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Ersa to exhibit at SMTA Long Island: Date/venue change

Editorial Team Oct 7, 2016

Kurtz Ersa North America, has announced plans to exhibit at the SMTA Long Island Expo and Tech Forum, scheduled to take place Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Long Island in Hauppauge, New York. Ersa’s team will highlight…

A&D

ABRACADABRA: Dark matter might come to light

Editorial Team Oct 7, 2016

MIT physicists are proposing a new experiment to detect a dark matter particle called the axion. If successful, the effort could crack one of the most perplexing unsolved mysteries in particle physics, as well as finally yield a glimpse of…

Computers

Algorithmically challenged computers cause of sterling plunge?

Editorial Team Oct 7, 2016

When the British pound fell off a cliff on Friday morning, it soon became clear what may have been responsible—the computers. Sterling plunged more than 6% in a matter of minutes, a flash crash that sent shockwaves throughout the…

Optoelectronics

Design suite provides multi-disciplinary simulations

Editorial Team Oct 7, 2016

Synopsys has announced the latest release of RSoft Photonic Component Design Suite, software for the design of photonic devices and components used in optical communications, optoelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing. Version…

A&D

Stellar cannon fire and superhot blobs detected by NASA

Editorial Team Oct 7, 2016

Great balls of fire! NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected superhot blobs of gas, each twice as massive as the planet Mars, being ejected near a dying star. The plasma balls are zooming so fast through space it would take only 30…

A&D

Space to grow: Going where no farmer has gone before

Editorial Team Oct 7, 2016

NASA is seeking plant varieties that could grow best in space, providing food for astronauts to eat on their way to future deep space destinations, including Mars. Teachers and students in South Florida recently began experiments to test a…

Optoelectronics

LED driver offers advanced dimming features

Editorial Team Oct 6, 2016

Providing programmable brightness for LED backlighting of portable devices, the AL3050 current-mode boost-type LED driver has been introduced by Diodes Incorporated. Its advanced dimming features, small solution size, low BOM-cost and high…

Automotive

In-vehicle mobility assistant: Multi-tasking made easy

Editorial Team Oct 6, 2016

Third Space Auto create intelligent applications for automobiles that enable people to do more while in the vehicle, using artificial intelligence to create applications that transform the way people interact with their content via their…

Smartphones

Getting an earful from your Doctor

Editorial Team Oct 6, 2016

Cupris Health has developed communication software and smartphone-connected medical devices that enable the remote diagnosis and management of patient conditions. The platform enables users to: capture clinical images of patient…

Featured

Pokédrone enables trainers to be the very best

Editorial Team Oct 6, 2016

TRNDlabs have announced their Pokédrone, specially designed for all Pokémon Go players, the drone gives trainers the tools be the very best, like no one ever was. To catch them, fly the drone to hard to reach areas, whether that be…