MIT has found a way for robot arms to change the point at which they grip an object by gripping loosely, and letting it slide as it is pushed against a wall or other solid object. The challenge is not trivial, as that object can not only be pushed straight against the surface, but can ...
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Murata has announced the PQU650 series of open-frame, 650W-rated ac-dc power supplies. The firm claims its PQU650 series offers the highest power-density product on the market, with forced air- and convection-cooled ambient ratings. The power supplies offer standard features including wide output voltage adjustment range, auxiliary power rails and a high transient capability. Measuring 6×4″ ...
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Only eight lithography masks to create a low-power custom logic chips, compared with 20+ for CMOS, is the claim of Nottingham-based fabless chip start-up ‘Search For The Next’ (SFN). As such, production lead time is reduced – the target is two weeks by December 2020, according to company CEO David Summerland. Using just those eight layers, he ...
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Analog Devices’ STEM outreach programme is initiated and run entirely by employees at all levels of the organisation. From the company’s robotics competition, to introducing its in-house designed “superhero story” book to both English speaking schools and as gaeilge (in Irish) to Gaelscoileanna, to inspiring local teenagers to participate in the Young Scientist exhibition, to ...
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Nu Quantum, the Cambridge quantum photonics startup, has achieved a £650,000 pre-seed investment round. The over-subscribed round was led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with participation from IQ Capital, Ahren Capital, Cambridge Enterprise and Martlet Capital, the investment arm of Marshall of Cambridge Group. The raise follows eight years of research at the Cavendish Laboratory at ...
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sureCore, the Sheffield low-power SRAM IP specialist, says its PowerMiser low power SRAM IP is now available for designs targeting the Samsung 28nm FDS process. “As the low power IC design and SRAM IP standard products leader, we’re responding to more and more enquiries about the low power consumption capabilities of silicon-on-insulator technology,” says CEO Paul Wells. ...
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Lattice is sampling its MachXO3D FPGAs for secure system control which have received the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP) certification. CAVP validates that critical MachXO3D cryptographic algorithms are compliant with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), the U.S. federal government’s standard for cryptographic software. By complying with both the ...
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In February, NEC is to launch a MediaPlayer for digital signage based on Raspberry Pi. The MediaPlayer software comes pre-installed on NEC´s Raspberry Pi Compute Module at no additional charge, delivering customisation suitable for digital display boards in retail, digital menu boards, leisure and corporate communication applications. The SoC MediaPlayer can be integrated inside any ...
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TDK Ventures, the VC arm of TDK set up last July, has made its second investment. The investment is in Wheels, an operator of e-bikes. Wheels was founded by brothers Joshua and Jonathan Viner as a shared electric micromobility platform that connects dockless electric bicycles. The Wheels e-bike is an e-bike with a seat with ...
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The Japanese National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has developed and demonstrated the first large-scale optical switching test bed capable of handling one petabit per second optical signals – that is 1015bit/s and “equivalent to the capacity to send 8K video to 10 million people simultaneously”, according to the lab. Low-loss MEMS optical ...
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