Waterproof pogo pins connect in soaking environments

Adam Tech Interconnects has created waterproof spring-loaded ‘pogo’ pins. Such pins, soldered through one PCB, allow them to connect to copper pads on another PCB, or to other conductive objects, with some tolerance to mating distance variation. “These DIP Pins are designed with an inner rubber seal and offer an IP rating to prevent moisture ...

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Sony to add subscription service to image sensors

Sony is to try and establish a data analytics service as an extension of its image sensor business. Recently Sony produced an integrated image sensor and AI processor. It can be reprogrammed remotely by wireless. Sony’s idea is to establish a subscription-based or licensing-based service which will interpret the processed data for customers’ applications. Sony’s ...

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First Chinese memories to be on the market in H2

China’s first domestic NAND chips will be on the market in H2, according to the co-CTO of Yangtze Memories, “We will have built a wide range of system memory products with our own brand for not only personal computers, enterprises storage, cloud computing solutions, but also to high-end smartphones, and to setup boxes, tablets, and ...

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FB hit by ad boycott

Over 90 companies have pulled out of advertising with Facebook because of the company’s attitude to taking down hate speech. Former advertisers which have pulled out include: PepsiCo, Honda, Levi Strauss, Bauer, Hershey’s, Coca Cola, Mozilla,Upwork, Dockers, lululemon, Magnolia Pictures, Birchbox, Ben & Jerry’s, REI, The North Face, Patagonia and Verizon. Facebook attracts ad revenue ...

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LoRaWAN HAT for Raspberry Pi

A LoRaWAN Gateway with RAK2245 Pi HAT on a Raspberry Pi 4 mini PC is described on Hackster.io by  Attila Tőkés. The RAK2245 is a Raspberry Pi HAT featuring a LoRaWAN multichannel concentrator module (SX1301) and a GPS module (Ublox MAX-7Q). There are multiple versions with support for all the major frequency regions (EU433, CN470, ...

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Tsinghua Unigroup to start on DRAM fab this year

Tsinghua Unigroup is to  break ground on a DRAM fab this year, accotding the the Nikkei, It will be China’s third venture into DRAM manufacturing.  Jinhua IC was abandoned when the US refused to send it equipment. Chanxin Memories, formerly called Innotron and before that called Hefei is said to have started production in Q4 ...

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Virgin Galactic completes second test flight of SpaceShipTwo

Virgin Galactic has successfully completed the second SpaceShipTwo test flight from Spaceport America, in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin in New Mexico. The company is specialising in human spaceflight for private individuals and researchers, as well as being a manufacturer of air and space vehicles. The flight marks a milestone toward the launch of ...

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Royal Society takes its Summer Science Exhibition online

This year, in the wake of Covid-19, the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition is going online. Running from 13 – 17 July, the free event aims to celebrate advances in science and scientific research. It features a week of interactive quizzes, creative challenges and a range of talks on science topics, including the science of ...

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