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Over the past few years we've seen a plethora of technological breakthroughs that can assist handicapped and disabled people. For example, bionic eyes, high-tech prosthetic limbs, and even brain software that lets people move their…

After an on-board fire grounded a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Heathrow Airport in 2013,  a safety review was put into action of all lithium battery-powered equipment on planes. The incident inspired a a team of researchers led by  University…

Lockheed Martin has just delivered NASA's InSight spacecraft to its launch site at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The lander will now undergo final processing in preparation for a March launch aboard a United Launch Alliance…

Netflix lovers, rejoice. Now you can create your own socks (with a bit of electrical expertise necessary) that will pause your shows once you fall asleep — so you never have to miss a moment. The DIY socks, found on Netflix's MakeIt…

A team of engineers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Harvard University have been working with reactive materials and have just figured out a way to 3D print with them. While reactive materials are found in so many places,…

Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3965, a LED bypass switching device that enables independent dimming and diagnostics of eight individual LEDs or LED segments. The LT3965 works in conjunction with a LED driver circuit…

Silicon Labs has introduced the TouchXpress family of fixed-function controllers, providing the fastest, easiest way to add low-power capacitive touch interfaces to embedded designs. Silicon Labs’ robust CPT007B and CPT112S TouchXpress…

Texas Instruments introduced the industry’s first integrated battery monitor and protector to measure 16 battery cells at one time. The bq76PL455A-Q1 provides highly accurate cell-voltage monitoring for large batteries with up to 256 cells…

Those little pictures we incorporate into our daily text messages just got an upgrade. A new mobile app now allows users to translate their voice into emoji language. SpeakEmoji, the voice-to-emoji translator, lets you speak into your…

Semtech Corporation and STMicroelectronics announced an agreement on Semtech’s LoRa long-range wireless RF technology. ST intends to use the technology to target Internet of Things (IoT) deployments by mobile network operators (MNOs) and…

Semtech Corporation announced that LoRa wireless RF technology has been selected by Schneider Electric for use in building monitoring solutions, electrical load switching devices, grid monitoring systems, HVAC controls and predictive…

Delivering the next generation of Gecko technology for the Internet of Things (IoT), Silicon Labs has introduced two new EFM32 Gecko microcontroller (MCU) families that provide advancements in security and energy management technologies.…

Microsemi Corporation announced the company has joined the OpenPOWER Foundation, an open technical membership organization based on IBM’s POWER microprocessor architecture founded in 2013 to enable data centers to rethink their approach to…

Linear Technology announces the LTC3106, a highly integrated, 1.6µA quiescent current 300mV start-up buck-boost DC/DC converter with PowerPath management, optimized for multisource, low power systems. The LTC3106 is ideal for powering low…

Keysight Technologies introduced multi-module synchronization for its M9703B AXIe high-speed digitizer/wideband digital receiver – increasing the total number of streaming and recording channels available with the M9703B. The new bundles…