
Luke James
About:
Luke James graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a bachelor's degree in law in 2016, and he is currently pursuing a master's degree in law at the University of York. He's a freelance writer who specialises in law, cybersecurity, and compliance. Luke currently resides in the UK.
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The U.S. and Europe Are the Main Adoptees of 3D Printing Technology
Research from Ultimaker, the world leader in desktop 3D printing, in partnership with Savanta, released its inaugural 3D Printing Sentiment Index in November of last year and put the USA and UK in the top spots alongside Germany.
one Year ago
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Cadence and Broadcom Collaborate on Developing Semiconductors for Next Gen Industrial Applications
Cadence Design Systems is expanding its collaboration with Broadcom to create semiconductor solutions targeted towards next-generation wireless and industrial applications, broadband, and enterprise storage.
one Year ago
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Advancing AI Applications Through Neuromorphic Computing Research
The University of Sydney, in collaboration with UCLA and the Japanese National Institute of Materials Science, has developed a neuromorphic network that exhibits emergent brain-like behavior by resembling some cognitive functions.
one Year ago
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Imec Engineers Demonstrate 2D Material Potential for Scaling Logic and Memory Transistors
At December’s IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, imec, a world-leader in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, demonstrated an in-depth study of scaled transistors with MoS2 and best device performance to date.
one Year ago
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A Stretchable Battery That Finally Allows Wearables to Move with Their Users
Developed by Stanford Researchers, the experimental device, currently in its prototyping stage, promises to provide a safe and comfortable power source for use in electronics that must bend and contort with the human body.
one Year ago
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Support for AI Regulation in Europe and the U.S. Grows
Google’s Sundar Pichai, called for a sensible approach for the regulation of AI, an area that he thinks is too important for governments and regulatory bodies to ignore due to major developments in health tech and self-driving cars, among other things.
one Year ago
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Advances in Spin Currents Boost the Development of Compact Electronic Devices
Published in Nature Materials in early January, a recent discovery by Spanish researchers suggests that graphene-based heterostructures of the van der Waals class could be used to design ultra-compact and low-energy electronic devices.
one Year ago
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The National University of Singapore Demonstrates the Benefit of Oximeters For Medical Applications and Wearables
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore has created a new low-power, responsive, and reusable sweat pH monitor that they have prototyped as a ‘pH Watch’ add-on for wearable health monitors.
one Year ago
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Iowa State Experiments with a Nanoscale Sensor That Monitors Material Stress and Strain
Researchers from Iowa State University have developed a method that utilizes nanoscale sensors to build images and measurements of the stresses and strains placed on materials under high pressure.
one Year ago
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ON Semiconductor and Geniatech Partner to Develop Sensor to Monitor Working Environments
American Fortune 500 companies Arrow Electronics and ON Semiconductor have partnered with Chinese tech-giants Geniatech to develop a multi-sensor online wearable device MuSeOn 1.1, that will enable real-time monitoring of employees in their working environment as a new safety measure.
one Year ago
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CMOS Image Sensor Packagers Tong Hsing and Kingpark Merge
Taiwan-based companies Tong Hsing Electronic Industries Ltd and Kingpark Technology have announced plans to merge, seeking to achieve economies of scale by leveraging a wide product portfolio in the Taiwan marketplace and beyond.
one Year ago
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Infineon Enters Partnership to Improve Safety of Autonomous Vehicles with Image Radar Software
German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon has entered into a partnership with Oculii on radar software solutions that it says will have a big impact on improving the safety of Autonomous Vehicles.
one Year ago
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RAC03-K/GB Series: RECOM’S 3W AC-DC Energy Efficient Modules
With new IoT applications on the horizon in 2020 and beyond, RECOM has created a new high-quality, no-load power consumption, and cost-effective series of interconnected application modules having a minimal 1 x 1 inches footprint size which offers optimal standby mode.
one Year ago
Product Highlights
Maxim Integrated’s Family of CMTI Isolated Gate Drivers: Drive High Power Transistors
Almost every modern electrical system uses switching power supplies. Due to its low current digital signaling, a microcontroller is not considered to be efficient in driving high power transistors of power supplies. Therefore, a gate driver is used to amplify the microcontroller output before it is fed into the input of a high power transistor.
one Year ago
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Lattice and SiFive Collaborate to Better Enable FPGA Developers RISC-V Processor Access
Lattice and SiFive have recently announced a collaboration that seeks to provide developers with easy access to scalable processor core IP running on low power, small form factor FPGAs that could power millions of smart devices at the edge.
