A Japanese research engineer has created a thin flexible wireless charging array that can be cut to size with scissors in almost arbitrary ways. “You can do more than just cut this sheet into fun or interesting shapes,” said Ryo Takahashi of the University of Tokyo. “The sheet is thin and flexible so you can ...
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Using only resources built into a phone, University of Washington researchers have developed an app that uses inaudible sonar to monitor someone’s breathing rate, and can deduce when drug overdose has stopped breathing. Called Second Chance, it is claimed to detects opioid overdose-related symptoms ~90% of the time, and can track someone’s breathing from up ...
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Myrra 47000 and 48000 encapsulated fly-back switch-mode PSUs are available from distributor JPR Electronics. Case and encapsulation are to UL 94-V0. 47000 parts are PCB-mountable and range across 2.4-60W. Included are parts with VDE & UL approvals, CE marking and that meet class B EMC standards without any additional external components. Output are available between ...
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Flash capex is forecast at $22 billion this year, reports DRAMeXchange, which is a 2% drop on 2018 as supply continues to outrun demand. The 2% drop comes on top of a 10% capex cut last year. As a result, 92/96-layer 3D NAND products will only account for about 32% of the industry’s total output ...
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Specific molecules can be detected with unprecedented sensitivity using plasmonics and nano-particles – “100 times more sensitive than current similar sensors”, according to the University of Bath. At the heart of the sensor is an array of gold discs – the nano-particles – deposited on a transparent substrate. A laser (~760nm) is used to excite ...
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Specific molecules can be detected with unprecedented sensitivity using plasmonics and nano-particles – “100 times more sensitive than current similar sensors”, according to the University of Bath. At the heart of the sensor is an array of gold discs – the nano-particles – deposited on a transparent substrate. A laser (~760nm) is used to excite ...
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Analog Devices is to collaborate with Chinese autonomous driving technology company to create high-definition (HD) maps for self-driving vehicles. As part of the deal, Analog Devices’ inertial measurement units (IMUs) will be used in Momenta’s L3 (automated driving level 3) freeway ramp-to-ramp solution and L4 full autonomy driving solutions, said ADI. “HD maps are a ...
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To support medical device manufacture, Staffordshire EMS firm AWS has qualified its quality management system to ISO 13485:2016. The recently revised standard places greater emphasis on risk management and risk-based decision making, in addition to changes related to the increased regulatory requirements for organisations in the supply chain, according to the company. “We strive to ...
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Imec and TNO are showing the latest version of their health patch which, they claim, offers unprecedented comfort and a long battery life and can be manufactured at a fraction of the cost of previous generations. This makes it a user-friendly, disposable solution for ambulant patient monitoring. “A crucial technology improvement in this new generation ...
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Toshiba showed a 96-layer BiCS Flash chip with 4-bit-per-cell quadruple-level cell (QLC) technology. A single chip delivers 1.33 Tb (Terabits) while a single package with 16-dies stacked can deliver 2.66 TB (Terabytes). Toshiba is sampling its 1 TB NVMe single package BG4 series SSDs to PC OEM customers in limited quantities.
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