Leti has developed a wristband that measures physical indicators of a range of conditions, including sleep apnea, dehydration and dialysis-treatment response. APNEAband provides real-time detection of sleep-apnea events caused by pauses in breathing or shallow breaths during sleep. The wristband measures heart rate, variation in the time interval between heartbeats, oxygen saturation levels in the ...

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Seokheun Choi, a researcher at Binghamton University,  researcher has woven microbial fuel cells charged by bacteria into a flexible fabric which could be used for clothing. Choi’s microbial fuel cells (MFCs) use bacteria to trigger reduction/oxidation reactions, which swap electrons between molecules to generate electricity. “Humans possess more bacterial cells than human cells in their ...

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Toshiba is sampling shipments embedded NAND flash memory products for automotive applications that are compliant with JEDEC UFS version 2.1. The products meet AEC-Q100 Grade 2[3]requirements, support the wide temperature range of -40°C to +105°C, and offer the enhanced reliability capabilities that are required by increasingly complex automotive applications. The devices  integrate NAND chips fabricated ...

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Farnell element14 has a range of LoRaWAN products from The Things Network. The Things Gateway, The Things Uno and The Things Node which enable users to create LoRaWAN internet of things networks quickly and easily. Using The Things Network Gateway you can setup a LoRaWAN network in just 5 minutes – you can then use ...

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Sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will increase 35.6% to $55.9 billion in 2017, says SEMI, marking the first time that the semiconductor equipment market has exceeded the previous market high of  $47.7 billion set in 2000. In 2018, 7.5% growth is expected to result in sales of US$60.1 billion for the global semiconductor equipment ...

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The Semiconductor Saga of the Year has taken another twist. Hong Kong hedge fund Argyle Street Management says it is talking to other investors about getting together to persuade Toshiba not to sell its memory business to a Bain-led consortium, but to IPO the unit instead. The $5.3 billion will be enough to cover Toshiba’s ...

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Delta and BMW i Ventures have made strategic investments in GaN Systems of Ottawa. GaN Systems plans to use the funding to expand global sales and accelerate product innovation. Today’s announcement follows previous investments from prominent backers including BMW i Ventures, BDC Capital, Chrysalix Venture Capital, Cycle Capital Management, RockPort Capital and Tsing Capital. “It’s ...

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SEGGER has presented a new embOS port for the Open Source RISC-V CPU architecture. In addition to embOS, SEGGER offers emWin to construct user interfaces, emSSL, emSSH and emSecure to secure internet communications, cryprographic and security libraries for encryption, code signing and authentication (digital signatures), embOS/IP, emModbus, emUSB-Host and emUSB-Device communication stacks for Internet and ...

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