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If scientists can generate electricity from human feces, then some tomato waste shouldn't be a problem.

The Pentagon isn't the only organization inviting hackers to penetrate their system. For the past six years, Google has been encouraging researchers to find and report security flaws through its Security Reward Program. The company…

There are plenty of animals that have gained Twitter notoriety. Now we can add a flock of pigeons to the list.

Instead of drawing your blinds to get some privacy, what if you could just flick a switch and even adjust how much light you let in? Not impossible thanks to a technique developed by researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of…

Cypress Semiconductor introduced a Bluetooth Low Energy module solution that extends the range of Bluetooth to 400 meters, eight times that of current Bluetooth solutions. The new EZ-BLE PSoC XT/XR module’s extended range opens up the use…

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announced the joint release of power-efficient reference designs that drive 4K UHD over a USB Type-C connector. Lattice’s USB Type-C port controllers and MHL transceivers can easily be paired with…

AVX Corporation has extended its TWA-Y Series wet electrolytic tantalum capacitors with the addition of new, high CV 470µF/100V and 1,000µF/75V components. These components act as drop-in replacements for existing M39006-style wet tantalum…

Fairchild released its first 1200V silicon carbide (SiC) diode, the FFSH40120ADN, in its series of upcoming SiC solutions. The 1200V diode’s combination of superior switching performance, higher reliability and low electromagnetic…

M/A-COM Technology Solutions announced the MAOP-L284CN, a silicon photonic integrated circuit integrated with lasers (L-PIC) for a 100G transmit solution for CWDM4 and CLR4 applications. To meet the explosive growth of data traffic…

Pasternack debuts a new line of flexible precision VNA test cables rated to 50 and 67 GHz depending on the series. Designed for use as VNA test port extenders, these highly durable and flexible test cables are able to withstand the rigors…

Just a few weeks ago, Mastercard revealed its pay-with-selfie plan at Mobile World Congress in Spain. Now Amazon is on the selfie check-out bandwagon. The company filed a patent for a technology that would ask users to take two selfies…

If you were pleased to learn that you didn't have to vacuum anymore thanks to iRobot's Roomba autonomous vacuum, then you'll be equally as excited to learn that you don't have to mop anymore either. iRobot has just released the Braava…

With heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States, and while 25% of the people on the national U.S. waiting list for a heart dying before they ever receive one, researchers have been working diligently to discover…

A research team from South Africa and Italy has demonstrated a new kind of laser that can produce beams "with a twist" as its output. The outputs and superpositions of the new type of laser form a set of beams, called vector vortex beams.…

We hear about wireless charging a lot lately: electric vehicle makers are working on it, cellphones have become compatible, even furniture has the ability to wirelessly charge devices. There’s even some speculation that the next iPhone…