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Bringing the IoT to Water Utilities

A highly scalable network of wireless IoT sensors is under development for water metering and management.

Video: Mistbox Keeps AC Units Cool While Saving Money and Energy

Mistbox is a connected device that attaches to an AC unit and uses evaporative cooling, or mist, to pre-cool the intake air going into the AC.

Low Power, Low Cost 32-bit Microcontrollers

The devices enable developers to minimize power consumption, board space, and development time.

New Alloy Captures More Sunlight in Solar Cells

A new alloy that collects near-infrared light shows promise for a new type of concentrator photovoltaic collector.

New Findings Say Universal Memory May Depend on High Speed of RAM and Capacity of Flash

A team of researchers from MITP’s Center of Shared Research Facilities has found a way to control oxygen concentration in tantalum oxide films that are produced by atomic layer deposition. The films could be used as the basis for new forms of nonvolatile memory.

Biosensor Tattoo Combines Artistry and Health Monitoring

Could a tattoo tell the wearer when something is amiss with his or her health?

Phaseflex® is Now Compatible with the R&S ZNBNT20 Multi-Port VNA

W.L. Gore & Associates (Gore) announced that Rohde & Schawarz is endorsing Gore® Phaseflex® Microwave/RF Test Assemblies to use with the R&S ZNBT20 multiport VNA.

New Kit Enables Wireless Charging up to 80 Feet Away

Powercast has announced the P1110-EVAL-01 development kit that contains items manufacturers require to design wireless devices incorporating wireless power technology.

New Series of Projectors for Rental, Education and Corporate Industries

Epson has introduced their new display solutions for projectors used in rental and staging, corporate, education and instillation markets. The BrightLink® Pro 1470UI, BrightLink 710UI and PowerLite® 700U short-throw laser displays and Pro L-Series projectors have Espon’s 3LCD technology and combines laser light source.

Polymer Electrolytic Capacitor Has a 1,000-hour Life Option

The off the shelf device is used in decoupling in DC-DC converters or as hold-up capacitors for energy storage

Democracy Reigns on the 'Pinterest of Microfluidics'

A new open-source website designed by MIT is a free repository of designs for lab-on-a-chip devices.

Video: ‘K-Eye’ Facial Recognition System Developed for Smartphones

K-Eye can recognize the user's face, differentiate between a real face and a photo, allow the user to check information about others through a database, and it does all of this using low power.

New Alarm Clock Can Connect With Smart Home Devices

Palo Alto Innovation is launching their new clock, the Sandman Doppler, on Kickstarter.

Video: New Plug Turns Your Home into a Smart Home

intelliPLUG is a small, affordable, Wi-Fi enabled smart plug that lets you turn your home into a smart home.

Ultra-Miniature Gas Sensors Developed for Smart Cities and Smart Home

The sensor is small enough to be integrated into mobile devices, wearables and the Internet of Things

Wireless SoCs Enable Advanced Infotainment, Telematics and Wi-Fi Gateways for the Connected Car

The chips supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, V2V and V2I capabilities

Graphene Transistors Could Lead to the Fastest Computers Yet

If this new graphene transistor is successful, computers could run a thousand times faster while using just a hundredth of the power.

Interconnect with Swage-mount PCB Pins

Mill-Max is adding six new offerings for interconnect applications to its line of swage-mount printed circuit board pins.

Video: New Play Dough Kits Teach Kids about Electricity

Dough Universe is made of three different play dough kits kids can play with and create light, sound, and movement, all while learning about electricity.