Amazon's Jeff Bezos bets on India with $3 bn investment
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has pledged to invest $3 billion in India, in a big bet on the growth of online shopping in the fast-growi ...
How 4D simulation can help construction projects come in on time—and on budget
Montreal's Turcot Interchange. Credit: Photo by abdallahh (Flickr Creative Commons) Massive public transportation infrastructure projects a ...
Deep learning helps to map Mars and analyze its surface chemistry
UMass Amherst researchers will apply recent advances in machine learning, specifically biologically inspired deep learning methods, to analy ...
US team gives graphene a tuneable bandgap
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) says it has shown that hyperthermal ion implantation (HyTII) can be an effective means of doping graphene with nitroge
GM wants to keep steering wheels pedals in self-driving cars
General Motors chief executive Mary Barra came out strongly Tuesday for regulations requiring the retention of steering wheels and foot peda ...
You are not as anonymous as you think online
Credit: Wikipedia You may not be anonymous as you think you are online; reveals a new study published on Frontiers in ICT. Your browsing be ...
New tool could help investors pick the clean energy project right for them
In 2013, Serbia announced its goal of having 27 percent of the country's power be generated from renewable sources by 2020. Hitting that tar ...
UNIST introduces the world to the smart urban vehicle concept
An illustration of smart urban vehicle concept, developed by a UNIST design team is expected to debut next year. Credit: UNIST Ulsan Nation ...
Towards building next-generation batteries using a pigment electrode
Crystal structure of Prussian blue and its analogues. Credit: (c) Toyohashi University Of Technology Calcium ion batteries (CIBs) have attr ...
Researchers find weak spots in Europe's 'Right to be Forgotten' data privacy law
This distribution of the topics most often associated with links delisted by Google under Europe's Right to be Forgotten law are serious and ...
Embedded nanoparticles create ‘smart glass’
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a method by which light emitting nanoparticles can be embedded into glass without losing any of their properties. The team claims this is a ‘ma
Semiconductor market to ‘grow slightly’ by 2018 says WSTS
Global sales of semiconductors in 2016 are predicted to amount to $327billion in 2016, slightly down from 2015, with growth returning in 2017 and 2018.
PolyU invention makes 3D mapping more accurate
This new technology allows monthly updates and handling of massive data and can cater for the needs in the big data era. It can be used in t ...
Computing helps with the complex design of modern architecture
The impressive computer aided design of the atrium at Melbourne’s Federation Square. Credit: Shutterstock/ChameleonsEye In 1960, when the A ...
Millennials still consume news but on their phones survey finds
Roger Fidler, the retiring program director for digital publishing at RJI, conducted a national survey of 1,000 smartphone users to better u ...
Germany demands tougher rules on emissions testing
Germany says new rules should compel carmakers to make an argument upfront for the presence of emissions test defeat devices in their cars ...
Flight of the RoboBee
2016-06-07 22:00:12Flight of the RoboBee
Inspired by the biology of a fly, with submillimeter-scale anatomy and two wafer-thin wings that flap almost invisibly, 120 times per second ...
Energy crowdfunding: the new way to boost renewables
Credit: Daria Nepriakhina It's a brand new sector: the first steps date back to 2012. Today energy crowdfunding is a way of financing solar ...
Safety—or profit? The booming business of CCTV and safer streets
The link between CCTV and safety is weak; the link with commerce is stronger. Credit: Flickr/Ashley/Jakub Geltner, Sculpture by the Sea, 'Ne ...
Chairperson needed for Compound Semi Catapult
Following the earlier announcement by the Chancellor, Innovate UK is in the process of establishing a Catapult focused on compound semiconductor applications. This is intended to help industry to expl
Apple hopes to spark its developers' enthusiasm
Next week, one of the biggest Silicon Valley-area events of the season will occur. No, it's not the potential Game 5 of the NBA Finals, as t ...
Solar-powered airplane's flight to New York City postponed
The latest leg of a solar-powered airplane's around-the-world journey has been postponed due to weather conditions. ...
Viacom owner throws up hurdle to Paramount sale
In a move that further undermines Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, the company's controlling shareholder said Monday it amended Viacom's bylaws t ...
Finns to bury nuclear waste in world's costliest tomb
Olkiluoto nuclear power plant on the island of Eurajoki, western Finland Deep underground on a lush green island, Finland is preparing to b ...
