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China IC production forecast to show a strong CAGR

Editorial Team Feb 8, 2019 0

China has been the largest consuming country for ICs since 2005, but large increases in IC production within China have not immediately followed, according to data presented in the new 500-page 2019 edition of IC Insights’ ‘McClean Report—A…

3D Printing

3D printer uses rays of light to shape objects

Editorial Team Feb 8, 2019 0

A new 3D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes. Nicknamed the ‘replicator’ by the inventors, after the Star Trek device that can materialize any object on demand, the 3D printer…

Robotics

Meet the robot that can play Jenga

Editorial Team Feb 7, 2019 0

In the basement of MIT’s Building three, a robot is carefully contemplating its next move. It gently pokes at a tower of blocks, looking for the best block to extract without toppling the tower, in a solitary, slow-moving, yet surprisingly…

Computer/Machine Learning

Researchers use artificial neural networks to streamline materials testing

Editorial Team Feb 7, 2019 0

Investigators at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering have designed a machine learning system employing artificial neural networks (ANN) capable of extrapolating from data derived from just one sample, thereby quickly formulating and…

Trends

The digital marketing resolution for every online business

Editorial Team Feb 7, 2019 0

New research has revealed the top five digital marketing opportunities businesses are currently missing. A survey of 1,021 UK workers carried out by digital marketing agency, MarketingSignals.com, revealed that more than one in three (36%)…

Design

Software brings compression to smallest embedded computer system

Editorial Team Feb 7, 2019 0

A new lossless compression algorithm tailored to resource constrained systems, boosting performance of embedded systems, has been announced by SEGGER, with the SMASHv2. The software reportedly allows both compression and decompression on…

Automotive

Critical cyber security risks in the automotive industry

Editorial Team Feb 7, 2019 0

Application security provider, Synopsys, and SAE International, have released the report, ‘Securing the Modern Vehicle: A Study of Automotive Industry Cyber security Practices’. Based on a survey of global automotive manufacturers and…

Production

Hand soldering world champion crowned

Editorial Team Feb 6, 2019 0

The hand soldering competition from IPC returned to the United States with the first-ever IPC Hand Soldering World Championship and Rework Competition, held at IPC APEX EXPO 2019 in San Diego, California. Contestants representing Britain,…

UAV

Drones aid scientists in monitoring health of whales

Editorial Team Feb 6, 2019 0

For years, the only way scientist had to monitor the health of wild whales, was to get as close as possible on a boat, hold out a pole, and hope that they managed to snag a sample as the whale shot spray out of it’s blowhole. However,…

Software/Hardware

5 Questions For Designing an Effective Enclosure [INFOGRAPHIC]

Editorial Team Feb 6, 2019 0

Power resistor manufacturer, Cressall, has released an infographic explaining the essential questions to ask when designing an enclosure. The guide aims to support design engineers as well as resistor end users across all industries to…