Toray plans 2020 volume production of elastic film for displays

Toray Industries has developed an elastic film that recovers its original shape and size after folding and rolling. Applications include displays and wearable devices. Toray is developing mass-production techniques for launch in 2020. Recent years have seen the emergence of foldable and rollable displays and wearable devices on clothing or directly on the skin that ...

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UKESF and Dialog launch award for female STEM students

The UKESF and its partners have promoted gender parity in engineering this year with scholarship awards for female undergrads in STEM. Electronic engineers are in high demand, yet there remains a significant gender imbalance in the sector. Indeed, only 12% of the UK’s engineering workforce is female. This year, the foundation teamed up with The ...

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Nordic Thingy:91 IoT prototyping kit available at Rutronik UK

Nordic Semiconductor’s multi-sensor IoT prototyping kit Nordic Thingy:91 is now available at Rutronik UK. Designed for IoT applications based on the nRF9160 SiP (system-in-package), the kit features the nRF52840 for short-range radio connection and a range of sensors and interfaces, designed for rapid prototyping and proof of concept. It’s suitable for applications including logistics and ...

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CareerTech challenge invests in adults at risk of job displacement

Nesta and the Department for Education have launched the £5.75 million CareerTech challenge. The challenge aims to find “cutting edge innovations that will equip adults across England with the right tools and skills to find rewarding future employment”. With one fifth of UK workers currently in occupations that will be affected by automation over the ...

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Mistubishi Electric cobots announced for Q1 2020 launch

During a press event at its Hatfield branch on 15 October, Mitsubishi Electric unveiled the Melfa Assista series of collaborative robots, or “cobots”. The machines are designed to offer safety and durability combined with ease of use and programming, while maintaining high positional repeatability. Mitsubishi stressed, however, its cobots are not designed to replace its ...

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ON Semi and AImotive hook up on autonomous cars

ON Semiconductor and AImotive, are to work together to develop prototype sensor fusion platforms for automotive applications. The collaboration will help customers explore  integrated solutions for future generations of sensor data conditioning hardware platforms. The companies plan to develop a series of hardware platform demonstrators, combining ON’s latest HD camera and radar sensor and pre-processor ...

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Subtle facial recognition technology

Fujitsu and Carnegie Mellon have developed an AI facial expression recognition technology that detects subtle changes in facial expression with a high degree of accuracy. Figure 1: Shows the relationship between AU and facial expression. Figure 2: Developed Technology One of the obstacles for facial expression recognition technology is the difficulty in providing large amounts ...

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Infineon to sample 77GHz radar auto MCU in 2022

Infineon intends to sample a new member of its automotive microcontroller family AURIX in 2022. TC3A will address new automotive 77 GHz radar applications such as high-end corner radar systems for advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving. Features include a new signal processing unit, 6MB of SRAM memory dedicated to radar and four TriCore processors running ...

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Screw-less PCB terminals rated for 130°C

CUI has introduced push-button screw-less terminal block connectors operating across 40 to +130°C. There are horizontal types TBLH10‑350 TBLH10‑500 and vertical types TBLH10V‑350 TBLH10V‑500 As a size example, TBLH10‑350 is 14.2 x 8.5mm, length is up to 46.2mm, depending on pole count Pitch choice is 3.5 or 5.00mm – the names give the game away, and the ...

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