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Samsung’s Smart Belt Health Tracker Funded Via Crowdfunding Campaign
WELT monitors overall health by measuring a user’s waist size, steps, sitting time and overeating habits with the help of the tracking technology stored inside the belt.
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Smart Home “Assistant” Aims to Manage Everyday Life
L.U.C.Y. is a 17-inch touchscreen display with a microphone, speakers and HD camera that learns homeowners’ preferences.
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Volvo and Autoliv Partner for Autonomous Driving Software
A jointly owned company will be created to develop ADAS and self-driving technology.
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New Ideas Arise for Virtual Reality Tech in the Workplace
VR actually helps companies save money when it comes to testing new technologies and enables trainees and students to quickly and intensively learn on-the-job skills.
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Square Kilometer Array: the World's Largest Radiotelescope
The $1.5 billion Square Kilometer Array will consist of 3,000 telescope dishes to produce radio images at high frequencies with an angular resolving power equivalent to a single 200 km wide dish.
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Xiaomi Looks for Clean Sweep in Smart Home With Robo-Vacuum
The Mi Robot Vacuum will compete against other robotic cleaners, such as the Roomba.
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TSMC and Renesas Team Up to Develop 28 nm MCUs for Autonomous Vehicles
The collaboration will result in microcontrollers ready for mass production by 2020.
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Littelfuse Completes Acquisition of Automotive Components from ON Semiconductor
Littelfuse has acquired several lines of TVS diodes, switching thyristors and IGBTs from ON Semiconductor to strengthen its automotive market presence.
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Heavy-Duty Connector Replaces Splices
Amphenol’s ATHD connector has size 12 contacts and can replace splices in industrial applications.
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Uber Plans All-Electric Car-Hailing Fleet in U.K.
The pilot program will involve using 20 Nissan Leaf vehicles to tackle pollution problems.
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Video: Department of Energy Produces World’s Largest 3-D-Printed Object
Oak Ridge National Laboratory creates special tool for Boeing.
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Sony’s 4K Streaming Service Powered by Intel Processors
Computers powered by Intel Core 7th-Generation processors will be able to access 4K content through the service.
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Digital Antenna Speeds Up Data Transfer, Improves Reception on Mobile Phones
Researchers have combined several antenna elements into a single antenna to speed up data transfer and improve reception and efficiency.
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Reference Design for Battery-Free, Solar-Powered Sensor Beacon
Cypress Semiconductor's CYALKIT-E02 reference design kit lets IoT developers easily create tiny, solar-powered sensor beacons that acquire and wirelessly transmit data in their surrounding environment.
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Explosion-Proof Linear Position Sensor Serves in Hazardous Areas
Balluff's Micropulse BTL7 TA12 carries worldwide Class I, Div 1/Class I, Zone 1 hazardous area approvals, for global applicability.
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Noise Filter Operates From 700 MHz to 2.5 GHz
TDK’s MAF1005G noise suppression filter features a high attenuation of cellular bands from 700 MHz to 2.5 GHz and can suppress the spurious emissions from these bands by up to 50 dB.
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Hirose, Harting Team Up on 10 Gbit Ethernet Connector Standard
Hirose Electric and Harting Electronics are leveraging their strengths in interconnection technology to develop a 10 Gbit ethernet connection standard.
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Dynamic Range and Gain Control: Simple Definitions, Complex Implications
The maximum/minimum ratio of a signal can be extremely wide, so there are special considerations when dealing with wide dynamic ranges.
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Zinc-Ion Battery Developed for Grid Energy Storage
A newly developed zinc-ion battery could better enable power grids to store renewable energy.
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Ultrasound Triggers Brain Function in Comatose Man
Ultrasonic pulsation used to stimulate brain function in comatose patient.
