USB controller eliminates complex firmware development
A small, low-power device which provides a simpler, faster way to add USB connectivity to new and legacy embedded designs has been introduced to Silicon Labs' USBXpress bridge family.
Smallest ever optical sensor module delivers combination of color
ams has announced what it claims to be the smallest ever optical sensor module that delivers a combination of color (RGB), ambient light and proximity sensing, offering OEMs design flexibility and the ability to provide a better display…
Resistors optimized for automotive and industrial applications
A series of anti-surge, high-power thick film chip resistors optimized for use in automotive and industrial applications has been announced by Vishay Intertechnology. For applications subject to high and repetitive surge pulses, devices in…
‘I’m just a love machine…’
Goodyear and LSE has announced a pan-European research project to investigate the attitudes and readiness of drivers to share the road with autonomous vehicles. The research, commissioned via LSE Consulting, part of LSE Enterprise, will…
Can laser impulses destroy hazardous space debris?
All of the space missions that have come to pass have left behind some party favors out in space — space debris — which is a result of those leftover satellites, lens covers, and spaceship fragments.
New battery runs on vitamins
Scientists and engineers have long been looking for a more natural way to create batteries, and they have just stumbled upon something.
Bioelectrodes ready to start generating electricity at the industrial level
Michigan State University researchers have demonstrated that Geobacter bacteria can grow as films on electrodes and generate electricity. The researchers are now ready to take this process to the industrial level.
The thick biofilm,…
Ground-breaking research into earthquake energy
A feasible way to harness the power of earthquakes during a disaster in order to keep vital systems powered is being explored by physics students from the University of Leicester. By using a magnet inside a coil during the shaking of…
IBM lab-on-chip tech can detect cancer before symptoms appear
IBM scientists have just made a major medical breakthrough with their new lab-on-a-chip technology that can, for the first time ever, separate biological particles at the nanoscale and could potentially let doctors detect diseases such as…
Video of the Day: Shape-shifting robot navigates obstacles
Researchers from the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences have developed "Ourobot" — a robot that looks a lot like a bicycle chain, but has just twelve segments about the size of a fist, each equipped with a motor.
"Ourobot"…