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Video: Cree's New LED Street Lighting Aims to Not Keep You Up at Night
The lighting offers energy savings of more than 70 percent compared to HPS lighting
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This Selfie Drone Uses Artificial Intelligence and Just Got the Backing of Apple
Apple has started selling Zero Zero Robotics’ Hover Camera Passport online and at Apple Stores in five countries.
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New Choices for Discrete Insulated Pins and Receptacles
A new selection of insulated terminals from Mill-Max includes six popular pins and receptacles fitted with cylindrical insulating sleeves for electrical isolation applications.
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Mouser Now Stocking Analog Device’s HMC8400 Low Noise Amplifiers
Mouser Electronics, Inc. now stocks the HMC8400 low noise amplifiers from Analog Devices. The HMC8400 devices are wideband distributed low noise amplifiers (LNAs) that operate between 2 GHz and 30 GHz.
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Mouser Now Stocking Maxim’s MAX17222 nanoPower Boost Converter
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the MAX17222 nanoPower DC-DC step-up (boost) converter from Maxim Integrated. The MAX17222 offers a high 95-percent efficiency that minimizes heat dissipation plus an ultra-low quiescent current that helps extend battery life in highly integrated wearables, health monitors, Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other connected designs.
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New Battery Coating Could Improve Lithium Battery Life
A team of researchers have made big developments towards creating a coating for lithium batteries that could improve their lifespan. If the batteries are covered by an organic compound coating called methyl viologen, it eliminates dendrite growth and increases the battery lifetime three times.
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Precision Weight Analytics for Fuel Cell Manufacturer
Errors in recording in-process fuel cell weight are eliminated with the combined use of a precision balance and specialized software.
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Lidar for the DIY and hobbyist UAV enthusiasts
There are lidar options that cost in the hundreds of dollars that are good for do-it-yourselfers.
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RoHS-Compliant Snap-In Power Aluminum Capacitors Offer 5,000 Hours of Lifetime Usage
Vishay Intertechnology extends its 159 PUL-SI series.
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Machine Learning Key to Enabling Interior Navigational Location Detection
Using existing sensors inside mobile devices may help alleviate problems with GPS navigation inside large indoor spaces.
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Video: New App Tests Your Vocabulary During Smartphone Wait Times
WaitSuite provides quick quizzes during 'micromoments' of inactivity.
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SpaceX Announces Details of Second Hyperloop Pod Competition
The race will take place in August with the focus being on speed.
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MEMS for the Automotive Industry
Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) is a technique used to manufacture miniaturized mechanical and electro-mechanical components using semiconductor manufacturing processes such as ion implantation, diffusion, oxidation, sputtering, etc., in combination with specialized micromachining techniques.
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Small CMOS Low Dropout Regulator Reduces Ripple Noise from Power Processors
Toshiba America has introduced a device for stable output voltage at high output currents with low power.
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Lucid Motors’ Prototype Electric Vehicle Reaches 217 mph in Speed Test
The real-world tests will be used to help modify computer simulations and improve stability and powertrain thermal management.
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GM Expands Self-Driving Research Facility in Silicon Valley
The company will hire 1,100 and invest $14 million for future autonomous driving projects.
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Quantum Dots Help Scientists to Expand Efficiency in Solar Cells
NREL was able to push the external quantum efficiency to 114 percent.
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A Career in Cybersecurity: What To Know
A position in the cybersecurity field can mean job security, limitless career advancement, and a salary approaching six figures (making, on average, nine percent more than other IT workers).
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Electrodes in Batteries Turn Glassy to the Handle Volume Changes During the Recharging and Charging Process
Researchers have discovered why battery materials don’t crack when they expand and contract
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Amazon Opens Alexa Voice Processing Technology to Third-Party Device Makers
NXP has already released a reference platform to create the voice-activated products.
