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How Researchers Plan to 3-D Print Knee, Nose and Ear Cartilage
Researchers have discovered a way to print cartilage for knees, noses and ears with a new 3-D bio-printing ink that contains human cells.
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Samsung and Six Flags Roll out Virtual Reality Coasters
What if you could ramp up the excitement on your favorite roller coaster by transforming your surroundings into an even more pulse-racing, interactive environment? A partnership between one of today’s top display and smartphone manufacturers and the world’s largest regional theme park operator, makes it possible. The companies have announced the launch of nine virtual reality roller coasters across the U.S. through summer 2016.
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Will Robots Take Your Job?
It is predictable that robots will continue to take repetitive-task jobs. However they most likely will be coming after yours too.
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Sonar Tech Lets You Interact with Smartwatch by Writing on Nearby Surface
The technology, called FingerIO, tracks finger movements by turning your smart device into an active sonar system using its own microphones and speakers.
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XPoint Memory Chips Positioned for Rapid Adoption
Intel and Micron see SSDs and data-center servers as initial users of their new ‘3D cross point’ memory chips, which offer performance and pricing between DRAM and NAND flash.
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Power Semiconductors Outperform Conventional Switching Diodes
Littelfuse’s Schottky Barrier Rectifiers and Ultrafast Rectifiers target high-frequency switch-mode power supplies and DC-DC converters.
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Name A Fujipoly Product and Win A Prize
Fujipoly is giving viewers a chance to win one of three prizes, simply by naming a Fujipoly product.
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Researchers Produce Lightest Solar Cells for Portable Devices
MIT researchers claim to have built laboratory proof-of-concept version of the thinnest, lightest solar cells for powering the next generation of portable electronic devices.
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Samsung Launches Portable Multi-Terabyte SSD
The SSD is offered in 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities.
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Low Noise, Wideband RF PLLs Come with Integrated VCOs
Integrated wideband PLLs offer lowest phase noise performance.
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Reference Design Expedites Development of USB-PD Compliant Fast Chargers
USB-PD compliant fast chargers.
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Cisco Acquires Chipmaker Leaba Semiconductor
The $320 million cash transaction will boost the company’s networking portfolio.
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Intel Buys into Immersive Sports Technology
With its acquisition of Replay Technologies, the chipmaker gains technology that gives viewers a 360-degree angle of sporting events
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SMI Introduces Accurate Pressure Sensors for Medical Market
The sensor can also be used in the industrial and consumer electronics markets.
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Wearable Devices Turning to OLED Displays
Six out of every 10 wearable devices contained an OLED in 2015.
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Allegro MicroSystems Unveils LED Driver With Integrated Hall-Effect Switch
Allegro Microsystems’s A1569 LED driver IC integrates a Hall-effect switch to allow fault-tolerant LED lighting with minimal component count and cost.
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Wideband Mixer Delivers IF Bandwidth from DC to 6 GHz
Linear Technology’s LTC5548 mixer operates over a 2 to 14 GHz range, making it suitable for various microwave applications.
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300mm Wafer-Bonding MEMS Manufacturing System Launched by EVG
The equipment will replace traditional, smaller 200mm wafer substrates used in MEMS manufacturing.
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New Touchscreen System Allows for Three Screen Conference Rooms
The system allows for wireless content sharing as well as video and audio conferencing with up to 200 interactive video participants.
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McDonald’s Serves up Virtual Reality Experience
McDonald’s Sweden ups the ante on its Happy Meal toys with these Google Cardboard-inspired Virtual Reality headsets. Parents add the smartphone, and users download games like the newly-released “Slope Stars,” a 360-degree skiing experience, which the fast food franchise says inspires ski safety and family togetherness.
