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UniPro/UFS Protocol Analyzer and Exerciser Provides Quality Testing and Verification
The system helps test engineers working with high data rates or aggressive power management systems.
Itron Buys Comverge to Expand Its Utility Services
The acquisition combines a world-leader in gas, water, electricity, and smart cities solutions with a longtime leader of demand response, expanding the scope of smart grid offerings for the industry.
Creating Touchscreens with a Can of Spray Paint
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are turning unconventional surfaces into touchpads using simple tools like spray paint cans.
Bulk Cable Built to Withstand Harsh Environments
The cables can also be used for outdoor Ethernet applications.
World's Largest X-ray Laser Generates First Laser Light
European XFEL has generated x-ray light at a wavelength of 0.8 nanometers, 500 times shorter than that of visible light
Red Light, Green Light at Work
We’ve all been there: working feverishly in the ‘zone’ when John Smith from two cubicles away interrupts your rhythm with a question about your weekend. Also familiar: attempting to get back into that zone once John Smith has wandered away.
High Temperatures Can Create Graphene from Ethene
Scientists from all over the world have teamed up to create a new way to produce single layer graphene from simple ethane, otherwise known as ethylene—the smallest alkene molecule.
What are Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons?
Graphene has become a focus for many researchers due to the supermaterials superlative electrical, physical and chemical properties. Graphene armchair nanoribbons are a promising variant for semiconductor applications.
As Temperatures Increase, So Does Air Pollution—Thanks to Air Conditioning
Although it seems logical that increased air conditioning usage would mean higher levels of air pollution, that has not been the focus of most air pollution studies.
Investor Alert: Look to Cobalt
Cobalt is a metal in short supply, and Canadian financier Wayne Tisdale is set to capitalize on that trend.
Video: Plastic 3-D Printed Cube Can Manipulate Virtual 3-D Objects with Less Lag
Manipulating virtual objects in a computer program in three dimensions just got much easier.
Energy-Harvesting Laser Phosphor Display
Researchers have found a way to generate power from ambient light.
Protecting Eagles from Wind Turbines
The expanding role of wind turbines in energy generation may be good news for the environment but bad news for birds, particularly eagles.
Skip the Biopsy with Compact Endoscopic Fiber Probe for Cancer Diagnostics
A handheld multimodal imaging probe eliminates the need for a biopsy and tissue staining.
IBM Project Aims to Bring EVs Into the Power Grid
IBM and German grid operator TenneT will work with electric vehicle owners to make the capacity of their car batteries available to help balance the power grid.
Isolated High Voltage Outputs Directly Proportional to Input Voltage
American Power Design's J10 Series high voltage DC/DC converter offers an isolated output of up to ±6000 VDC that is directly proportional to the input voltage.
Wireless Device Able to See Through Walls to Measure Walking Speed
How fast you walk, considered by many to be a decent indicator of health, may predict cognitive decline, falls, and cardiac or pulmonary disease.
What Is the Real Cost of an Industrial Robot Arm?
The price of industrial robots has dropped more than 25 percent since 2014, and is forecast to drop an additional 22 percent by 2025. What is the real cost of an industrial robot arm?
Video: Learn How Bubbles Form Inside a Lithium-air Battery
Understanding how these bubbles form during discharges could improve air batteries that have three times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries.
New Sensor Increases Smartwatch Battery Life
Nearly 80 percent of the battery power in smartwatches is used up by the heart-rate monitor. But a new generation of sensors developed by EPFL startup ActLight consumes five times less energy.