Sensor e-skin powered by sweat

Sensing electronic skin can be powered by the sweat in its environment, according to the California Institute of Technology. “One of the major challenges with these kinds of wearable devices is on the power side,” said CalTech research engineer Wei Gao. “Many people are using batteries, but that’s not very sustainable. Some people have tried ...

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Digi-Key adds biometric technology for secure devices

In line with the increased interest in securing devices with authentication steps, Digi-Key Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Fingerprint Cards. The Swedish biometric company develops sensors for payments and access devices and systems, algorithms, software and hardware. Last year, the company announced it had shopped one billions sensors and launched the Biometric ...

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Icom-Scottech Ltd – Welcome Steve Drew to the management team as Business Development Manager

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We are pleased to announce the recent hiring of Steve Drew to the position of Business Development Manager in our sales department. Steve comes to us from Hampshire, relocating north to Darlington, from where he will be able to be mobile and cover the UK’s manufacturing requirement. He will be reporting to Managing Director Lee Jackson

Steve has a wealth of experience in serving customer requirements from his time in contract manufacturing and component supply. Steve will be a valued addition to Icom-Scottechs staff, allowing us to grow and invest further in our production capabilities and fulfill our current and new customers needs.

Please contact Steve via email on steve.drew@icomscottech.com for all your manufacturing requirements.

 

Better security, and machine learning, for Renesas RA MCU support software

Renesas has updated the ‘flexible software package’ (FSP) for its RA family of Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers. FSP version 1.0 adds security, connectivity, neural network, machine learning and motor control capabilities, as well as improving compiler, debugger, and development environments. “The security and connectivity enhancements permit developers to quickly create secure IoT endpoint and edge solutions for ...

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Avnet launches Detect and Protect Challenge

Hackster.io, an Avnet community, is joining forces with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and 12 leading technology companies to support the world’s developing countries in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Launching today, the COVID-19 Detect and Protect Challenge is calling on engineers to design low-cost and easily deployable software, hardware and services that ...

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Hynix Q1 is 6% up

Earlier today, Hynix reported Q1 revenue of $5.85 billion which was 6% up y-o-y. However its operating profit of $649 million was 41% down y-o-y. “There are a lot of uncertainties about the outlook for supply and prices for servers in the second half,” said Hynix CFO Cha Jin-seok. A slump in smartphone memory demand ...

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HighLite consortium to drive PV development

Within the framework of a new European H2020 project, nine research institutes and eight industrial partners across the whole value chain are collaborating on innovative solutions to produce silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules with higher performance, lower cost and better environmental profiles compared to commercially available modules. The HighLite project, coordinated by imec, a partner in ...

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