Lens-free smart microscope diagnoses meningitis

Together with medical equipment firm Horiba, French research lab Leti has created a automated diagnosis system for meningitis, based around a simple lens-free microscope and a tablet computer. The lens-free microscope is physically simple (see demonstrator photo) and consists of a light source and a pin-hole, both mounted ~50mm above an image sensor – in this ...

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BCD and Atlantik merge

D     BCD Microelectronics, the Basingstoke semiconductor distributor  has merged with Munich distributor Atlantik Elektronik.. The new company will be named BCD-Atlantik. BCD-Atlantik remains an independent company but will combine resources from both companies. BCD are 27 years old this year and Atlantik is 40. “Our merger with Atlantik Elektronik strengthens our position in ...

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Silicon needle injects drugs without pain

French semiconductor lab Leti has used deep etching to created micro injection needles for Swiss firm Debiotech. The idea is to allow injections without pain, with the final injecting short enough (720μm high, 220μm diameter) not to contact nerves (see photo of model). Construction involves etching 80μm diameter holes 800μm deep from the back of ...

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Qualcomm grabs MediaTek’s China slots

Qualcomm has ben grabbing China market share, reports Digitimes, getting its Snapdragon processors into handsets at MediaTek customers Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Meizu. MediaTek’s response is reported to be a move to TSMC’s 12nm process in Q4. It is said that MediaTek’s lack of a Cat 10 modem has reduced both its market share and ...

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Enigma gold

An Enigma cryptography machine has been bought in a Romanian street market for €100 and later sold at a Bucharest auction for €45,000. Enigma machines were distributed in Romania by Germany when Romania was on Germany’s side in WWII. Later it switched to the allies. It is assumed there may be other machines undiscovered in ...

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Cyber hack could cost $120bn, says Lloyds.

Lloyds, which has a 20-25% share of the cyber insurance market, says that a major cyber attack could cause over $120 billion of potential losses and that many organisations are under-insured. In a report co-authored with risk-modeller Cyence, Lloyds finds that: The WannaCry ransomware attack in May cost $8 billion across 100 countries, says Lloyds. ...

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