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Hyundai-Kia Completes Wireless Fast-recharging Project for Electric Vehicles

The system will require no plugs and will charge even if misaligned.

Flying Car Maker Has Booked Over 600 Orders

The $140,000 flying car will begin test flying in a few months.

THz Radiation Emitters: A Safe Alternative to X-ray Security Scanners

Physicists are formulating a safe and efficient 'paint' that can reveal, with terahertz (THz) radiation, the contents of luggage or objects hidden in clothing.

New Spine Brace is Robotic and Allows Patients to Move Freely

Columbia Engineering researchers invented the Robotic Spine Exoskeleton (RoSE) to solve old brace design problems.

Saelig Introduces Teledyne LeCroy HVD3000A Series 1-6kV High-Voltage Differential Probes

The HVD3000A series advances the HVD3000 series and covers a broad range of application from 120/240 V switch-mode power supplies through 600V class and 5kV class electrical apparatus.

Patch for Diabetes Can Read Glucose Levels Without Being Invasive

The newest development in diabetes management is an adhesive patch that can measure glucose levels through a patient’s skin without having to prick a finger or carry around a clunky test kit.

Electric Bus Outperforms Expectations

A zero-emission, all-electric transit bus designed by GreenPower Motor Company Inc. recently traveled 205 miles using only 50 percent of its battery power.

Premier Farnell Signs Extension to Nordic Semiconductor Agreement

The company is now stocking a key range of wireless devices.

Pen Camera Speeds Glaucoma Diagnosis

The pen camera is mightier than the gonioscope when used to diagnose glaucoma. The device was developed by researchers in Singapore as a faster, cheaper method to detect the disease.

Video: Virgin Hyperloop One Shows Full Working Prototype Pod

The company demonstrated the pod during a recent visit from the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

6 Crazy Trends for Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency like bitcoin was designed to allow “exciting uses” that previous payment systems were incapable of offering, but as the technology has taken hold it's given rise to uses that one might describe as a little crazy.

Robotic Smoothie Maker Requires No Staff and Is Available 24 Hours a Day

Meet Blendid, a new autonomous robotic food service station.

Watch: Aquabotix Releases SwarmDiver(TM) Micro USV/UUV

Multiple SwarmDivers™ can function simultaneously as a single coordinated entity, be easily controlled via one operator on the surface and perform dives on command to collect valuable intelligence.

Recom Delivers 1 W DC/DC Converters at Unmatched Low Prices

Recom now offers RFB, RFM and RFMM commodity DC/DC converters for cost-sensitive applications at low prices.

App for Tracking Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease at Home Developed

Computers scientists from Johns Hopkins University teamed up with two other colleges to create a new tracking approach that uses smartphone sensors to generate a score that can reflect the severity of Parkinson’s symptoms.

New 12 V – 48 V NBM from Vicor Simplifies Move to 48 V Power Distribution

Legacy power distribution units are 12 V units, but modern distribution components work at 48 V. The industry has been waiting for power components to enable the integration of those legacy components to the modern 48 V power devices. Now, the wait is over.

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