Zuckerberg hacking serves as reminder to change passwords
In this Feb. 27, 2013, file photo, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles. News that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's rarely use ...
Facebook gets in game-streaming with Blizzard
Later this month, people will be able to use Facebook accounts to log in to Blizzard Entertainment computer games such as "World of War ...
ARM provides ‘simplified access’ to EDA tools
ARM has expanded its DesignStart initiative to offer easier access to EDA tooling and design environments from Cadence and Mentor Graphics. The new partnership, announced at DAC 2016 in Austin, is sai
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg loses control of social media
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg briefly found his Twitter account hijacked, as were at least two of his other social media accounts. ...
EU ignoring diesel pollution despite VW scandal: NGO
Anti-air pollution lobby Transport & Environment released its scathing report one day before the EU's 28 transport ministers meet in Lux ...
Union: New airport towers must be remodeled before opening (Update)
Two state-of-the-art airport towers due to go into operation this fall in San Francisco and Las Vegas are designed for electronic tracking o ...
Facebook founder's Twitter account briefly hijacked
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg briefly found his Twitter account hijacked. ...
High court rejects Google's appeal in class action lawsuit
The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from Google over a class action lawsuit filed by advertisers who claim the internet company displayed ...
EnSilica ports µC/OS-III to eSi-RISC core family
Micrium’s µC/OS-III real time operating system (RTOS) has been ported by EnSilica to its eSi-RISC processor core family. In addition, Micrium’s range of communication software has been ported to the E
The story of the nosebleed decline of the newspaper industry told in pictures
Employment in the information industries. Credit: US Bureau of Labor Statistics The impact of the Internet on the newspaper industry has be ...
New synthetic models with the electromagnetic properties of human tissues
Phantom that simulates the electromagnetic properties of human tissues and organs. Credit: UPV Researchers at the Universitat Politècn ...
Valkyrie robot meets the public
Credit: Northeastern University Valkyrie landed at Northeastern on Wednesday, marking the first time that the 6-foot-2-inch, 275-pound huma ...
Why is the black box not stored in the cloud?
Professor David Stupples, City's Professor of Electronic and Radio Systems, says the time has come for the flight data recorder (FDR) and th ...
The robot Thymio is finding its niche in French schools
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Thymio, the teaching robot designed by EPFL and widely used in French-speaking Switzerland ...
Navy engineers develop futuristic next generation HUD for diving helmets
Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) lead engineer/senior electrical engineer William Hughes III demonstrates the Di ...
Transparent graphene electrode shows high performance
A research team, led by Professor Seunghyup Yoo from the School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST and Professor Tae-Woo Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University o
HaLow compatible radio supports up to 8000 IoT clients
A low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow radio solution developed by imec, Holst Centre and Methods2Business is said to use 10 times less power than orthogonal frequency division multiplexing radios on the
E.Net community to be developed by Cambridge Wireless
techUK is transferring management of its E.Net community to Cambridge Wireless with effect from 30 June.
Union: No room for old technology in new airport towers
Two state-of-the-art airport towers due to go into operation this fall in San Francisco and Las Vegas will first need extensive remodeling t ...
Rebranding move backfires on troubled media group
Tribune Publishing, which includes the Los Angeles Times and other large dailies, is searching for a new direction in an industry that is in ...
Education and health care are ripe for startups AOL co-founder says
Entrepreneurs who show up at AOL co-founder Steve Case's door begging for money better have more to show than an idea for a killer app. ...
Uber pilots 'upfront pricing' masks surge rate
In an effort to push more of its customers to carpool, Uber is experimenting with a version of its ride-hailing application that displays th ...
A security camera with no strings attached
We'd all sleep better knowing our homes were covered by video cameras. A video camera would also be handy so you could know whether your dog ...
A lesson in backups
2016-06-06 16:00:09A lesson in backups
Michael Friedman learned the hard way how important it is to back up computers. ...
Airbnb vows to root out home-sharing discrimination
Airbnb on June 3, 2016 said it is cracking down on racism after booting one home-sharing host for blatantly discriminating against a woman o ...
Virtual assistant Alexa boasts 1000 'skills': Amazon
Amazon said in a blog post that programs were developed specifically for the voice-commanded Alexa software used in devices such as Echo and ...
