Artificial intelligence has allowed a hummingbird-inspired robot to manoeuvre like the real thing, according to Purdue University, which is searching for a way to make smaller drones. Due to the way conventional aerodynamics work, according to the university, drones can’t be made infinitely smaller as they can’t generate enough lift to support their weight – but ...
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Agile Analog, a two year-old Cambridge analog IP company, announces it has closed its latest Pre-A funding round with Delin Ventures, firstminute Capital and MMC Ventures for $5 million. Agile Analog will use the funding to expand the existing engineering team in Cambridge and deliver analog IP products to a wide range of waiting customers. ...
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Imagination has joined SiFive’s DesignShare ecosystem, giving system designers easy access to its PowerVR GPU and neural network accelerator (NNA) IP cores. The PowerVR GPU will be the first fully-featured GPU supporting the Vulkan applications programming interface (API) available via the DesignShare ecosystem. DesignShare reduces the upfront costs of acquiring IP for System-on-Chip (SoC) prototyping. Imagination’s PowerVR Series8XE GPU ...
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SK Telecom CEO Park Jung-ho and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (pictured) have signed an MOU for cooperation in ICT, including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud. Under the MOU, SK Telecom and Microsoft will combine their technological capabilities in areas such as 5G, AI and cloud to jointly promote IoT business including smart factory; AI ...
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Neuralink, Elon Musk’s start-up which is pioneering links between the human brain and computers, has raised $39 million of a planned $51 million funding round, according an SEC filing. Two years ago, an SEC filing said that Neuralink had raised $29 million in a planned $100 million funding round. The company’s projected links between the ...
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Holst Centre, founded by Imec, has developed a new large-area optical fingerprint sensor that is over 70% transparent – making it ideal for integrating on top of LCDs, allowing a wider range of display applications to incorporate biometric security. The idea of integrating fingerprint scanners into displays is increasingly common in smartphones. These applications place a ...
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Seeed Studio has produced a stripped down version of its Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi – at half the price – called the “Grove Base Kit for Raspberry Pi”. The Grove Base Kit is an RPi HAT aimed at Pi freshmen. It has less sensors than the Starter Kit but adds sensors for motion, moisture, ...
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