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If you’re going to CES 2023 in Las Vegas on Jan. 5-8 (and why wouldn’t you?), there's a theme this time—How technology addresses the world's biggest challenges. Highlights include: Automotive: With almost 300 exhibitors, CES 2023…

The most significant concerns surrounding autonomous vehicles include safety and reliability. The vehicles must accurately, effectively, and efficiently monitor and distinguish their surroundings, including potential threats to passenger…

Brodmann17 shut down this week. Via a LinkedIn message,  Adi Pinhas, co-founder and CEO, reported that the company would not be able to bring its products to the mass market despite proven technology, technology demand, and customers in…

Hyundai Mobis will unveil a new convergence technology optimized for purpose-built vehicles (PBV) at CES 2023. Their CES theme, 'Hi! For a Better Tomorrow!' will be an intro to new PBV concept models "M.Vision TO" and "M.Vision HI" for the…

by Jon Gabay, engineer We are so manipulated in our society. Others dictate the technologies we will use and depend on without regard to ramifications. Poor planning and hip-shot reactions lead to wasted time and money, and the goals…

Dresden-based researchers are developing a new class of materials whereby actuators and sensors are integrated directly into flexible fiber composites. The German Research Foundation (DFG) approved a 2nd phase of Research Training Group…

We use printed and flexible electronics in applications from energy harvesting to medical sensors to robotics. Due to their low cost, light weight, and flexibility, these hybrid electronics will continue to disrupt the market in 2023 and…

Land Rover and Wolfspeed announced a strategic partnership to supply Silicon Carbide (SiC) semiconductors for next generation EVs, specifically for powertrain efficiency and extended driving range. Jaguar Land Rover intends to become carbon…

GaN is hot. There’s a dramatic interest in and collaboration on Galium Nitride (GaN) use in automotive apps. KYOCERA AVX and VisIC announced the expansion of their partnership to provide high-current components for such high-voltage apps as…

NASA's Biological and Physical Sciences Division sponsored a team that developed the Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE). It enables a two-phase fluid flow and heat transfer experiment on the ISS in the long-duration…