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Ohmite Manufacturing Signs Global Distribution Agreement with Future Electronics

The global agreement includes affiliates ARCOL Resistors and Davies Molding.

Google’s Waymo has Been Working with Intel on Self-Driving Cars Since the Start

The two companies will continue to work toward Level 4 and Level 5 full autonomy.

7 Cool Tech Gadgets for Pets

A list of new devices for animals, from robots to smart collars to health monitors.

Transferring Both Power and Data, Wirelessly

A system that can simultaneously deliver power and transmit data rates high enough to stream video has been developed by researchers from North Carolina State University.

Batteries Beyond Lithium

An international team of researchers has outlined a strategy for designing practical “multivalent batteries” that improve on energy storage capacity and performance.

Developing Custom Solutions for Fiber Optics—It’s All About Relationship Building

For custom designs, much of the work begins at the brainstorming phase, mostly because designers can’t or don’t think of everything that goes along with developing specific fiber optic products.

Smart Lighting, Smart Home, Retail and Logistics Applications to be Demonstrated at Bluetooth Asia 2017

Telink Semiconductor will be demonstrating a number of applications for smart lighting, smart home, retail and logistics based on its devices at Bluetooth Asia 2017 conference in Shenzhen, China, September 26-27, 2017.

Video: New Four-axis Robot Arm for Makers Can 3D Print, Laser Engrave and More

The arm can be programmed via an app using a graphical interface.

Siemens Opens R&D Autonomous Robotics Facility in China

The company will work with universities and governments to establish new digital cities to meet challenges.

New Actuators Offer Haptic Feedback for HMIs

Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the PowerHap™ piezo actuators from TDK EPCOS.

Watch: 100% Solar-Powered Light and Power Source Launched on Kickstarter

Makers4Good have created HELIO, a solar-powered light and power source that provides power and light without electricity.

Flexible Supercaps Could Power Implants

The supercapacitor is viewed as an alternative to rigid batteries that must be routinely replaced.

Cellular Engines from Skyworks Power Machine-to-Machine Applications

The highly-integrated SkyOne® Ultra and diversity receive solutions enable 4G LTE connectivity applications.

Petabyte Scale 1U Server and JBOF from Supermicro

Density-optimized all-flash 1U storage servers and JBOF (just a bunch of flash) support 32 hot-swap non-volatile memory to deliver up to 1PB of high-performance storage in 1U of rack space.