one Year ago
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Bosch Introduces Their Sensor Portfolio for Autonomous Vehicles
Finally, Bosch is entering the automated driving arena with its lidar sensors. According to the company, its sensor will be able to detect at close range and long-distance, covering automated driving at SAE levels 3 to 5 in both urban and highway driving scenarios.
one Year ago
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AImotive’s aiWare3P Neural Network Interference Engine Delivers Impressive Acceleration for Automotive AI
AImotive, a global supplier of scalable modular automated driving technologies, begins shipping the latest release of its aiWare3 neural network (NN) hardware interference IP to its largest customers.
one Year ago
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Adesto Technologies and STMicroelectronics Partner to Accelerate Time-to-Market for Emerging IoT Devices
Adesto Technologies Corporation has participated in the STMicroelectronics Partner Program for the optimization of the operations of emerging IoT devices by combining the STM32 line of microcontrollers (MCUs) and its non-volatile memory (NVM) mechanisms.
one Year ago
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University Spin-off AccelerComm Reduces 5G Network Latency Resulting in Significant Power Savings for Mobile Devices
University of Southampton spin-off AccelerComm unveils a breakthrough 5G cellular optimization technology that delivers the highest throughput and lowest latency forward error connection IP.
one Year ago
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Teraki Raises $11 Million in Series A Funding to Meet Data Challenges in Automotive and IoT
Teraki, a leading supplier of edge processing software for automotive and IoT industries, has secured $11 Million in Series A funding. The money will go towards developing solutions like the company’s Intelligent Signal Processing technology that enables efficient, faster, and more accurate applications and algorithms.
one Year ago
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Toray Industries Develops A Revolutionary Film for Flexible Printed Circuits
Tokyo’s Toray Industries announced in December that it had created a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) film that maintains the polymer’s dielectric characteristics, flame retardancy, and chemical robustness while still being thermally resistant at 40°C.
one Year ago
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U.S. Universities Form Quantum Information Edge Alliance to Break New Ground in Quantum Computing
A nationwide alliance of labs, universities, and industry leaders have come together to form the Quantum Information Edge alliance in a bid to advance the frontiers of quantum computing systems that are designed to solve urgent scientific challenges and maintain the United States’ leadership in the world of tech and information technology.
one Year ago
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A Method That Eliminates the Need for Batteries and Chargers in Wearables
Backed by a $367,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, an electrical engineering team at the University of North Texas (UNT) is developing a new self-powered wearable sensor that could be used in common wearable devices.
one Year ago
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North West England’s Primary Power Network Operator Sets Goal of Switching to Renewable Electricity by 2050
North West England’s power network operator has set out its vision to support the changing energy landscape, a move that will benefit millions of people and businesses throughout the region.
one Year ago
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Estonia and Finland Work Together to Build a Model of Smart and Sustainable Twin Cities for Europe
Co-financed by the European Union and the Estonian government, €32 million in funding for research into smart cities has been handed to the Tallinn University (TalTech) of Estonia and the Aalto University of Finland.
one Year ago
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Augmented Reality Used by University of Michigan Researchers to Improve Autonomous Vehicle Testing
With several fatalities already associated with them, autonomous vehicles have come under immense scrutiny. Since they began being tested on public roads in 2013, manufacturers have been trying tirelessly to show that they are as safe as vehicles operated by humans. Now, researchers are hoping to change public perceptions and build trust in them.
one Year ago
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SYSGO and STMicroelectronics Jointly Develop Platform for Secure Vehicle Connectivity
STMicroelectronics has recently announced a collaboration with SYSGO to demonstrate secure telematics solutions for the automotive market at CES 2020. The jointly developed Automotive Secure Gateway is based on ST’s Telemaco3P system-on-chip (SoC).
one Year ago
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ams Launches First Inductive Position Sensor for High-Speed Motors
The new and innovative AS5715 sensor IC from ams provides savings in cost, size, and weight when compared to the resolvers commonly used in vehicles today, and is set to disrupt a fast-growing market for electric vehicles.
one Year ago
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Sensing Module Developed by Purdue University Contributes to Machine Learning Precision for Manufacturing, EVs, and Smart Homes
Purdue University engineers have developed a new sensing technology that works with machine learning for precision data interpretation, and could improve machine learning precision for EVs, smart homes, and more.
one Year ago
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Picosecond Laser Provides New Insights to Elicit Useful Electronic Properties in Materials
Researchers in Canada have used laser pulses to record, frame-by-frame, how electrons react with atomic vibrations in solids. This could reveal new superconductivity mechanisms that may shed light on previously unknown properties of quantum materials.
