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World’s first NFC payment ring powered by Infineon’s contactless security chip

Editorial Team Aug 23, 2016

Whether at the beach, on the daily jog, or at the gym: from now on, everyone can carry money discreetly on the body. NFCRing has introduced the world's first EMVCo compliant payment ring based on a contactless security chip from Infineon…

Energy

Bubble-wrapped sponge creates steam using ambient sunlight

Editorial Team Aug 23, 2016

How do you boil water? Eschewing the traditional kettle and flame, MIT engineers have invented a bubble-wrapped, sponge-like device that soaks up natural sunlight and heats water to boiling temperatures, generating steam through its pores.…

Trends

Vishay adds industry’s first ferrite bead impedance calculator to website

Editorial Team Aug 23, 2016

Vishay Intertechnology has announced that its Vishay Inductors Division has introduced the industry's first online ferrite bead impedance calculator. Available at www.vishay.com/inductors/ferrite-bead-calculator/, the time-saving online…

Connectivity

Space-saving M12 panel feed through provides PushPull locking

Editorial Team Aug 23, 2016

HARTING has added a new space-saving female Panel Feed Through (PFT) with a PushPull locking mechanism to its range of M12 connectors, making it easier to connect Fast Ethernet and 10Gb/s Ethernet cables in applications where space is…

Space

Pair of satellites create their own solar eclipse

Editorial Team Aug 23, 2016

Every 18 months or so, scientists and sensation-seekers gather at set points on Earth’s surface, to await awe-inspiring solar eclipses. The Moon briefly blocks the Sun, revealing its mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona. Though what if…

A&D

NASA sets a new Guinness World Record firing 44 rockets on one flight

Editorial Team Aug 22, 2016

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia has caught the attention of Guinness World Records. Wallops’ sounding rocket team conducted a mission that included the firing of 44 rocket engines. When the rocket launched on September 16, 2015,…

Robotics

NASA launches $1m space robotics challenge

Editorial Team Aug 22, 2016

NASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston, the Official Visitor Center of NASA Johnson Space Center, and NineSigma, a global innovation consultant organization, has opened registration for a new competition - the Space Robotics…

Featured

DNA programmed to store complex histories

Editorial Team Aug 19, 2016

A way to record complex histories in the DNA of human cells, allowing them to retrieve "memories” of past events, such as inflammation, by sequencing the DNA, has been devised by MIT biological engineers. This analogue memory storage system…

Storage & Harvest

Superfast Flywheel Energy Store offers energy storage solution

Editorial Team Aug 19, 2016

In 10 years, the energy storage market in the US alone is estimated to be worth $200-600bn. While most research and development efforts have been focused on improving battery technologies, a Lancaster student believes a mechanical solution…

Medical

Rapid blood-testing technology reduces time between sample and analysis

Editorial Team Aug 19, 2016

Lancaster academics are developing blood-testing technology that promises to improve healthcare treatments for cancer patients, post-operative care and monitor the health of babies in the womb is being developed. A portable bedside blood…