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Makeup not Needed: Disney’s New System Projects Makeup on Actors
The team at Disney Research has created a new projection system that may change live performance makeup completely. The new system projects makeup on to actors using facial recognition, rather than facial markers, to follow the actor’s movements and changing expressions.
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IEC Outlets with Integrated Light Pipes
The outlets provide a space- and cost-saving solution for power distribution units used in data centers.
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Sensors Provide Precise Low-cost Eye Movement Detection
Electrical sensing to detect eye movement in real-time offers a low-cost alternative to cameras used in virtual and augmented reality applications.
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First MVDC Link Planned for Europe
An existing 33-kV AC circuit in North Wales is being converted to DC operation.
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Video: Volvo Begins Self-Driving Garbage Truck Testing
The project is designed to see if autonomous technology can improve traffic safety, worker safety, and the environment.
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D3 Semi’s MOSFET Line Now Carried by Mouser
The 650V-rated superjunction discretes are used in hard-switched applications such as PFC boost and inverters.
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IoT World 2017: Collaboration to Develop Next-Generation Smart Transportation Systems
SMART Future Transportation and Globaltouch have agreed to develop self-driving technologies to help climate change, smart mobility and urbanization
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Precision Benchmark Set by Single-Chip Millimeter Wave Sensors
Texas Instruments' small-footprint CMOS sensor portfolio offers solutions for automotive radar, industrial, and infrastructure applications.
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Simulation Tools Reduce Prototyping, Along With Development Time and Costs
Sophisticated simulation tools allow designers to predict behavior of a printed-circuit board in operation, reducing the number of (expensive) prototypes required to produce a final design.
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Millennials Expect Same Wi-Fi Experience in the Air as at Home, Study Says
Gogo, a company that provides broadband connectivity services while traveling via air, has found that nearly half of millennial travelers expect their connection to the web to be just as strong as when they’re not 10,000 feet in the air.
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Self-Charging Batteries Will Make Chargers Obsolete
Scientists at Hydro-Quebec and McGill University are developing technology that could make battery chargers a thing of the past. You may no longer have to worry about trying to find the nearest phone charger or outlet with this new battery technology that is being developed.
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Implantable Chip Enables High-Precision Prosthetics
Future users of prosthetics could benefit from an ultrathin (35µm), implantable chip design recently announced by a joint Imec (Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum) and University of Florida research team.
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The Battle of the Interfaces: Parallel Versus Serial
The use of high-speed data converters is on the rise, as more end-users are implementing them to improve system performance and increase capabilities. Applications can range from communication (ground- and satellite based), high-energy physics (accelerators), and defense (electronic warfare and radar jamming), to name a few.
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RFID Torque and Tension Sensor from NASA
A low-cost, RFID-based sensor remotely and quickly verifies that a given fastener is torqued properly.
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Coriolis Flow Meter Masters Valves and Pumps
Lack of internal moving parts translates into reduced mechanical wear and long service life.
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Full SiC MOSFETs Have Lower Dynamic Losses Compared to IGBTs
The discrete components will be used for future railway solutions such as industrial drives, medical technology or power supplies.
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Internet of Things Starter Kit Accelerates Connected Industrial Projects
Avnet’s kit connects smart sensors and embedded devices to the cloud and smart enterprise software.
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Building Upon a Growing Family
The military-grade single-board computer launched recently by Abaco has been complemented by a new Ethernet switch.
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Searching in Three Dimensions
IFind3D is a new search engine that indexes printable 3-D models.
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Making the Development of Swarm Robotics Easier
Swarm Technology and Phi-Robotics Research have partnered to create a new development kit