one Year ago
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Tieto Partners with STMicroelectronics to Develop CCU Software for Automotive Processing Power and Cybersecurity Needs
STMicro and Tieto have partnered up to develop the ST Telemaco3P MTP which provides positioning hardware with ST’s automotive-grade multi-constellation GNSS Teseo IC and dead-reckoning sensors.
one Year ago
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TE Connectivity’s Thermal Bridge Technology: Go Beyond Conventional Thermal Management Methods
With TE Connectivity’s newest thermal bridge technology, the propagation of heat has become more efficient as compared to conventional techniques. This system can withstand incredibly high thermal resistance which fulfills the requirement of increasing power consumption by various modern systems.
one Year ago
Product Highlights
Renesas Electronics RL78 Prototype Board: Better Manage Motor Control in Consumer Electronics and Industrial Equipment
Renesas Electronics Corporation introduces low-cost and low-power RL78 Prototyping Board to enable faster product development for several kinds of IoT endpoint equipment.
one Year ago
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Basics of Instrumentation in Electrical Engineering
From automobile assembly to chemical plants and refineries—namely industries where automated process control is required—precise measurements are crucial. This article will introduce the basic concept of electrical instrumentation and some essential equipment for electrical engineers.
one Year ago
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An Improved Method for Electric Field Management in Multi-Channel AlGaN and GaN Power Transistors
Multi-channel power transistors have been given something of a shape up with a slanted tri-gate geometry. This improves electric field management in multi-channel AlGan/GaN power transistors, leading to higher breakdown voltage and lower on-resistance.
one Year ago
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Microsemi Le87536 Dual-Channel Differential Amplifier: Drive Signals with Minimal Power Dissipation
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) technology provides consumers high-speed internet connection (up to 8 Mbps), significantly higher than traditional modems with data speed of up to 56 Kbps.
one Year ago
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Analog Devices ADuCM4050 Power Microcontroller for Low Power Applications
ADuCM4050 microcontroller unit (MCU) by Analog Devices is an ultra-low-power integrated system that utilises an ARM Cortex-M4F processor. Applications for these components include internet of things (IoT), smart systems for agriculture, building and metering, sensor networks and more.
one Year ago
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Poll Demonstrates UK Citizen Support of Decarbonising Energy Methods to Heat Their Homes
A pan-European poll has revealed that citizens from across the continent, including those from the UK, support the decarbonization of energy methods—in the context of climate change—to heat their homes.
one Year ago
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The Key Insights We’ve Learned from the Annual State of European Tech 2019 Report
The 2019 State of European Tech Report, released in late November, highlights that tech continues to drive the growth of the European economy. Prepared by Atomico in partnership with Orrick and Slush, it reveals that Europe is set to receive more than $30 billion in tech investments this year.
one Year ago
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Xometry Parts Manufacturer Acquires Europe’s Largest On-Demand Manufacturing Marketplace
Xometry, a global parts manufacturer and the largest marketplace for on-demand manufacturing, accelerates its global expansion through the acquisition of Europe’s largest on-demand manufacturing marketplace.
one Year ago
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UK Power Networks Launches Global View of Vehicle-to-Grid Technology to Encourage Industry Collaboration
UK Power Networks (UKPN) has launched a new website that shows its global vehicle-to-grid (V2G) projects as the company goes “full throttle”, as they put it, in its support of the technology.
one Year ago
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A New Approach to Transistor Stacking Proposed by University of Michigan Researchers
Silicon integrated circuits are very quickly approaching the maximum workable density of transistors on a single chip. Now, a team of University of Michigan engineers has stacked a second layer of transistors directly on top of an existing silicon chip.
one Year ago
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The EU Sponsors a RISC-V European Platform for Space and Aviation Markets
A new European project called De-RISC is preparing a hardware-software platform based on RISC-V for the space and aviation market. De-RISC plans to create a market-ready platform for future space and aviation applications with European technology.
one Year ago
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Direct Thermal Charging Cell from Hong Kong University Converts Waste Heat to Usable Electricity
Hong Kong engineers have found a way to efficiently convert heat into electricity. This creates a huge potential to reduce CO2 emissions by converting low-grade waste to usable electricity.
one Year ago
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U.S. Startup Heliogen Improves Solar Thermal Systems Temperature Capability and Retention
Clean energy company Heliogen uses advanced computer vision to reflect sunlight onto a target. It is thought that this method could be used to replace fossil fuels in key industrial processes.
one Year ago
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Basics of Electronic Systems Troubleshooting for Engineers
Electronic systems troubleshooting is an essential skill for electrical engineers and hobbyists alike. Knowing where to look for issues—and what to look out for in general—can prevent both catastrophic failures and costly replacements.
one Year ago
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