UK EV battery research centre moves to latest cell size

UK electric vehicle battery research production line Amplifii has upgraded to accommodate 21700 Li-ion cells. These cells, 21mm diameter and 70mm long, are considered a better compromise between active electrode mass, passive structure mass and thermal performance than the common 18650 (18mm 65mm) size – Tesla is switching from 18650 to 21700. Amplifii (‘Automated module-to-pack ...

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More Samsung execs arrested

Five senior execs have been arrested at Samsung for attempts to cover up accounting scandals, reports the Nikkei. Korea’s regulator accused Samsung Biologics of a $4 billion accounting fraud by over-valuing its research unit. The latest exec to be arrested allegedly ordered servers and laptops to be buried under the floor of Samsung’s Incheon factory ...

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Raspberry Pi makes HomePod work with Spotify, Pandora etc

Andrew Faden has come up with a tutorial on how to get a HomePod, which Apple has limited to playing iTunes, to work with Spotify, Pandora and other voice assistants. Faden calls the transformed HomePod a ‘BabelPod’. You’ll need a Raspberry Pi Zero W ($34.50 for a Budget Pack), or a larger and more expensive ...

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PM to open London Tech Week today

London Tech Week opens today and the Prime Minister is expected to announce £1.2 billion worth of foreign investment in the sector. Speaking at London Tech Week, the Prime Minister will make a number of ambitious commitments that will ensure the UK remains the largest tech hub in Europe. Investments totalling £1.2 billion  include: £153 ...

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IC can detect cancer from a drop of blood

Toray Industries of Japan may have done what scandal-hit Silicon Valley firm Theranos failed to do – found a way of detecting cancer from a single drop of blood. Toray has developed an IC that can detect certain microRNA that occurs with cancer. Cancer cells  produce different kinds of microRNA which are specific to a ...

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Molecular motors control spintronics

Researchers  at the Institute for Molecular Science, Riken, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Suranaree University and Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology fabricated a novel solid-state spin filtering device that sandwiches a thin layer of artificial molecular motors (Figure 1).   Because the artificial molecular motors demonstrate 4 times chirality inversion by light irradiation ...

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