Luke James

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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.

Articles

Better Late Than Never — Hannover Messe 2020 Has Been Postponed

Germany is gearing up for Hannover Messe, the world’s leading trade fair for technology, which this year will feature a strong focus on 5G, data, and climate protection.

one Year ago
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STMicroelectronics and TSMC Collaborate to Encourage Market Adoption of GaN Technology

STMicroelectronics and TSMC have announced that they are collaborating to further the development of Gallium Nitride (GaN) process technology and the supply of discrete and integrated GaN devices to the market.

one Year ago
News

Reimagining SoC: A 96-Core Processor is Developed from Six Individual Chiplets

At the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco last month, French research organisation CEA-Leti debuted its 96-core processor made out of six individual chiplets.

one Year ago
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Motiv Autonomous Pod Car Unveiled in London Promoted as the Future of Mobility

The Motiv, a city-focused electric quadricycle, has been designed to reduce traffic and meet stringent car safety standards.

one Year ago
News

Texas Heart Institute and UCLA Partner to Develop Wirelessly Powered Solutions for Cardiovascular Conditions

Doctors and engineers at Texas Heart Institute and UCLA come together to develop an advanced cardiac device.

one Year ago
News

U.S. Army Scientists Provide Deep Insights on the Chemical Structure and Internal Mechanisms of Batteries

Thanks to a ‘molecular eye’, U.S. Army scientists were able to look inside a battery and gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that occur inside and make them susceptible to combustion.

about 2 years ago
News

Celebrating the UK’s Longest Autonomous Vehicle Journey

The vehicle, which is equipped with GPS, radar, LIDAR, and video cameras, made its journey from Bedfordshire to Sunderland.

about 2 years ago
News

First Space-Qualified Ethernet Transceiver Unveiled by Microchip

The radiation-qualified Ethernet transceiver device enables expanded Ethernet connectivity for space applications.

about 2 years ago
News

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.

about 2 years 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.

about 2 years ago
News

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.

about 2 years ago
News

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.

about 2 years 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.

about 2 years ago
News

Nagoya University Designs the Shortest Wavelength Semiconductor Laser

Researchers say that they have created a laser diode that emits the world’s shortest lasing wavelength of deep-ultraviolet light, with potential applications in disinfection, dermatology, and analyzing gases.

about 2 years ago
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U.S. Start-Up Humm Develops the First Wearable That Improves Memory

San Francisco start-up Humm has launched a new headset, Edge, that is the first brain-stimulating headband to activate the portion of the brain responsible for learning and memory.

about 2 years ago
News

The European Commission is Considering a Ban on the Use of Facial Recognition in the EU

As regulators try to figure out how to ensure the privacy of EU citizens, facial recognition technology could be prohibited for use in public places for up to five years.

about 2 years ago
News

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.

about 2 years ago
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UK Readies to Implement ‘Digital Services Tax’ on Major Tech Corporations

UK chancellor Savid Javid has continued to insist that the UK’s proposed ‘digital tax’ on leading tech companies would go ahead despite pressure from the United States to back down.

about 2 years 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.

2 years ago
News

The World Isn’t Ready for Autonomous Vehicles

Significant efforts are being made to bring autonomous vehicles to roads across the world.

2 years ago
Opinion

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.

2 years ago
News

UK Engineers Develop the First Sensor-Operated Prosthetic Arm

University of Lincoln researchers in the UK have developed a prototype for a 3D printed and sensor-operated prosthetic arm that can be produced quickly and cheaply.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

Self-Healing Thermoelectric Material Enables Wearables to Be Perpetually Charged

A new stretchy, self-mending material is said to have the ability to utilize body heat to produce electricity, which in turn can be used to power wearable devices.

2 years ago
News

AV Navigation System Developed to Function Without External Infrastructure

Oxbotica and Navtech have recently announced their plans to jointly develop a radar-based navigation and perception system, due for launch this year.

2 years ago
News

NXP Unveils New S32G Automotive Vehicle Network Processors

The company claims that these new vehicle processors will mark a significant turning point in the way that vehicle architectures are designed and implemented.

2 years ago
News

Chinese Semiconductor Manufacturers Plan for 14nm Chip Production This Year

SMIC, Yangtse Memories, and ChangXin Memory are all said to be expanding capacity and moving towards more advanced 14nm nodes this year.

2 years ago
News

World’s ‘Most Efficient’ Battery Unveiled by Australian Scientists

Dubbed the world’s most efficient battery by scientists at Monash University, the lithium-sulfur battery is said to be able to enable an electric vehicle to drive more than 1,000km on a single charge.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

Polymer-based Gel Networks Hold Promise to Be Used in Various Applications

Researchers have used bond percolation to synthesize a highly ordered and flexible three-dimensional network made from a polymer gel.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

London’s Taxis Are Going Electric to Improve the City’s Air Quality

The very first 100% electric black cab has launched in London in the form of a converted Nissan van called Dynamo.

2 years ago
News

Intel Acquires AI Chipmaker Habana Labs to Scale Development

Intel takes control of Habana Labs in a $2 billion deal destined to accelerate the company’s efforts in the AI chip market.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
Product Highlights

Chinese Xiaomi Plans to Invest Billions in 5G, AI, and IoT

Xiaomi has made promises to invest more than 10 billion yuan in key areas over the next five years to further its growth ambitions.

