The California Institute of Technology has created a planar optical phased array that can form images without a lens. “With our system, you can selectively look in a desired direction and at a very small part of the picture in front of you at any given time, by controlling the timing with femtosecond – quadrillionth ...
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Using liquid metal connections, North Carolina State University engineers have designed a flexible thermoelectric energy harvester. The proof-of-concept is intended to provide energy for wearables. “We wanted to design a flexible thermoelectric harvester that does not compromise on the material quality of rigid devices yet provides similar or better efficiency,” said Professor Mehmet Ozturk. “Using ...
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Leaders of the UK’s top engineering businesses are calling for urgent action on tackling the sector’s shortage of women at an event to mark today’s International Women in Engineering day.
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JTAG Technologies has introduced a JTAG/boundary-scan test hardware interface for multiple interconnects in ATE systems using MAC Panel connection systems. The module provides an interface between the test firm’s PXI and PXIe DataBlasters to the MAC panel ‘Scout’ connection system. Designated JT 2147/eDAK, the module employs the firm’s QuadPod active interface. It provides four independent ...
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ST is to raise $1.5 billion in a convertible bond issue. The company will also redeem its 2019 convertible bonds and buy back shares. The new bonds will mature in five and seven years. The five year bonds will not pay interest. The seven year bonds will pay interest of 0.5%. Settlement is expected to ...
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125.5 million wearable devices will be shipped this year, says IDC, marking a 20.4% increase from the 104.3 million units shipped in 2016. IDC expects the wearables market will nearly double before reaching a total of 240.1 million units shipped in 2021 – a five-year CAGR of 18.2%. Watches: IDC anticipates that watches will account ...
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AMD’s EPYC server chip is driving a rise in AMD shares. EPYC out-performs Intel’s server processors in performance and power and has managed to create an EPYC ecosystem containing server OEMs, ODMs and cloud infrastructure providers. EPYC, which is a scaled up version of its PC CPU Ryzen, beats Intel’s best server processor in memory ...
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Based on its SMART7 thin wafer process , Infineon has introduced two high-side power switch families PROFET+2 and High Current PROFET. The SPOC+2 multichannel SPI high-side power controllers will follow within a year. “In this decade, we have delivered one billion PROFET+ switches, the predecessor family to PROFET+2,” says Infineon vp Andreas Doll, “the SMART7 ...
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