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Roving, Night Vision-Enabled Robot Helps Protect Against Burglars

The latest edition to the Smart Home is more than just sensors.

Hall-Sensor IC Maintains Accuracy Across Wide Temperature Range

The A1367 Hall-effect current sensor IC uses digital temperature compensation to maintain high sensitivity and offset characteristics.

LG Display to Invest $1.75 Billion in Flexible OLEDs

The new line will be installed in LG’s Paju, South Korean facility.

Analog Devices to Buy Linear for $14.8 Billion

The combination will result in a heavyweight analog vendor with annual revenues of about $5 billion.

Mid-Power UV LED Delivers Long Life in Compact Package

Featuring Silicone Lens, Device Provides Energy-Saving Replacement for Mercury Lamps in medical, industrial, and printing applications.

Samsung to Stop Manufacturing Transparent OLED Displays

Lack of global demand for the product to blame

Kit Simplifies Design of Multi-Mode Wireless Power-Charging System

One transmit coil supports all major wireless power-charging standards.

MEMS Sensor Project Launched to Improve Connected Manufacturing

Bosch and seven other European companies are collaborating on an Industry 4.0 research project to reduce machine-monitoring operating costs.

Levarys Using Qorvo’s ZigBee Green Power Chips for Smart Home System

The semiconductors allow for a secure and long-range use of Smart Home devices wirelessly connected to a gateway.

The Future of Home Surveillance Looks a Lot Like a Drone

France-based start-up company Cardinal Robotics is designing innovative home security products that involve drones.

How to Stay Vigilant When It Comes to Cybersecurity

IBM Security offers insight into cybersecurity issues and preventative measures.

Mouser Electronics, Imahara Launch Contest to 3-D-Print Design Aboard International Space Station

Mouser Electronics?Inc. and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara have launched the?International Space Station (ISS) Design Challenge, to develop a practical 3-D printable product that can be deployed in space.

15 dB Gain Block Delivers High Linearity with Low Noise

Linear Technology’s LTC6433-15 exhibits linearity of 47 dBm OIP3 and 3.22dB noise at 150 MHz.

Active Bridge Solution Outperforms Diodes for PoE IoT Devices

Next-generation quad-MOSFET technology enables designers to lower operating temperature, increase efficiency and reduce the solution size of their devices.

Adoption of Wide Bandgap Power Devices Increases

Commercial GaN power transistors are ready for use.

Osram Expands Automotive LED Portfolio with Novità Acquisition

The deal will increase its access to the automotive U.S. LED market.

OLED to Dominate Smartphone Displays by 2020

Apple’s adoption of the technology will be the tipping point.

Researchers Figure Out How to Watch 3-D Movies Without the Glasses

While 3-D movies are fun to watch, wearing the glasses that enable the three-dimensional features can be a drag.

Next-Generation Light Sensors Claim to Shrink Smartphone Apertures up to 50%

ams AG says its TMD2620 proximity sensor and TMD2725 combined proximity/ambient light sensor help reduce the sensor aperture in smartphone display cover glass.