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Home is a Smart City (Nov. 20-26)

There are already plenty of projects underway to bring the smart city to reality on a grand scale. Never mind the gradual retrofit of these technologies in New York, Chicago and elsewhere, which will make it feel like smart technologies were there all along.

Kurage and Sateco: Jointly breaking new ground for prostheses

A silicone force sensor integrated into the sole of a shoe benefits those with limited mobility.

Listen: The electrification of everything podcast

The podcast considers how expanded electrification could fundamentally change our way of life over the coming decade.

Heilind Electronics to exhibit at Electronica 2022

The company will feature interconnect solutions from over 150 of the industry's leading manufacturers for military-aerospace, home automation and industrial applications.

High power high directivity single and dual directional couplers

These high power directional couplers offer accurate coupling, low insertion loss and high directivity in a compact package.

LA Semiconductor becomes newest US-based pure-play chip foundry

The company has acquired a 200 mm fab from On Semiconductor.

Video: Using electric trucks to power job sites

Ford’s F-150 Lightning can be used as an alternative to power generators.

4 more Matter smart home devices debut

Now lighting and lightstrips will be able to be controlled via the new standard.

Newark now stocking R&S oscilloscopes

The instruments offer more detail and infrequent events than other tools.

Fundamentals of capacitors

Discover how capacitors work, the different types of capacitor circuits and their suitability for different application requirements.

Video: Graphene coating protects wearable electronics

New technology for synthesizing and deploying graphene promises to improve the durability and performance of electrical circuits incorporated into wearable and flexible electronics.

High-density MRAM family now commercially available

Everspin Technologies’ memory devices are the highest performing persistent memory available.

VW to work with Mobileye after Argo shut down

Already cooperating on software, the new deal would be for hardware presumably.

New RISC-V processors target next-generation wearables

SiFive’s processors could be used for vendors developing AR/VR, smart home and other consumer devices.

First CSP signs up for Nokia’s application containers solution

This allows the introduction of new services remotely from a network.

Glass-based semiconductor fab breaks ground

An SK Group subsidiary will invest $600 million in a new Covington, Georgia, facility.

3D silicon batteries that up energy density and safety

The technology uses an intra-cell system that increases the abuse tolerance of batteries.

Finding success using off-the-shelf hardware in custom electronics

The right EMS company can help the designer transition a product based on evaluation boards, modules or other OTS boards into a totally custom design.