. A New pH-Measuring Sweat Sensor Detects Early Signs

Summer Months Usher In More Heatstrokes. A New pH-Measuring Sweat Sensor Detects Early Signs

Heat-related illnesses cause more deaths than any other weather incident. Now, researchers are designing biomonitors—some that measure pH in sweat—to detect early indicators of heatstroke.


News May 27, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
One Step Closer to Solving the Storage Problems of Renewable Energy

One Step Closer to Solving the Storage Problems of Renewable Energy

Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have reportedly found a way to treat cheap electrode materials and improve their properties during electrolysis.


News May 26, 2020 by Luke James
LiDAR-Captured Road Data Now Publicly Available in Open-Source Machine Learning Dataset

LiDAR-Captured Road Data Now Publicly Available in Open-Source Machine Learning Dataset

Scale AI says COVID-19 has shown the value of autonomous vehicles for no-contact delivery. They're making real-world road data available to train machine learning models to this end.


News May 26, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Study Focused on Photonics Circuitry Shows Promising Advances for the Use of LiDAR in Autonomous Vehicles

Study Focused on Photonics Circuitry Shows Promising Advances for the Use of LiDAR in Autonomous Vehicles

Researchers at the lab of Tobias Kippenberg at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have reportedly found a new way to implement a parallel FMCW LiDAR engine by using integrated nonlinear photonic circuitry.


News May 26, 2020 by Luke James
Xilinx’s New Customizable FPGA for Data Centers is “Born to Run”

Xilinx’s New Customizable FPGA for Data Centers is “Born to Run”

With an increasing burden on networking systems, Xilinx has unveiled a new FPGA with high data processing and flexibility to meet evolving connectivity standards.


News May 26, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
U.S. Army Dedicates Research Study to Advancing Cooling Systems for Thermal Management Needs

U.S. Army Dedicates Research Study to Advancing Cooling Systems for Thermal Management Needs

Thermal management of electronics is critical for high-reliability applications and is essential to improve the performance of electrical systems such as those in EVs, smartphones, and laptops.


News May 24, 2020 by Rushi Patel
A Fast-Charging Supercapacitor Technology to Revolutionize Energy Use in EVs

A Fast-Charging Supercapacitor Technology to Revolutionize Energy Use in EVs

Researchers at the University of Surrey have developed a new “ground-breaking” supercapacitor technology and claim that it brings the world a “step closer” to clean energy storage.


News May 23, 2020 by Luke James