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So long, trial and error

If you have ever traveled in a modern jetliner, crossed a bridge or ridden in a car, you have entrusted your life to computer simulations. Such models are used to design everything from aircraft and bridges to automobiles and buildings, making sure they are as safe as possible. But when it comes to designing treatments for patients with serious and even life-threatening conditions, physicians often rely on an approach best described as “trial and error.”

Nvidia leads self-driving car chip development progress

Navigant Research has researched more than 70 companies involved in autonomous vehicle growth.

Nokia upgrading its IP transport for 5G services

The move should help accelerate 5G services to consumers and businesses.

SK Telecom using big data to help curb coronavirus

The company is working with local Korean police to identify large groups.

Progress in integrated optical isolators

For coherent photonics, an optical isolator remains as vital as the laser device itself. As photonics expands beyond its traditional telecoms stronghold, into areas like biophotonics and sensing, the commercial prize of an integrated isolator is greater than ever.

Saelig introduces STO1000E 150 MHz battery-powered portable oscilloscopes

The two- and four-channel battery-powered portable oscilloscopes offer bandwidths of up to 150 MHz.

Language and tone are important factors in medical forums

Researchers from the University of Munster have found that tone and language used in medical blogs is a determining factor in how seriously a reader takes an article.

Toward an underwater internet of things

The internet of things is being merged with the development of technology to simultaneously transmit light and energy to underwater energy devices.

New Yorker Electronics is distributing screwless terminal blocks from Excel Cell Electronics

The new compact, 5.0 mm pitch screw-less terminal blocks reduce connection times in the field.

Self-driving car testing freezes due to COVID-19

Waymo, Cruise, Pony.ai, Argo.ai and Aurora have suspended autonomous driving operations.

Portable AI device can detect illnesses like coronavirus

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created a portable surveillance device, called Flusense, that can detect coughing and crowd size in real-time and analyze the data to directly monitor flu-like illnesses, like the coronavirus.

Saelig offers compact, multi-channel CDP-07M UHF narrow-band industrial transmitter/receiver pair

The modules inherit the compact, high-functionality characteristics of first-generation models with an updated internal circuit design for long-term stability and service life.

Daimler, Ford, GM and Fiat to suspend all vehicle production due to COVID-19 virus

Automotive plants will remain closed through March and longer if deemed necessary.

COVID-19 will significantly disrupt the semiconductor market in 2020

New research suggests the minor growth that was expected may now end in contraction.

ZTE to launch new 5G smartphone in China next week

The Axon 11 will be compatible with both standalone and non-standalone modes.

AMD Ryzen embedded into a Raspberry Pi

The processor has been integrated into a tiny board for developers.

AI-powered smart sole gathers gait data in the user's living environment

Researchers from the Stevens Institute of Technology have created SportSole, an AI-powered smart insole that turns shoes into a portable gait-analysis lab.