Specific molecules can be detected with unprecedented sensitivity using plasmonics and nano-particles – “100 times more sensitive than current similar sensors”, according to the University of Bath. At the heart of the sensor is an array of gold discs – the nano-particles – deposited on a transparent substrate. A laser (~760nm) is used to excite ...
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Specific molecules can be detected with unprecedented sensitivity using plasmonics and nano-particles – “100 times more sensitive than current similar sensors”, according to the University of Bath. At the heart of the sensor is an array of gold discs – the nano-particles – deposited on a transparent substrate. A laser (~760nm) is used to excite ...
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Analog Devices is to collaborate with Chinese autonomous driving technology company to create high-definition (HD) maps for self-driving vehicles. As part of the deal, Analog Devices’ inertial measurement units (IMUs) will be used in Momenta’s L3 (automated driving level 3) freeway ramp-to-ramp solution and L4 full autonomy driving solutions, said ADI. “HD maps are a ...
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To support medical device manufacture, Staffordshire EMS firm AWS has qualified its quality management system to ISO 13485:2016. The recently revised standard places greater emphasis on risk management and risk-based decision making, in addition to changes related to the increased regulatory requirements for organisations in the supply chain, according to the company. “We strive to ...
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RevPi Core 3 is a DIN rail industrial computer based around Raspberry Pi’s quad core Compute Module 3 from German firm Kunbus. With four ARM cores, a 1.2GHz clock and 1Gbyte of ram, it offers a considerable processing upgrade over the firm’s earlier Revolution Pi (one core, 700MHz, 500Mbyte). The additional internal power consumption that ...
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Game theory, usually used to used to understand how economic agents decide and interact with each other in order to maximise their own gain, can be adapted to help robots to assist humans in a safe and versatile manner, according to researchers at the University of Sussex, Imperial College and Nanyang Technological University. The team used ...
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Causing a stir, and winning an innovation award, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the thing dubbed the ‘smart plank of wood’. Behind Mui, as it is actually called, is Kyoto-based Nissha. “Mui is a wooden device with built-in touch sensor and wireless sensor developed by Nissha,” said the firm. “By connecting ...
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A research team from Tohoku University described a 128Mbit spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive ram (STT-MRAM) with a write speed of 14ns at IEDM in December. It is aimed at embedded memory, such as for cache in IoT and AI applications. “This is currently the world’s fastest write speed for embedded memory application with a density over ...
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Japanese firm FDK is sampling an oxide-based all-solid-state surface-mount battery in the spring. It uses a high electrochemical potential cathode made from lithium cobalt pyrophosphate (Li2CoP2O7), which was jointly developed with Fujitsu Labs, to acheive a 3V output. “While applications using various batteries such as IoT devices and wearable devices expand and progress, the specifications ...
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Describing it as “the solution for every high-power application”, Panasonic has created HE-Y7, a relay that can handle 120A and 277Vac (1 Form A) at ambients up to 85°C in a 40 x 50 x 43mm. That said, this document describes the HE-Y7 as an 800Vdc relay, while the HE-Y5, HE-Y6 are described as 277Vac, so check if this is important. I ...
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