A solar-powered suitcase has won the 2019 Edison Award for Social Innovation. The Solar Suitcase was originally developed by the We Care Solar project and this third reiteration was enhanced by Arrow. In many developing nations, mothers and babies are put at risk in delivery rooms due to either lack of electricity or sudden power ...
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Semiconductor industry revenues were $474.6 billion in 2018, says Gartner, representing a 12.5% increase from 2017. 2018 growth was weaker than 2017’s 21.9% due to memory growth slowing to 24.9% versus 2017 growth of 61.8%. “Despite slowing growth, the memory market was still the largest semiconductor market, accounting for 34.3% of revenue,” says Gartner’s Andrew Norwood, “this ...
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2018 sales of manufacturing equipment were up 14% to an all-time high of $64.5 billion in 2018, from $56.62 billion in 2017, says SEMI. For the second consecutive year, Korea claimed the largest market for new semiconductor equipment with $17.71 billion in sales, followed by China, rising to become the second largest equipment market for ...
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The fifth folding phone to see the light of day after Royole, Samsung, Huawei and Motorola comes from Foxconn subsidiary Sharp. The phone has a 6.18” 1440 x 3040 AMzoLED which, says Sharp, is capable of enduring 300k folds without degradation. Even Sharp calls it a prototype so presumably it’s a long way from the ...
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