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Skyworks Announces Next-Generation of SPDT Switches

Skyworks has announced its newest family of high power SPDT switches.

AI Creates Synthetic Fingerprints

Researchers successfully fooled a touch-based authentication system in their trials of the fake fingerprints.

New Resistors Designed for Medical Equipment, Laser Systems and Pulse Generators

New Yorker Electronics has released RCD Components' miniature 300 W non-inductive, low-profile chassis mount resistors in both the CM300 and CM300L series.

Vishay Intertechnology Announces New EMI Suppression Film Capacitors

The new devices will serve as EMC filters for automotive and industrial power inverters.

Sensors Help First Responders Triage in Mass Casualty Scenarios

The patent-pending suite of sensors, called VitalTag, monitor and wirelessly transmit vital sign measurements such as heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate and other metrics.

Jaywalking AI Mistakenly Shames Woman in Advertisement

Artificial intelligence designed to shame jaywalkers in Ningbo, China, has backfired in recent days by misidentifying a woman in an advertisement on the side of a city bus as a jaywalking culprit

IoT-Connected Beer Coasters, Smart Tags and Bar Scanners

Robiotic showcased its new IoT-connected beer coasters, bar code scanner and smart tags this week at the IoT Tech Expo in California.

Engineers Are Turning Data into Sound

Composers, programmers and engineers are combining art and science to create a better understanding of all types of data through sonification.

Kent Police to Abandon Crime-Fighting AI Software

As algorithms that help predict when and where a crime might occur gain a foothold in law enforcement agencies around the world, one of the first agencies to adopt the technology in England is now gaining notoriety for being one of the first to subsequently abandon it.

Emerging Arguments Against Microchipping Employees

As more companies consider microchipping their employees, arguments against the trend are emerging from both employers and trade unions in the United Kingdom.

Watch: Robot Hand Has Sense of Touch Thanks to New Electronic Glove

Stanford engineers have developed a glove that gives robots a sense of touch.

Researchers Are Calling for a Universal Genetic Database

Vanderbilt University researchers are calling for the construction of a universal genetic database that could help law enforcement agents locate criminals.

Team at Work on Technology that Simulates Dead Loved Ones

Researchers from the Shree Devi Institute of Technology are working to develop technology that would make it possible for the living to communicate with the dead — at least digitally.

Purdue Researchers Develop Tech To Get Roads Back in Service Faster

Purdue researchers have developed a technique that removes the guesswork from determining whether or not a recently repaired chip-sealed road is ready to return to service.

Google and the Allen Institute Develop AI that Finishes Sentences

An artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of finishing sentences has been developed by Google and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

Study: Video Chat May Stave Off Loneliness, Sadness in Senior Citizens

Because social isolation and depression in senior citizens can often accompany changes such as the loss of a spouse or a family member moving far away, it is estimated that roughly 5% of adults age 50 and over are likely living with depression. That estimate inspired researchers from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon, to determine whether any of the communication technologies available today might combat such depression.

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