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A river with dignity and personality
On March 15, 2017 the New Zealand parliament enacted the first of its kind laws to give a river a legal identity. The Whanganui River, from now on, is a “legal person,” a status and privilege that is only allowed to humans in the rest of the world. The rights and interests of the river can be defended in a court of law.
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New Understanding of Liquid Crystals Could Yield Improved Displays
Research at the University of Chicago has uncovered new information about the molecular structure of liquid crystals when the crystals interact with air.
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Video: Solar-powered Electronic Skin for Touch-sensitive Prosthetics
Artificial skin developed at University of Glasgow, Scotland, for prosthetic and robotic applications is not only touch-sensitive but self-powered.
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Murata Connectivity Technology Will be Key to Future Vehicle Communications
To rapidly detect the approach of other vehicles early, communication modules must feature sufficiently high power to establish a long wireless communication range. Through the optimized selection of appropriate components and fine-tuning of performance, Murata modules outperform competitive designs to date.
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Rise of the Medical Robot: the Future of Healthcare?
In the healthcare arena, robots offer increased surgical precision and repeatability, targeted drug delivery, faster diagnostics and even hospital housekeeping tasks.
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Flexible Glass Technology Could Lead to a New Family of Lab-on-a-Chip Devices
The development would allow work that has previously been done at the microscale level to be done at the nanoscale level
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Reinforced Isolator Offers High Efficiency, Low Emissions
TI combines lowest power loss and highest immunity isolation to help enable more robust, reliable industrial systems.
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SAW Filter Handles Wi-Fi Circuits
Murata’s new SAW filter is designed to reduce insertion loss and temperature characteristic stability in the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi band.
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3-D Printed Sensor-Integrated Skin for Robots
MIT has developed a device that responds to mechanical stresses by changing the color of a spot on its surface.
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Effective Electrocatalyst Uses a Fraction of the Platinum
A new electrocatalyst manufacturing method reduces the amount of platinum to one hundredth the amount generally required for commercial products.
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What Does an Electrical Engineer Do?
Electrical engineers are problem solvers, using their knowledge of circuitry and electronics, as well as their passion to create and build systems and solutions, to make everyday life a little more efficient.
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New Material Generates Electricity with Thermoelectric Effect
A new material developed at the University of Utah can generate electricity thermoelectrically.
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Factory 4.0: The Biggest Problem May Be The Noise You Can't Hear
We all know that the factory floor can be a noisy place: noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most common occupational illnesses in the U.S., but not only humans are at risk. Unseen and unheard electronic noise can wreak havoc with sensors and communications systems, especially since the arrival of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), also known as Factory 4.0.
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How and Why Lithium-Ion Batteries Explode
Lithium ion batteries have a high risk of uncontrolled reaction due to a volatile chemistry and because the anode and cathode have a large surface area for potential failure.
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APEC Showcases Innovative Power Products
GaN, Silicon Carbide and other advanced power semiconductors head up a slew of new products on display at the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition in Tampa.
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Video: Stanford Creates DIY Robotics Kit for Student STEM Sciences
The goal is to introduce young people to robots and life sciences
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Video: Anti-Drone Competition Seeks Ways to Counter Unfriendly UAVs
Delft University of Technology is sponsoring DroneClash to improve techniques to knock out harmful drones
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Fossil to Roll Out 300 Smartwatches in 2017
The watch maker will introduce hybrid and full-round touchscreen devices across 14 brands
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E-Skin Holds Promise to Disrupt Wearables Market
Consumer electronics, healthcare and robotics all stand to gain from the rise in flexible, ultra-thin devices.
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High Speed PIN Photodiode Enables Slim Sensor Designs for Wearables
Device offers enhanced sensitivity for visible light in 5mm by 4mm SMD package with low 0.9mm profile.
