Industries
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Intel Sets New Record at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony by Flying More than 1,200 Drones
The light show animated various Olympic sports and logos during the entertainment extravaganza.
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Mercury Systems Offers New Rugged High Density Server Form Factor
Mercury Systems, Inc., a provider of secure sensor and safety-critical processing subsystems, has unveiled HDslim, a new sub-rack form factor for its RES High Density (RES-HD) server product line. Less than ten inches wide and twenty inches deep, the first 4U HDslim chassis is available this month.
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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance Joins Chinese Ride-Sharing Platform
The agreement will include the launch of a robo-vehicle ride-hailing service.
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Power Source Can Charge Your Smartphone Using Your Own Body Movements
Reserachers from University at Buffalo and the Institute of Semiconductors (IoP) at the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) have develop a metallic tap that can gather electricity from simple movements, like bending a finger.
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New HEM Inverter is the Future of Photovoltaic Plants
A new medium voltage string inverter offers the advantages of its modular (string) architecture with the benefits of a central inverter.
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AI Used to Detect Poachers in Real Time
Researchers from the USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society have been developing AI to recognize and catch poachers.
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Lasers in the Classroom
Getting students of all ages excited and interested in a class subject or project is a tough task for teachers and professors alike. But cool, interesting, hands-on tools are an easy way to immediately grab a student’s attention.
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Airbus Begins Testing Drone Delivery Service in Singapore
This is the first step in developing an urban unmanned air system for parcel delivery.
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Quantum Dot Manufacturer Nanoco Signs Material and Supply Partnership for Nanoparticles
The agreement will allow the company to scale-up and mass produce the materials for electronic devices.
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X-FAB Receives Certification for the New IATF-16949 Automotive Quality Standard
X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE claims it is the first semiconductor foundry to receive certification for automotive manufacturing under the new standard, the IATF-16949 International Automotive Quality Management System (QMS).
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Video: The Top Startups to Watch in the Internet of Things and Automotive Safety in 2018
Premier Farnell has released the names of companies it is working with in its Startupbootcamp accelerator program
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Protons for Self-healing and Flexible Medical Devices Were Inspired by Squid Ring Teeth
By looking at squid teeth, researchers found synthetic protein-powered medical devices created from repeated sequences of proteins could be possible.
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Counterfeit Electronics and Lasers
Perhaps no anti-counterfeiting measure is more immediate and tangible than the engraving of genuine parts with unique and identifiable marks, as an Epilog laser system can readily provide.
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Time Flies: NASA to Test Deep Space Atomic Clock
The improved timepiece is expected to benefit spacecraft navigation and operational efficiency.
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Watch: Robots Developed to Think and Plan Abstractly
Research teams from Brown University and MIT are attempting to help robots think and plan abstractly.
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Presto Engineering Addresses IoT Chip Security with Secure Manufacture and Test Service
The company's comprehensive manufacturing and test service is tailored to ensure IoT chips are made to high standards of security.
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Video: Watch a Maker Create a Pair of Harry Potter-inspired Spectre Specs Goggles
Using the Adafruit Neopixel Goggles and some 3D-printed parts, Luna Lovegood’s iconic glasses were brought to life.
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Video: Cockroach Robot Can Run, Jump, Climb and Fall from Great Distances Without Getting Hurt
Harvard Researchers have developed a centimeter-scale robot based on an insect everyone hates.
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A New Family of DC-DC Converter Modules for Railway Applications
Vicor Power has introduced a family of high-power DC-DC converters specifically developed for rail transportation.
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Mozilla Launches Raspberry Pi-based Internet of Things Gateway
The platform allows one central board to run consumers’ smart home devices.
