Triboelectric clothing is breathable for comfort

Electro-spun fibres are a promising candidate for cloth-based tribo-electric nanogenerators (TENGs) according to the University of Fukui. Electro-spinning involves drawing solutions of polymers into fibres using electrical charge. The researchers have developed an all-fibre composite layer TENG that can be integrated with normal cloth. “With our work, we are aiming to provide a new point of ...

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Infineon improves 100V mosfets with OptiMOS 6

Infineon is aiming at high switching frequency applications dc-dc converter applications such as telecom and solar with its OptiMOS 6 family of 100V mosfets. Compared with OptiMOS 5, the company is claiming: Rds(on) better by 18% Qg x Rds(on) better by 29% Qgd x Rds(on) better by 42% “In a 600W, 36-60V to 12V zero-voltage switched buck-boost converter, OptiMOS 6 in SuperSO8 ...

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UL Approved cables from Northamptonshire

Nicab of Northamptonshire can now UL-certify the cable and wire harness assemblies that it makes in-house. To do this it achieved UL ‘traceability accreditation’, joining other companies that are audited four times a year to maintain authorisation to put UL Certification labels on product packaging. “We are incredibly proud of this achievement, which is a continued ...

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Liquid metal pump works by surface tension

A drop of metal that is liquid at just above room temperature can be used as a pump in microfluidics, according to researchers at the University of New South Wales Sydney. Gallium and gallium alloys are suitable. These “are attractive materials due to their unique electrical, thermal and fluidic properties,” according to the university. They ...

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IBM builds 127qubit chip

IBM has developed a 127 qubit chip called Eagle which, it claims, can’t be simulated by a traditional supercomputer.  To simulate Eagle you would need more classical bits than there are atoms in every human being on the planet, says IBM. ‘We had to combine and improve upon techniques developed in previous generations of IBM ...

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Government expected to announce new probe into Nvidia-Arm tomorrow

Tomorrow, the government is expected to announce a Phase 2 investigation into the Nvidia-Arm takeover reports the Sunday Times. The Phase 1 probe by the Competition & Markets Authority reported that it had “serious competition concerns” about the proposed deal. As well as competition concerns there are national security issues to be resolved. The EU ...

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NEVs, BEVs and PHEVs

Total global sales of NEVs (New Energy Vehicles) for the first three quarters of 2021 (January-September) reached 4.2 million units, with BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles) in particular accounting for 2.92 million units, a 153% YoY growth, according to TrendForce. Total sales of PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles) on the other hand, reached 1.28 million units, ...

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Imec and Glaxo hook up for bio-manufacturing

A collaboration between Glaxo Smith Kline, the pharmaceuticals giant, company, and Imec aims to create disruptive new solutions for the pharmaceutical sector. The partnership follows a year of explorative collaboration and research leading to promising preliminary results. It will focus on specific R&D and biomanufacturing projects. In R&D, Glaxo and Imec will explore how nanotechnology ...

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Kymeta, Intelsat demo satellite-enabled 5G services

Kymeta, a satellite communications company, has partnered with Intelsat, the satellite services provider, to demo satellite-enabled 5G connectivity for mobile comms. The demonstration involved Kymeta’s electronically steered flat-panel u8 antenna using Intelsat’s integrated satellite and terrestrial network. The companies described it as the first test of its kind in a mobile environment. The demonstration was ...

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Menlo Microsystems announces second switch.

Menlo Microsystems has announced the formal qualification and production release of  its double-pole/double-throw (DPDT) switch for differential switching applications, including AI, ML,  GPzu/CPU, datacentre, ATE device interface boards and high-speed computer peripheral interfaces. “The MM5600 is an enabling technology for the production test and characterization of a broad number of next-gen high-speed digital interfaces,” says ...

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