Planning permission for 5G masts to be scrapped
Planning regulations are to be changed to allow 5G masts to be erected near existing masts without the need for planning permission.
This entry was posted on Aug 29, 2019
CNT processor made by MIT and ADI
MIT and ADI have built a 16-bit processor using CNTs.
This entry was posted on Aug 29, 2019
Semi industry more bullish on AI than other industries
Three-quarters of semiconductor executives surveyed for the report (77%) said they have adopted AI within their business or are piloting the technology.
This entry was posted on Aug 26, 2019
SK Telecom gets a million 5G subscribers
SK Telecom today announced that it became the first mobile operator in the world to have more than a million 5G subscribers.
This entry was posted on Aug 26, 2019
Farnell launches solder tip selector
Farnell has launched a soldering tip selector.
This entry was posted on Aug 26, 2019
Mapping on-line hate reveals team work is the only useful countermeasure
Policing on-line hate from within a single platform, such as Facebook, can make the spread of hate worse, and will eventually generate global ‘dark pools’ in which hate will flourish, is one of the findings the finding in a recent scientific paper in Nature.
This entry was posted on Aug 26, 2019
UK pop-up EV charging point saves street clutter
Cheltenham-based design company Duku has developed a pop-up electric vehicle charge point, claiming it to be a world first. Six of them are on trial in Oxford.
This entry was posted on Aug 26, 2019
Automation investment gives distributor a lift
Intelligent, automated lifts have been installed at Vanilla Electronics as part of a £200,000 investment in the Thetford-based distributor and manufacturer’s technology centre.
This entry was posted on Aug 21, 2019
Mems optical phased array forms beams suitable for automotive lidar
Micromachining can be used to create a infra-red beam-forming phased array, according to engineers at University of California, Berkeley, who have made a 160 x 160 array on a 3.1 x 3.2mm die that can be switched in 5.7μs (resonance is at 55kHz).
This entry was posted on Aug 21, 2019
‘Cloud kit’ links sensors to Amazon for secure IoT
Renesas is aiming at those evaluating and prototyping sensor-based IoT end-points with secure links to the cloud – with the RX65N Cloud Kit, which connects Wi-Fi, environmental, light and inertial sensors, FreeRTOS and Amazon Web Services (AWS) .
This entry was posted on Aug 21, 2019
Segger Embedded Studio adds support for 3rd party debug probes
Segger Embedded Studio V4.20 adds configurable support for debug probes using the GDB protocol. This version can be used with any debug probe that comes with a GDB server.
This entry was posted on Aug 21, 2019
Hardware trust anchors
Connected applications and smart services need hardware-based trust anchors.
This entry was posted on Aug 21, 2019
TDK Ventures makes first VC investment
TDK Ventures, the $50 million VC fund set up by TDK Corp in July, has made its first investment.
This entry was posted on Aug 21, 2019
Top 15 Semiconductor Vendors In H1
The top-15 worldwide semiconductor (IC and O-S-D—optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete) sales ranking for 1H19 is shown in Figure 1.
This entry was posted on Aug 21, 2019
Raspberry Pi gets MIT’s Scratch 3.0
Scratch 3.0, a visual language programming language from MIT Media Lab, can now run on Raspberry Pi’s Raspbian. OS.
This entry was posted on Aug 21, 2019
RaspArch Build for Raspberry Pi 4
RaspArch Build 190809 is available for the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B computer, which features a Quad-Core 1.5GHz 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 CPU, up to 4GB RAM, and on-board dual-band 802.11 b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0 (BLE).
This entry was posted on Aug 20, 2019
Fujitsu maths models predict flooding
Fujitsu has developed a technology that draws on mathematical models built with data on rainfall and water levels to create flooding predictions for rivers.
This entry was posted on Aug 20, 2019
Chinese companies exiting China
Not only are US companies making moves to exit China-based manufacturing operations but Chinese companies are following suit, reports the Nikkei.
This entry was posted on Aug 20, 2019
Softbank takes £380m write-down on satellite investment
Softbank has taken a £380 million hit on its 47% stake in UK satellite company OneWeb.
This entry was posted on Aug 20, 2019
A-level results indicate engineering will remain male-dominated
More girls are studying science at A-level, but a lack of interest in physics indicates the gender demographics of engineering are likely to remain stable for now.
This entry was posted on Aug 20, 2019
X-capacitor discharger for IEC60335 home appliances works up to 6µF, and wastes <4mW
Power Integrations is aiming at larger home appliances needing to meet IEC60335 with an X-capacitor discharger that can empty 6µF in under a second.
This entry was posted on Aug 20, 2019