Nest CEO flies coop 2 years after $3.2B sale to Google
Tony Fadell (pictured) founded Nest with Matt Rogers six years ago, launching with a thermostat that synchs to the Internet and learns from ...
Microsoft wants Windows to open into mixed reality
Microsoft announced that Windows software is being opened to partners interested in building devices for "mixed reality" experienc ...
New devices wearable system aim to predict prevent asthma attacks
Researchers work with the HET system wristband. Credit: NC State University. Researchers have developed an integrated, wearable system that ...
Actuators inspired by muscle
2016-06-06 14:00:17Actuators inspired by muscle
In this image, VAMPs are shown actuated and cut open in cross section. The cross section shows the inner chambers that collapse when vacuum ...
Believe the hype? How virtual reality could change your life
VR is the buzz industry at Asia's largest tech fair, Computex, being held in Taiwan's capital Taipei this week. The island is hoping to beco ...
Urban planning tools synthesize and collect data to improve the quality of city life
Imagine your city as it might be in the not-so-distant future. ...
Samsung challenges Fitbit with $180 fitness tracker with GPS
In this Monday, May 23, 2016, photo, features on the Fit2 are demonstrated, in New York. The Fit2 has GPS tracking and records your running ...
Airbus presents 3D-printed mini aircraft
The world's first 3D-printed aircraft THOR on display in the Airbus booth at the International Aerospace Exhibition in Schoenefeld near Berl ...
Russian hi-tech spy devices under attack over privacy fears
Russian authorities and members of the public have lashed out at recent inventions such as a phone call interception system and a face recog ...
Manchester gets go ahead for £350million engineering campus
The University of Manchester has received planning permission for a £350million engineering campus. Announced last year, the campus is intended to transform the way in which the University educates fu
Titanium dioxide metalens may enable new optical applications
Researchers from Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated the first planar lens that works with high efficiency within the visible spectrum of light. According to
CPI supports Catapult Fellowship Scheme to develop printed antennae technology
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is supporting the High Value Manufacturing Catapult’s Fellowship Scheme to investigate the use of additive manufacturing technology in the commercialisation of
TTI to offer Smiths high rel connectors across Europe
Following a distribution deal, TTI is now offering Smiths Connector’s high reliability connectors featuring Hypertac hyperboloid contact technology across Europe. The agreement is said to build on a s
Survey calls for minimum security standards for IoT products
According to a survey conducted by research-driven security services company, IOActive, 85% of the senior security professionals surveyed believe that less than half of IoT products are secure.
Portable multiprotocol analyser/generator has ‘broad feature set’
Leading test equipment company Teledyne LeCroy has added the 780E multiprotocol analyser/generator to its quantumdata 780 series. The device features DisplayPort input and output ports, which the comp
Stratix 10 MX: 1 TBps On-Chip Memory Bandwidth in Single FPGA  EE Times
Having up to 16 GB of in-package memory with a bandwidth of 1 TBps is going to be a game-changer for a wide range of applications.
GUI development tool for PIC32 MCUs
A free development tool from Microchip is said to allow designers to develop GUIs for products based on its PIC32 microcontrollers.
Could light drive future transistors?
Light waves might be able to drive future transistors, according to research conducted by the Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) and theorists from
79GHz radar chip development partnership announced
Belgian nanoelectronics specialist imec and Infineon Technologies have entered an agreement to develop highly integrated CMOS based 79GHz sensor chips for automotive radar applications. As part of the
Long range radio SoC has lowest power consumption
A low power wide area multistandard radio chip developed by imec and Holst Centre is said to consume less power than any other radio chip providing long range connectivity in sensor networks.
News Analysis: All change with phase change?
Phase change memory has been one of those technologies that appear to be within the industry’s grasp, only to fade away. And it’s not as if the technology hasn’t been pursued with vigour; work has bee
Interconnect resistance and device yield tackled with new production equipment
Looking to solve emerging problems with tungsten gap fill as process technology nodes get smaller, Applied Materials has launched two systems to address contact resistance and device yield. Volta CVD
Can a driverless truck be more like an animal?
