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Wearable Computers Making a Fashion Statement
Smart watches announced last week by Samsung and Qualcomm are just the beginning of what's coming down the pike as the era of wearable computing enters a new phase.
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Chip Sales up for 5th Straight Month in July
July chip sales totaled $25.5 billion, the highest total of any month so far in 2013, according to the semiconductor industry association.
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Here Come the Smartwatches: Samsung and Qualcomm Launch the First Salvo
Samsung and Qualcomm introduced their new smartwatches today but analysts question whether these smartphone accessories are ready for primetime.
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Panasonic Tops List of Auto Infotainment Suppliers
Japan’s Panasonic remained the top supplier of automotive infotainment systems in 2012. Japanese companies dominated the rankings earning six of the top 10 slots.
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Medical Display Market Set to Grow 30% Over 5 Years
The market for medical-grade displays is set to grow rapidly over the next five years thanks to several factors, according to IHS.
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Microsoft to Buy Nokia’s Handset Business in $7.2B Deal
Deal seen as last ditch effort by Microsoft to prop up Windows Phone operating sytem.
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US Manufacturing Maintains Positive Growth
The ISM’s purchasing manager’s index increased in August to 55.7 percent from 55.4 percent the prior month marking the third consecutive month of U.S. manufacturing expansion and the highest reading this year.
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Strong Growth Forecast for Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Stations
Fast-charging technologies are driving the growth of the EV recharging market, with the number of stations established worldwide set to expand by a factor of over 100 by 2020
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Dylan McGrath Joins Electronics360 as Managing Editor
Veteran electronics industry editor joins Electronics360 as new managing editor.
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Test Drive: VW Turbo Li-ion Jetta Hybrid Offers Economy, Performance
Volkswagen’s 2013 Jetta Hybrid utilizes a compact Li-ion battery pack for a ride that’s half the cost of other hybrids coming out of Europe.
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Integrated-Motor Market to Expand by More Than 40 Percent in Five Years
Integrated-motor suppliers offering the compact motor type with built-in electronics can look forward to a 40 percent increase in total market revenue by 2017.
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Safety Benefits Fuel Interest in Driverless Cars
The auto industry is making progress toward the ultimate goal of autonomous cars, where drivers are redundant. These vehicles may start to appear on the road in about a decade.
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Eco-Efficient Auto Debuts in the EU
This month, an EU consortium of companies, backed with EU funding, debuted a novel prototype electric vehicle powered entirely by solar panels.
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Chip equipment orders slipped 4.6 percent in July
Book-to-Bill ratio declines to parity of 1.00 raising concerns at SEMI that this may signal a market shift.
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MIT Researchers Prototype Electronic Malaria Detector
Researchers at MIT have found a way to detect early-stage malarial infection of blood cells by measuring changes in the infected cells' electrical properties.
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MIT Researchers Develop a Rechargeable Flow Battery Without a Costly Membrane
MIT researchers have engineered a rechargeable flow battery that doesn’t rely on expensive membranes to generate and store electricity.
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Trimble Introduces Micro-LTE UHF RFID Module for Small Tag Populations
Trimble’s ThingMagic announced the introduction of Micro-LTE to its Mercury6e Series of embedded UHF RFID modules readers.
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First Solar Set to Be First Ever to Install 1 Gigawatt in One Year
The top-ranked company is expected in 2013 to become the first engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm ever to install 1 GW worth of solar or PV power systems in a single year.
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IBM Releases Wind and Solar Power Analytics Tools
IBM announced a new technology for the power grid that combines weather prediction and analytics to forecast the availability of wind power and solar energy.
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An Uneven Rollout of a Smarter Grid
Smart grid deployment is proceeding in fits and starts around the world, but growth is expected to be steady to strong for deploying key elements of a power grid in the coming years.
