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Samsung Releases Color Improvements to Vivid LED Lighting Series

The color variations allow retail and commercial stores to display improved lighting on products they wish to highlight.

Will Robots Take Your Job?

It is predictable that robots will continue to take repetitive-task jobs. However they most likely will be coming after yours too.

Sonar Tech Lets You Interact with Smartwatch by Writing on Nearby Surface

The technology, called FingerIO, tracks finger movements by turning your smart device into an active sonar system using its own microphones and speakers.

XPoint Memory Chips Positioned for Rapid Adoption

Intel and Micron see SSDs and data-center servers as initial users of their new ‘3D cross point’ memory chips, which offer performance and pricing between DRAM and NAND flash.

Power Semiconductors Outperform Conventional Switching Diodes

Littelfuse’s Schottky Barrier Rectifiers and Ultrafast Rectifiers target high-frequency switch-mode power supplies and DC-DC converters.

GM Buys Self-Driving Start-up Cruise Automation

The company will be integrated into GM’s recently created Autonomous Vehicle Development Team.

Seven “Smart City Challenge” Finalists Announced by USDOT

The seven cities will be given a $100,000 grant to further their proposals for their ideas of the future of transportation.

Indycar Kicks Off with Bourdais Behind the Wheel of Mouser-Molex-Sponsored Car

The 21st season of the IndyCar Series kicked off, and once again, driver Sebastien Bourdais got behind the wheel of the Mouser- and Molex-sponsored No. 11 car.

Name A Fujipoly Product and Win A Prize

Fujipoly is giving viewers a chance to win one of three prizes, simply by naming a Fujipoly product.

Raspberry Pi Gets a 314 GB Drive in Honor of Pi Day

Western Digital is now offering the growing Raspberry Pi community a new 314GB drive.

Algorithm Sorts Through Your Computer to Create Vacation Highlight Videos

Students create computer software that can sift through your vacation videos and create the ultimate vacation reel movie.

Energy Storage May Save the U.K. Billions by 2030

The savings could be passed along to consumers as well as help meet the country’s carbon targets

Researchers Produce Lightest Solar Cells for Portable Devices

MIT researchers claim to have built laboratory proof-of-concept version of the thinnest, lightest solar cells for powering the next generation of portable electronic devices.