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A team from Queens University's Human Media Lab has developed the world's first flexible smartphone that actually lets you feel like you're flipping through pages as you bend it. The simulation is the result of incorporated haptic bend…

Elon Musk wasn't content just producing electric vehicles for those of driving age, so he decided to venture out into the kids' realm too. With the help of Radio Flyer, the 80-year-old company known for its iconic red wagon, Tesla cars will…

Former military man and mechanical designer Ken Hampton has been playing around with DIY light sabers for over three years and has now revealed a patent-pending independent chassis that houses all of the electronics for hobbyists,…

There's a lot to be learned from nature, even in the field of technology. Scientists have been studying all kinds of animal habits to create bio-inspired technology, creating robots based on jellyfish, worms, chameleons, and even praying…

Ametherm announced that its ACCU-Curve series of interchangeable thermistors is now being stocked by Mouser Electronics. The components are available worldwide via Mouser's award-winning website, and its comprehensive resource catalogs.…

Avnet, Inc and Microsemi Corporation announced that Avnet has updated its design software on the SmartFusion2 KickStart Development Kit to offer a data security demonstration. The kit, sold exclusively through Avnet, is an entry-level…

Integrated Device Technology, (IDT), introduced an energy-efficient 24-bit sensor signal conditioner (SSC) IC designed for consumer barometric pressure and thermopile sensors. With an integrated 26-bit digital signal processor (DSP) for…

Remember that crazy hacker who crushed a $10,000 gold Apple Watch with magnets? Well, he's back again. At least this time he's only destroying an iPhone 6S, though. Ukranian YouTube user TechRax took a perfectly good iPhone 6S, melted…

Targeting mobile phones, wearable devices and similar battery-powered applications, the AP3405 DC-DC buck converter introduced by Diodes Incorporated delivers high efficiency under light and heavy loads. Operating with a fixed switching…

Atmel Corporation announced that Atmel’s maXTouch firmware development facility in Whiteley, U.K., has achieved the Automotive SPICE Level 3 certification—a certification that addresses rigid requirements for the software development…