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Linear introduces the LTC2876 and LTC2877, exceptionally rugged, high voltage tolerant RS485 transceivers targeted for PROFIBUS-DP (decentralized periphery) master and slave devices. As with any fieldbus, PROFIBUS-DP systems are prone to…

Have a hard time reading and navigating on your smartphone screen? About 1.5 million Americans over the age of 45 suffer from low vision and now researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard…

Last week, NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted the largest unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test. The agencies flew 22 drones simultaneously to see how NASA’s Unmanned Aerial Systems traffic management (UTM) research…

Peripherals company Logitech kicked off PAX East, a trade show dedicated solely to gaming technology, with a giant wall celebrating the launch of its new G810 Orion Spectrum keyboard. The wall was created using 160 G810 keyboards,and 16…

While Earth-based runners were taking on the London Marathon yesterday, astronaut Tim Peake decided he would participate — 220 miles above Earth, aboard the International Space Station. The astronaut opened the marathon with a video…

Hardware and electronics corporation, Acer, has just revealed its newest edition to the laptop family — the Switch Alpha 12 2-in-1 notebook that comes equipped with liquid-cooling technology. The laptop is the first fanless 2-in-1…

Mind-controlled prostheses has become a popular area of research among engineers, but what about mind-controlled drones?

When Swedish software engineer Johan Kanflo needed a very slim radio node for a project, he found himself in a predicament. Kanflo had been using Tiny328, a mini wireless Arduino clone developed by another DIY specialist named Nathan…

Mind-controlled prostheses has become a popular area of research among engineers, but what about mind-controlled drones?

A typical lithium-ion battery can only be charged a few thousand times before it's useless. However, a team of researchers from the University of California, Irvine have invented a nanowire-based battery material that can be recharged…