2 years ago
News

SiFive and CEVA Partner to Expedite Machine Learning Processors to Mainstream Markets

SiFive and CEVA announce a new collaboration for the design and development of ultra-low-power domain-specific Edge AI processors,

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
Product Highlights

Stanford Develops a Particle Accelerator That Fits on a Silicon Chip

The particle accelerator makes use of lasers to speed up electrons in an etched channel.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

Murata Electronics and Google Team Up to Develop World’s Smallest AI Module

Murata Electronics and Google have joined forces to develop the Coral Accelerator Module, the world’s smallest AI module, in an easy-to-implement package.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

How a Cambridge-based Startup is Using Robotic Systems to Help with Invasive Surgery

Versius, which is helping NHS surgeons perform their jobs better, faster, and for longer, is poised to make keyhole surgery a more viable treatment option and bring its benefits to the masses.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

Arrangement of Atoms Measured in Silicene for the First Time

For the first time, physicists have been able to precisely determine the corrugated structure of silicene by utilizing a method that is also suitable for analyzing other two-dimensional materials.

2 years ago
News

U.S. Start-up Advano Offers Alternative Solution for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Advano, a New Orleans start-up, is scaling up its silicon nanoparticle production by using repurposed silicon from solar panels to produce better lithium-ion batteries.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

Chinese Manufacturer Wingtech Technology Gains Ownership of Nexperia

China’s Wingtech finally acquires Dutch semiconductor firm Nexperia, over one year since plans for the acquisition were first announced by Reuters.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

Swissbit AG Further Secures Its Manufacturing Base in Germany with the Opening of a New Electronics Production Facility

Swissbit, a data storage specialist, has recently officially opened its new state-of-the-art electronics production facility in Berlin.

2 years ago
News

Samsung and Chinese Baidu Set to Introduce Cloud-to-Edge AI Accelerator KUNLUN

Samsung Electronics and Baidu have teamed up to produce a new cloud-to-edge AI chip, Kunlun, which is set for mass production in early 2020, the companies announced in mid-December.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

Halide Perovskites Proposed as More Affordable Alternatives to Thermoelectric Materials

London-based researchers have developed new thermoelectric materials that could provide a low-cost option for converting heat into electricity.

2 years ago
News

Tohoku University Researchers Propose Replacement for SRAM with Low Power MRAMs

In early December, Japanese researchers demonstrated a high-speed spin-orbit-torque (SOT) magnetoresistive random access memory cell compatible with 300 mm Si CMOS technology.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

Tiny Ultrasound Sensor Could Replace Physical Buttons on Devices

UltraSense Systems has launched an ultrasound sensor-on-chip that it claims enables touch sensing through a wide range of materials, including metal, glass, wood, ceramic, and plastic.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

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).

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

CES 2020: The Newest Innovations and Breakthrough Technologies in Consumer Tech

In the first week of January, CES in Las Vegas will be back for its 50th year running, starting off the new year with a bang and showing us what we should expect in the next year of tech.

2 years ago
News

Yokogawa and TDK Sign a Distribution Deal to Extend Product Offerings in the UK

Yokogawa UK has signed a new deal with TDK-Lambda, an industry-leading provider of power supplies, to provide UK customers with easier access to TDK’s best-selling range of laboratory power supplies.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

Improvements in MRAM Capacity Allow Scaling for L4 Cache Applications

Improvements made in magnetic tunnel junctions have allowed a 2 MB magnetic random-access memory array to be scaled for L4 cache applications.

2 years ago
News

Austrian Researchers Develop Material for Sensors to Run on Autonomous Power

Austrian researchers have developed a new material, the most effective ever at turning heat into energy, which can be used to help sensors and other small devices run on autonomous power.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years 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.

2 years ago
Product Highlights

Larger and More Efficient Metalens with Potential to Revolutionise Numerous Types of Applications

Harvard researchers have developed a mass-producible, centimeter-scale metalens for VR, imaging, cameras, microscopy, displays, and virtually anything else that uses focused light.

2 years ago
News

Andes Technology Expands RISC-V High-End Processor Capabilities

Andes Technology Corporation’s new 8-stage superscalar processor balances high performance, power efficiency, and real-time determinism with RISC-V.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

German Town Uses 100% Renewable Energy as it Disconnects from the Power Grid

Bordesholm, a small German town in Schleswig-Holstein, has attracted international attention after disconnecting entirely from the power grid and relying on 100% renewable energy sources for a whole hour.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
Product Highlights

TSMC Discloses 3nm and 5nm Chip Production Plans

TSMC has been fast advancing its manufacturing processes. In early December, the company announced that it is on track to start 5nm production by Q3/4 2020 and 3nm production in 2022.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
Product Highlights

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.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

Molex Collaborates With logi.cals to Provide Next-Generation Solutions for Industry 4.0

In November, Molex announced its collaboration with logi.cals to empower the next generation of Industry 4.0 solutions.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

Panasonic Semiconductor Sold to Nuvoton Technology

Panasonic has announced that it will be selling its loss-making semiconductor business to Taiwan’s Nuvoton Technology.

2 years ago
News

British Supersonic Racing Car Bloodhound LSR Designed to Set Land Speed Record

British-born Bloodhound LSR is a jet-engine-propelled vehicle that has been designed with one goal in mind: setting a new land speed record.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

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.

2 years ago
News

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