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In an attempt to improve vehicles' fuel efficiency, automakers are constantly on the hunt for newer and better methods and materials. A recent scientific development may just be the answer to boosting gas mileage. A recent report…

Self-taught software engineer Peter Roca was looking for a more pleasant wake-up experience when he decided to create one himself using Raspberry Pi and some wood he had lying around. The interesting aspect of his alarm clock is that…

Atmel Corporation launched the Atmel Internet of Things (IoT) Cloud Ecosystem Partner Program. The new program enables developers using Atmel SMART MCUs and Atmel SmartConnect wireless solutions to access Atmel’s market-leading ecosystem…

ON Semiconductor driving energy efficiency innovations, is expanding its highly-regarded 1/3-inch 1 megapixel (MP) image sensor portfolio with early sampling of the company’s first backside illuminated (BSI) sensor technology for the…

Mouser Electronics is now shipping the 9FGL PCI Express (PCIe) Clock Generators from Integrated Device Technology (IDT). The 9FGL family of clock generators are members of IDT's 3.3V low-power PCIe series and support both Common Clock (CC)…

Vishay Intertechnology announced that its RCP series of thick film chip resistors for high-power, surface-mount RF applications is now available in the compact 0505, 0603, and 2512 case sizes. The Vishay Dale devices offer very high thermal…

An entire "city" has opened within the the University of Michigan campus and its sole purpose is to test connected and driverless vehicle technology. Mcity is the world’s first controlled environment that was designed to test the …

An astronauts' health is a vital concern to space agencies like NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). As it turns out, something unusual happens to an astronauts' skin while they are up in space — it actually gets thinner. If…

University of California, Berkeley researchers are taking expiration dates to a whole new level. Imagine not having to check the dates on your perishables or take a whiff to make sure your milk has not spoiled. Well, UC Berkeley…

The future of weaponry may just lie within 3D printers. Well-known defense giant Raytheon has already been tinkering with 3D printed parts for a while and now they have figured out how to 3D print just about 80% of an entire missile.…

It's simply a magnetic connector that slips over your charging cable to make charging a phone or tablet even easier. How much easier can charging get, you ask? Well, a start-up company called ZNAPS  devised a new method for charging…

With all of the focus on aerospace technology and advancements that allow us to better explore the universe, is it really any surprise that rockets can soon be making their way to space powered by just beams of power shot at them from the…

IBM along with NVIDIA and two U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories today announced a pair of Centers of Excellence for supercomputing – one at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the other at the Oak Ridge National…

IBM Research revealed that solar and wind forecasts it is producing using machine learning and other cognitive computing technologies are proving to be as much as 30 percent more accurate than ones created using conventional approaches. …

Just about 85 years ago, Pluto was discovered by an ordinary farmer's son with an ordinary telescope. Now, after 50 years of planning, a NASA spacecraft has reached the planet.