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While artificial intelligence has made great strides — translating, writing captions, and performing tasks just as well as,  if not better than, humans — there's still a need for computer systems to understand in the same capacity as…

Last year, researchers from  the Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Lab at Stanford University developed a 12 gram "micro tug" robot capable of moving objects 2000 times its size on glass, enabled by gecko adhesives.  The university…

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have created the world's thinnest lens— just one two-thousandth the thickness of a human hair. The new discovery will open the door to flexible computer displays and have an impact on…

Consumer drone piloting is no longer limited to handheld operation. If you're thinking that flying a drone would probably require a decent amount of flight training and experience — you're wrong. German-based company e-vole GmbH has…

Integrated Device Technology expanded its RF portfolio with the addition of a new family of digital step attenuators (DSAs) optimized for the demanding requirements of the broadband and CATV markets. The ultra-high-linearity 75-ohm DSAs…

AVX Corporation has added several new capacitance and voltage ratings to its THH 230ºC Hermetic Series high temperature SMD tantalum capacitors, which, more than two years after their introduction, still feature the highest temperature…

Intersil Corporation expanded its industry leading portfolio of radiation tolerant multiplexers with two new, single supply 5V devices. The 16-channel ISL71830SEH and 32-channel ISL71831SEH multiplexers join Intersil's widely adopted 30V…

TRUMPower has launched a new addition to its AC/DC switching power supply line-up with the TM1100 series which is comprehensively approved to industrial and medical standards. The series operates at altitudes up to 5000 meters over a…

Mouser Electronics. is now shipping the SMART SAM D09 ARM-Based microcontrollers from Atmel. The SAM D09 is a series of low-power microcontrollers based on a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ processor operating at a maximum frequency of 48MHz. The…

Yes, there's now a printer that can speak many languages. Xerox's Easy Translator Service allows printer and scanner users to insert documents and have them easily translated in up to 35 different languages. To get started, users…