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Two New Photocouplers Reduce Threshold Input Current by 20%
The new photocouplers are housed in small, 2.3mm (max) low-height packages and meet various international safety standards, including UL1577 and EN60747-5-5.
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New 17-Qubit Superconducting Chip for Quantum Computing Launched
Intel announced the launch of a 17-qubit superconducting test chip for quantum computing to QuTech, Intel’s quantum research partner in the Netherlands.
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Sulfur is the Key to Safe Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
A team of Penn State engineers has developed a different type of lithium-sulfur battery that could be more efficient, less expensive and safer than today’s lithium batteries.
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Lighting the Way for Kids' Electronics Projects
With individually-addressable LEDs and millions of color combinations, the ZIP Halo is Kitronik's latest micro:bit compatible product.
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Watch: Slash System Power Usage with TI's New Fully Integrated Switch and Sensor Monitors
Two new multi-switch detection interface (MSDI) devices from Texas Instruments consume up to 98 percent less system power than conventional discrete solutions. The TIC12400 and TIC12400-Q1 are the first switch and sensor monitors that directly interface with resistor-coded switches.
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New Wearable Sensor Ring Can Detect External Threats to the Wearer
Joseph Wang and his colleagues at the University of California, San Diego wanted to develop a portable, affordable and wearable sensor that would detect external chemical threats.
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Today in History: NASA's 100th Space Shuttle Flight
On October 11, 2000, NASA launched the space shuttle Discovery and STS-92 launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
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Robotic Lawnmowers: Can They Cut It?
Robotic lawnmowers are being piloted in urban parks, and not merely to relieve humans from lawn labor.
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New Pro Capture Cards Support Video Resolutions up to 4096x2160 at 60 fps
Magewell has announced two dual-channel 4K models in its Pro Capture family of PCI Express capture hardware.
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How Smart Is Your Microwave Oven?
Microwave ovens are getting smarter, somewhat after the advent of other appliances.
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New USB Type-C Battery Pack for Portable Devices Released
Silicon Labs has introduced a comprehensive reference design to simplify the development of USB Type-C™ rechargeable lithium ion battery packs used to power smartphones, tablets, laptops, headphones and other portable devices.
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Short tutorial: Understanding RF isolator and RF circulators
RF isolators and circulators are passive components essential to modern communication systems. They act as traffic routers for RF signals, moving the signals to any desired place in the circuit.
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Happy High-Tech Halloween
Some costume ideas and inspiration for tech enthusiasts celebrating Halloween.
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The Next Dimension of Computer Chips is Here
Research collaboration between Osaka University and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology has used scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to create images of atomically flat side-surfaces of 3D silicon crystals.
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Standards Needed for On-orbit Robotic Servicing of Satellites
A new consortium is tasked with developing consensus-derived technical and safety standards for on-orbit servicing operations.
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New Generation of Pests are Resistant to Biotech Crops
Researchers at the University of Arizona in Tuscon have started to address this concern and discover why the pests adapted quickly in some cases, but not in others.
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An Introduction to Programmable Attenuator Systems
An attenuator is an electrical component that reduces the amplitude of a signal passing through it without significantly degrading the integrity of that signal.
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Bacteria has Been Developed to Self-Organize and Build Working Sensors
Researchers from Duke University have turned bacteria into builders of useful devices by programming them with a synthetic gene circuit.
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Researchers Have Modeled 5G Mobile Communication of the Future
Scientists from RUDN University have created a mathematical model of reliable microwave communication for cell phones and other devices.
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Connected Healthcare and the Internet of Medical Things
Applications for direct integration of the physical world into computer-based systems are now rapidly expanding in the medical and healthcare sectors.
