Alessandro Mascellino

About:

Alessandro Mascellino is a London-based freelance journalist focusing on emerging technologies. He graduated from City University of London with a bachelor's degree in journalism and is currently studying for an MA in creative technology. Alessandro is currently the editor for SHACK15, a blog focusing on artificial intelligence startups.

Articles

STMicroelectronics Acquires Silicon Carbide Wafer Specialist Norstel AB

STMicroelectronics (ST) has acquired Swedish silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturer Norstel AB, the company announced on December 2nd, 2019.

2 weeks ago
News

The Tiniest Radio-Frequency Antennas Yet — Designed Specifically for Wearable Electronics

Researchers at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Nano have created the tiniest radio-frequency antennas ever reported.

one Month ago
News

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Researchers Identify Critical Vulnerabilities in Billions of Electrical Devices

Researchers from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute have coordinated an international team and discovered a number of security vulnerabilities in computer chips.

one Month ago
Research

Transformative Electronics Systems to Revolutionise Wearable Applications

Researchers from the School of Electrical Engineering at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) have created a multifunctional electronic platform that can mechanically transform its shape, flexibility, and stretchability.

2 months ago
Research

Modulating Superconductivity in Superconductors

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has revealed a metallic microdevice that allows for superconductivity patterns to be defined and tuned by varying strain on the material.

2 months ago
Research

Samsung Electronics Claims Highest Capacity uMCP on the Market with LPDDR4X Chips

During the annual Samsung Tech Day 2019, the tech giant announced that they had started mass production of the 12-gigabyte (GB) low-power double data rate 4X (LPDDR4X) UFS-based multichip package (uMCP).

2 months ago
Product Highlights

Robotics and Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces Lab Partnership Results in Electrode-Based Artificial Skin Prototype

The EPFL's (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) Reconfigurable Robotics Lab and the Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces have partnered to create silicone and electrode-based artificial skin, which could be used to aid rehabilitation and enhance VR applications.

about 3 months ago
News

Cerebras Reveals 1.2 Trillion Transistor Wafer-Scale Processor for AI Applications

Silicon Valley-based startup Cerebras has designed a new chip—the Wafer Scale Engine, aka WSE—that contains about 1.2 trillion transistors.

3 months ago
News

Electronic Device Security Experts Weigh in on Insecure Electronics Use by the Military

At the end of last month, a report by the Pentagon's inspector general revealed the US Department of Defense (DoD) spent over $32.8 million in the 2018 fiscal year on electronics with known security vulnerabilities.

4 months ago
Interviews

High Voltage VIPer26K from STMicroeletronics for Low Power SMPS

Introducing a new member of the VIPer Plus family of devices, the new VIPer26K. It is designed for low-power, switched-mode AC-DC power supplies up to 15 Watts.

about 5 months ago
Product Highlights

Intel’s Pohoiki Beach CPU: The Next Milestone in Neuromorphic Chip Development

Intel’s second AI-powered chip, the Pohoiki Beach, is able to process data up to 1,000 times faster than a general-purpose CPU. The company announced the chip at the DARPA Electronics Resurgence Initiative Summit event in Detroit in July of 2019.

5 months ago
Product Highlights

What It’s Like to Be a Female Engineer in a Male-Dominated Field

June 23rd, 2019, marked the fifth anniversary of the International Women in Engineering Day. The campaign, which celebrates the outstanding achievements of female engineers around the world, was first launched in the UK in 2014 by the Women’s Engineering Society to celebrate their 95th anniversary.

6 months ago
Opinion

Replacing Copper Antennas for Wireless Communication with Flexible Carbon Nanotube Films

Antennas made of carbon nanotube (CNT) films would be as efficient and more robust than common copper antennas, according to new research by Rice University's Brown School of Engineering.

6 months ago
Research