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Revolutionizing the Prosthetic Hand to Teach It New Tasks
Engineers are working to develop a prosthetic hand that will give users a sense of feedback and a realistic sense of touch.
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Rambus Security Technologies Licensed to Altis
The agreement includes DPA countermeasures and other side-channel defenses.
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Video: Two-Legged Robot Jogs Like a Human
The AMBER Lab has just released this video of its newest work: a bi-pedal robot jogging on a treadmill like a human.
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High-Power Negative Supply Ideal Diode-OR Controller? Withstands ±300V Transients
The LTC4371, a diode-OR controller for high-power telecom and datacom boards, provides seamless handoff between redundant power supplies.
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TSMC and ARM Form Agreement for 7nm FinFET SoCs
The multi-year deal will expand the collaboration between the two companies into leading-edge process technologies.
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Pirates!
It’s 2016 and cyber theft in the form of software piracy continues to mushroom. What is happening, how, why, and what are the real ramifications?
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NASA Will Ignite the Biggest Man-made Fire in Space Aboard Cygnus
NASA engineers want to learn more about accidental spacecraft fires that could occur in space—so they decided to intentionally set one.
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Mouser Gets Up-Close with Infineon About the Future of Energy Storage
Mouser Electronics has teamed up with celebrity engineer Grant Imahara and Infineon to offer an inside look at the future of energy management and storage.
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Lab-Grade Module Measures Current with 0.05% Accuracy
Module allows measurement of currents up to ± 100 A. Software library available on GitHub for single- or multiple-unit interface to National Instruments's LabView or other software.
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Coming Soon: A Self-propelled Baby Stroller Controlled by a Smartphone App
A self-propelled baby stroller under development uses a distance measurement sensor to help it maintain a constant distance from the paired iOS or Android-powered smartphone being carried by a parent (or nanny), who can walk or jog behind it.
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Food-Tracking Wearable Knows Exactly What You’re Eating
The wearable is similar to a Fitbit, but instead of tracking calories burned, it monitors caloric intake, all from right around the user’s neck.
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Chinese Packaging Sales on Pace for $4.4 Billion in Sales in 2016
The packaging and assembly market has grown concurrently with electronic product manufacturing in the region.
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How Researchers Plan to 3-D Print Knee, Nose and Ear Cartilage
Researchers have discovered a way to print cartilage for knees, noses and ears with a new 3-D bio-printing ink that contains human cells.
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Samsung and Six Flags Roll out Virtual Reality Coasters
What if you could ramp up the excitement on your favorite roller coaster by transforming your surroundings into an even more pulse-racing, interactive environment? A partnership between one of today’s top display and smartphone manufacturers and the world’s largest regional theme park operator, makes it possible. The companies have announced the launch of nine virtual reality roller coasters across the U.S. through summer 2016.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GM Buys Self-Driving Start-up Cruise Automation
The company will be integrated into GM’s recently created Autonomous Vehicle Development Team.
