Graphene balls climb the ladder to battery success

Continuing the industry’s love affair with lithium for batteries, researchers have found a way to avoid dendrites which grow on as the battery charges and discharges and which can degrade performance. Building on work began by Jiaxing Huang, professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, Jiayan Luo, professor of ...

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Look, no holograms: but still a moving image floats in space

US researchers are creating images in free space without using holograms. Instead, the team from Brigham Young University have created something like a 3D printer for the air. It uses a laser to trap a tiny particle of cellulose using spherical and astigmatic optical aberrations – a photophoretic particle trap – and then the same ...

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The imec view on: the next revolution in consumer technology

The fourth of a series of imec’s views on key aspects of IC technology looks at the next revolution in cosumer technology. Here is the paper: “Our experts are working on what will be the next revolution in consumer electronics,” says Paul Heremans (pictured) imec fellow & expert in thin-film electronics. “Books with moving images, curtains ...

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Samsung to put Exynos on the open market

Samsung is to put its Exynos mobile processors on the open market, says Digitimes. Currently a supplier of flash, DRAM and OLEDs for the phone market, Samsung will be able to offer a comprehensive technology solution including foundry. If priced attractively, such a solution would be compelling for mid-range smartphone producers. Mediatek, the No.3 player ...

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Element14 Community Awards winners

Farnell element14 has announced the winners of its annual Community Awards. They come in six categories: Member of the Year, Community Project of the Year, New Product of the Year, RoadTester of the Year, Top Project14 of the Year, and Top Ben Heck Submission. The winners of the element14 2017 Community Awards are: Member of ...

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GloFo readies 45nm RF SOI

Globalfoundrieses  says its 45nm RF SOI (45RFSOI) technology platform has been qualified and is ready for volume production. Several customers are currently engaged for this advanced RF SOI process, which is targeted for 5G millimeter-wave (mmWave) front-end module (FEM) applications, including smartphones and next-generation mmWave beamforming systems in future base stations. As systems move to ...

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Starter Kit for LimeSDR using Raspberry Pi

Lime Microsystems and  Seeed Studio have produced a Starter Kit for  the LimeSDR platform based on the Grove Platform and for use with the Raspberry Pi. The kit is priced at $249 (c. £180 / €200). It includes a LimeSDR Mini with antennas optimised for 433/868/915 MHz unlicensed bands, plus a GrovePi+ and a array ...

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