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MOSFETs Provide Improved Gate Drive Performance

Low-voltage MOSFETS exhibit improved thermal performance and higher efficiency.

Video: Uber Begins Self-Driving Ride-Hailing Service in Pittsburgh

The cars will still come with a safety driver in the front seat when the car has issues on the road.

Ringing the Smart Home Security Warning Bells

In a rush to get products out the door, the door to the home is being left wide open.

Scientists Treat Arrhythmias with Light Beams Instead of Electrical Shocks

Scientists at Johns Hopkins are using high-tech human heart models and mice to prove that beams of light can replace electric shocks in patients suffering from a heart rhythm disorder.

Savant Expands All-in-One Smart Home Goal with Nest, iPort Partnerships

The company is looking to bring home automation control through one application or its remote-control product.

Chip-Making Process Packs More onto Wafer Space

Researchers are able to pack more transistors onto less space using a scalable process called directed self-assembly.

For the First Time Ever Robots Have Performed Eye Surgery

For the very first time, surgeons have performed an eye surgery using a robot. The robot was able to lift a membrane that was 100th of a millimeter thick, from a retina.

Peugeot Launches 28 mph Electric Bicycle

The bike has a maximum range of 60 miles and includes an LCD screen for 3-D navigation and smartphone connectivity.

New Sensor Technology Could Speed Blood Tests

Researchers combine light and electricity in a silicon sensor that can detect multiple proteins and enzymes in a single blood sample.

Epson Unveils World’s Fastest Photo Scanner

The newly released FastFoto FF-640 isn’t an ordinary photo scanner, it restores, organizes and helps you share your printed photos and scans -- one photo per second.

Mouser, Dell OEM Solutions Ink Distribution Agreement

Mouser Electronics, Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with Dell OEM Solutions to provide end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.

Spring-Loaded Pin Has 3 mm Stroke

Mill-Max’s 0919-0-15-20-89-14-11-0 spring-loaded pin has a maximum stroke of 3 mm and is designed for SMT termination.

Smart Home Helps Keep Autistic Children Safe

Technology can help alert parents to a wandering child and protect against dangers inside and outside the home.

Start-up Company Semitrex Expands Patent Portfolio

Fabless power electronics start-up company bags 22 patents in three years.

Strain Gages Support Composite Materials Testing

Micro-Measurements' new CEA-Series strain gages enable compression tests of polymer matrix composite materials in accordance with ASTM Standard Test Method D6641.