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Researchers Reveal How to Make Transparent Sensors
Two years ago, engineers announced they had created transparent sensors for using in brain imaging. Now they reveal how others can fabricate these sensors in search of more applications.
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Cybathlon Puts the Focus on Bionics and Their Users
Combining the best of technological development with Olympic-style competition, his unique event showcased future possibilities for prostheses and other assistive technologies.
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Synaptics Fingerprint Sensors Designed into TCL 950 Smartphones
Synaptics Inc. announced that TCL Communication?has selected Synaptics®?Natural ID™? fingerprint sensors for secure biometric user authentication for their TCL 950 smartphones.
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Netgear 802.11ac Wireless Access Device Improves Wi-Fi Coverage
Netgear’s WAC104 Access Point (AP) supports dual-band concurrent operation with combined throughput of up to 1.2 Gbps (300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz and 867 Mbps at 5 GHz).
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Connector Sample Kit Suits Many Applications
AVX Corporation has released a sample kit with a broad range of connectors for use in consumer, medical, industrial, and IoT applications.
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Pixels float in mid-air with the help of sound waves and force fields
Researchers have just used sound waves to levitate multiple tiny objects at once. They even spun them and flipped them around using electric force fields.
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VisIC Launches 1200 V GaN Devices
VisIC’s 1200 V GaN half-bridge module integrates GaN HEMT transistors and isolated gate drivers with over-current and over-temperature protections in a single isolated package.
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MELF Resistors Allow Precise Current Measurement
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has extended its AEC-Q200-qualified?thin-film MELF?resistors to tighter tolerance in the sub 1 O range for the 0204 and 0207 case sizes.
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Technology Advances Allow Insight into Fragmenting Explosives
Advances in high-speed cameras, imaging techniques, and computer modeling could help researchers understand fragmenting explosives in ways they never could before.
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Security Camera Is Weatherproof, Has Wide Viewing Angle
Netgear’s Arlo Pro Wire-Free HD Security Camera Systems provide a 130-degree viewing angle, weatherproof design and quick-charging battery.
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LDO Exhibits Low Noise, Dropout
The LT3045 linear voltage regulator exhibits 0.8 µVRMS?integrated output noise across a wide 10 Hz to 100 kHz bandwidth and high-frequency PSRR exceeding 70 dB out to 2.5 MHz.
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Samsung Introduces First Mobile Application Processor Designed for Wearables
Samsung Electronics has just announced the mass production of the Exynos 7 Dual 7270 – the first mobile application processor (AP) designed specifically for wearable devices.
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3-D Printing Flexible, Biodegradable Stents That Fit Individual Patients’ Bodies
The citric-acid based polymer the engineers 3-D printed with is flexible, biodegradable, and even has inherent antioxidant properties. Using the technique, future doctors could create stents based on a patient's internal measurements, in minutes.
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Researchers Create Supercapacitor without Carbon
MIT researchers have found an entirely new class of materials for supercapacitors.
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Toyota Introduces Tiny Talking Robot
This new talking robot is designed to sense the emotions of its human companions and respond appropriately. Voice-recognition software enables it to respond to comments and questions, speaking in a high-pitched chatter. Only four inches tall, the friendly humanoid fits in a car’s cup holder and is designed to be a traveling companion.
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SIMbot Makes Robotics a Ball
Ballbots—robots with a tall, thin body that glides atop a sphere— have been around for years. The newest represents a significant advance in the technology.
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Understanding the Critical Analog/Mixed-Signal Parameters of Digitized Communications Links
The traditional parameters used to characterize A/D and D/A converters used for measurement do not suffice for real-time signal-processing applications.
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Integrated ZVS Buck-Boost Regulators Deliver Power with High Performance
The integrated Cool-Power ZVS buck-boost regulators require minimal external components to offer a complete solution.
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Interconnection Systems Handles Vehicular Vibration
TE Connectivity’s HPF 1.2 interconnection system withstands high vibration loads associated with high-performance engines.
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N-Channel MOSFET Has Low On-Resistance
The AOC3860 N-channel MOSFET exhibits an source-to-source of 2.15 m? with a 4.5 V gate voltage.
