A flexible wearable sensor might one day guide treatment for chronic (long-lasting) wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers or pressure ulcers. Researchers from Russian institute Skoltech and the University of Texas at Austin have created a prototype for such a sensor, and demonstrated it in a simulate wound environment where it measured three biomarkers, all of ...
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Infineon is shipping EiceDRIVER X3 Enhanced analog (1ED34xx) and digital (1ED38xx) gate driver ICs. These devices provide a typical output current of 3, 6 and 9A, precise short-circuit detection, a Miller clamp and soft turn-off. In addition, 1ED34xx offers an adjustable desaturation filter time and soft turn-off current with external resistors. These features combine to ...
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AI is too powerful for engineers to handle alone, is one of the conclusions of a study into autonomous systems and humanity people by the University of Texas at Austin. Instead, future designs must be guided by a broad range of societal stakeholders. Over 100 US autonomy experts were involved, whose work has been pulled together in ...
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Automation engineers have developed ingenious ways to mechanically singulate and orient parts in a feeder bowl.
Farnell has opened its Winter Games competition, giving customers access to exclusive weekly offers from market leading suppliers and fun online games with great prizes. Participants have the chance to win Amazon vouchers as well as the Winter Games grand prize, a £500 Apple voucher (or local currency equivalent). The Winter Games consists of two online ...
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As we always say, this is your chance to shape the destination of another Elektra 2020 Award. We are looking for readers’ votes in the University Research category. In this category, visitors to the Electronics Weekly website are invited to select the University research project which they feel will make the largest impact on the ...
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Graphene can make heat pipes work much better, according to Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Heat pipes, often seen in high-end PCs, are sealed hollow tubes that contain a liquid at a pressure than ensures part of it is vapour at the temperatures of interest. If you put one end of a heat pipe ...
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US defence company Gresham Worldwide has bought Dorset PSU and display company Relec Electronics. It already owns Wiltshire PSU maker Gresham Power Electronics. “We spearheaded the Relec acquisition with a view to gaining access to additional resources and products to increase the range of offerings and service levels that Gresham Worldwide could provide to its customers,” ...
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Yesterday Intel CEO Bob Swan (pictured) committed the company to having advanced manufacturing in the USA. That would have gone without saying three years ago but, with TSMC’s rise to pre-eminence in process technology, there has been speculation that it might put leading edge product out to foundry. “We have a wonderful business model called ...
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Ayar Labs has demonstrated a monolithic electronic/photonic connection on Globalfoundries’ 45nm process. This is a step in providing chip-to-chip optical connectivity at scale for applications like AI, HPC, cloud, telecoms and aerospace. Over the last 18 months, Ayar Labs has been working with select semiconductor manufacturers, systems builders, and end users on co-design partnerships. The ...
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