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have looked to biology to help in the development of a driverless Volvo FH16 truck, which is being prepared for a demonstration in The Nether
Bonded wafers could enable large scale photonic integration
Large scale photonic integration will be essential to the development of single chip optical routers for future optical networks, says a team from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, which claims hybri
‘Three in one’ AWG said to meet wide range of user needs
Tektronix has introduced what it says is the first ‘three in one’ arbitrary waveform generator. With basic, advanced and digital modes, the AWG4000 series can be shared across design teams and meet a
M2.COM selects LoRa for long range comms
The M2.COM sensor platform, announced by Advantech in February 2016, will use Semtech’s LoRa communications technology to provide long range connectivity.
Software keeps track of where components come from
A software system developed by The Compliance Map is said to simplify origin tracking within a complex manufacturing supply chain.
Print functional PCBs ‘in minutes’
University of Toronto startup Printem has developed a system that is said to allow fully functional PCBs to be created using a custom designed film and any home or office printer.
‘First choice’ small footprint RTOS gets upgraded
Real Time Engineers has released FreeRTOS V9.0.0, said to be a drop in replacement for FreeRTOS V8.x. The release has new features, enhancements and new ports and demos.
Development tools to support STM32F7 range
STMicroelectronics has released entry level, mid range and high end development boards which support the latest additions to its STM32F7 MCU portfolio.
Optimised cryptographic solution for home automation
Oberon microsystems, a specialist in software engineering for the Internet of Things, and Cortus, a developer of low power, 32-bit processor IP, have come together to develop a fast cryptographic solu
DC/DC converters for automotive and IoT applications
A series of power supplies for automotive and on board IoT applications has been launched by Powerbox. Based on an integrated components platform and low profile planar magnetics, the ENA100 and ENA20
‘Gatekeeper’ material could act as optical switch
Researchers from the University at Buffalo’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have discovered that if a non periodic material is sandwiched between two boundary layers of material with a per
Fastest stretchable circuits are 25µm thick support wireless comms
A development made by engineers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison could lead to a more connected, high speed wireless world, as well as driving the development of the IoT.
Galileo PRS signal accessible via the cloud
In what is being described as a 'world first' the Public Regulated Service (PRS) of the new European satellite network Galileo has been delivered via the 'cloud', paving the way for it
element14 announces public availability of the BBC micro:bit
The BBC micro:bit is to be made available to buy in the UK by element14, the manufacturing partner for the BBC micro:bit project.
Industry 4.0 project launches aims to strengthen Europe’s industry
SemI40 – a research project led by Infineon Austria and involving 37 partners from five countries – has launched. The project – Power semiconductor and electronics manufacturing 4.0 – will research au
Rohde & Schwarz launches Scope in Space competition
Rohde & Schwarz has launched a competition to find the most innovative use for its recently announced Scope Rider, the rugged portable oscilloscope with lab performance. Ten shortlisted entrants w
Industrial semi demand set to grow following weakness in 2015
Industrial semiconductor revenues rose slightly in 2015, according to market researcher IHS, despite weakness in the overall semiconductor industry and in China, a major global consumer of industrial
UK developed anti UAV system gets US airport trial
According to the US FAA, it receives more than 100 reports each month from pilots and others who spot what appear to be unmanned aircraft flying too close to an airport or airplane.
Registration is open for EDS 2016
You can now pre-register to attend EDS 2016. The show, made up of the Engineering, Electronics and Embedded Design Show, returns to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on 19-20 October 2016.
Vision processor range said to bring x100 performance boost
Responding to increasing demand for higher resolution video imaging systems, Synopsys has launched the EV6 range of vision processors. The cores are said by the company to offer up to 100 times the pe
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Tensilica vs. Ceva in imaging/vision IP core battle
Tensilica vs. Ceva in imaging/vision IP core battle
MEMS market growth accelerating
LONDON – The deep penetration achieved by microelectromechanial systems (MEMS) sensors in consumer and mobile equipment will ensure that the ...
SEMI adds startup forum to Semicon West
LONDON – SEMI, the industry body or the semiconductor equipment and materials industry, has announced a half-day conference called the Silic ...
Intel research improves moisture-tracking in PCBs
Intel reads insertion loss to track moisture in PCBs
Case studies highlight temperature solutions for 3-D ICs
Case studies highlight temperature solutions for 3-D ICs
Indian chip industry body broadens remit
LONDON – The Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) has changed its name to the Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association.The name ch ...
Slideshow: Berkeley wields big data to beat cancer
BERKELEY, Calif. – Researchers showed progress accelerating the search for gene-based cures for cancer and expanding the field of computer t ...