23/04/2018
A new class of soft robot, composed of ultrathin sensing, actuating electronics and temperature-sensitive artificial muscle that can adapt to the environment and crawl, has been announced by researchers at the University of Houston.
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20/02/2017
Israeli start up Kado has raised $1.2million to help it complete development of what it claims could be the thinnest wall charger.
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22/12/2016
Sponsored by Texas Instruments (TI), element14 invites electronic engineers, designers and makers to participate in the ‘Safe & Sound’ design challenge. To win the challenge, makers need to design a safety-oriented wearable device or solution that protects a person from personal and environmental risks, monitors personal health or protects personal property from theft.
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01/06/2016
Rohde & Schwarz has launched a competition to find the most innovative use for its recently announced Scope Rider, the rugged portable oscilloscope with lab performance. Ten shortlisted entrants will each receive a GoPro Hero4 silver camera to make a video of their idea, and the overall winner will receive a Scope Rider.
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16/05/2016
The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is said to deliver up to ten times the processing performance of the original Raspberry Pi and includes connectivity with 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.1. The board is claimed to be suitable for IoT-based projects, as well as application in security, home automation and machine vision.
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08/03/2016
This year’s Embedded World event in Nuremberg saw an increased focus on the Internet of Things (IoT) and security as development in this area is becoming more mature and the threats posed by hackers and malware is understood better.
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29/02/2016
Researchers from EPFL have developed conductive tracks that they say are almost as flexible as rubber and can be stretched up to four times their original length and in all directions. The team claims the electronics can also be stretched a million times without cracking or interrupting their conductivity.
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11/02/2016
CUI in the Lab series takes viewers inside the engineering lab for technical and application-based demonstrations on the latest technologies from CUI. In this video CUI’s VP of Motion Control, Jeff Smoot, demonstrates the fast and simple process of aligning CUI’s innovative AMT modular encoder series versus an optical encoder.
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21/12/2015
Plextek RFI CEO Liam Devlin discusses the technical and commercial considerations when deciding whether to employ a custom MMIC design.
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04/11/2015
ZofzPCB is a free 3D Gerber viewer that allows designers to see inside the board – between the layers – to thoroughly inspect PCB layout. This means that errors in the design, which can be costly to repair, are picked up before being manufactured.
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28/09/2015
The TMG3992 and TMG3993 intelligent sensor modules offer a flexible, highly-integrated implementation of touchless user interface and display management features for smartphones, tablets and many other consumer devices.
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23/09/2015
Circuit protection is designed as an intentional weak link which can combat catastrophic failure due to surges in power and other destructive events. But, how do you select the right components? This video from Littelfuse gives insights into the decision making process.
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21/09/2015
This video provides a brief introduction to Dynamic Angle Error Compensation (DAEC), a technology developed by ams that is said to eliminate the measurement error attributable to propagation delay in its magnetic position sensors.
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10/04/2014
Researchers at Iowa State University have created transient electronics that can dissolve on demand. They say the technology could be used in mobile phones and credit cards as anti-theft devices, as well as in military.
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21/11/2013
Take a look at some of the highlights from the 2013 Electronics Design Show and find out what's in store for next year.
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19/04/2010
A muilti-sensor, all-weather unmanned air system (UAS) that can remain airborne for over 16 hours in a single mission, has completed its maiden flight.
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28/09/2009
Take a video tour of the Curtiss-Wright Controls VPX6-185 full-featured Freescale Power Architecture SBC to learn more about how it takes advantage of the VPX backplane to deliver I/O rich compute power for demanding defense and aerospace applications.
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