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3 New Class-D Amplifiers Solve Smart Home Audio Design Challenges

The amplifiers are designed for personal electronics applications with any power level, including smart speakers, sound bars, TVs, notebooks, projectors and internet of things applications.

First Drone Inspection Completed for a Live Nuclear Asset

An unmanned aerial vehicle successfully inspected an active uranium enrichment plant.

VR for Reducing Fertility Treatment Anxiety

A new resource to help reduce anxiety and increase the chances of success is on the horizon for women undergoing fertility treatments: virtual reality.

Video: A Major Leap Toward True Cyborgs

A new method has been developed to fuse living tissue inside metallic objects.

GM Cruise Receives Over $3 Billion in Funding for Self-driving Cars

SoftBank and General Motors are strengthening the plan to commercial autonomous driving technology.

Next Generation Biometrics May Include Face, Iris and Pulse Sensors

Fingerprint sensors are going to eventually be overtaken in the long term.

Philips Hue Now Available for Gaming, Music or Movies

A new app allows for customization of lighting brightness levels and appearance.

Short Tutorial: RF Choke vs. Inductor

Inductors and RF chokes are basically the same type of electrical components. The difference in design is related to the function the device will perform in a circuit. Most engineers are more familiar with inductors – some think both devices can be used interchangeably – that are prevalent in frequency selective systems, such as a tuner for radio receivers or filters.

Video: Underwater Drone Can Capture Tilt-Down or Tilt-Up Photos and Video

The submersible also has a 4K camera, remote control system and waterproof swappable battery system.

IoT Sensor Market Growing Quickly

Over the next six years the IoT device market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23 percent. Cloud storage and processing of IoT data has increased the flexibility and convenience of IoT devices.

High Performance Diamond Semiconductor Devices Coming Soon! - AKHAN's Miraj Diamond® Technology Granted Key Patents and Trademarks

Diamond-based semiconductors have marked performance advantages over silicon and compound semiconductors. The issuance of key TIPO patents and US Trademarks for AKHAN’s Miraj Diamond® Technology signals more products with diamond chips will be showing up soon. The TIPO patents are important because Taiwan has become a major center for semiconductor and electronic manufacturing.

Maxim Integrated Introduced New Family of Microcontrollers for the IoT

The Darwin MCUs family of smart controllers, designed with Maxim’s wearable technology, combine the biggest embedded memories in their class and advanced cybersecurity with high power efficiency to allow the design of smart IoT products and wearables without running out of code space or battery life.

Create Laser Cut Games and Puzzles with Your Epilog!

Epilog systems allow users to design, create and build custom items like these laser cut games and name puzzles.

Watch: 5 Smart Devices to Upgrade Your Summer BBQ

Just because barbecues are tradition doesn’t mean that they can’t be upgraded with smart devices. Here are five smart devices that can bring your hometown barbecue into 2018.

Lenovo to Release Bezel-less Smartphone on June 5

Lenovo will join the ranks of manufacturers with bezel-less smartphones with the release of their Z5 Android phone. The new phone will feature a 95 percent screen-to-body ratio. As a comparison, the Galaxy S9 has an 84 percent ratio and the Apple iPhone X clocks in at about 83 percent.

Alibaba Group’s Cainiao Network and RoboSense Launch World’s First Solid-state LiDAR Unmanned Logistics Vehicle

This is the first time that solid-state LiDAR has been officially used in unmanned vehicle development, heralding a new solid-state LiDAR era in driverless vehicles.

Tokyo’s First Fuel Cell Bus

In preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games, one supplier looks to bring public awareness of what is possible from fuel cell electric vehicles with a plan to have more than 100 fuel cell buses in operation in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area before the games commence.

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