Origami-like construction is a novel technology for objects that need to be stored and shipped in a compact form, and then folded out into strong 3D structures. Towards optimising such structures, researchers at Pusan National University in Korea have found a way to make a monolithic pre-object flat-pack by defining stiff flat parts and flexible hinges in stacked sheets of ...
When UWB was in its infancy, there was a great deal of start-up enthusiasm for a new technology looking for applications. “We have just started shipping, we got our first PO in December, and I got another one through today (March 31st)”, Bruce Watkins, co-founder, president and COO of Pulse-Link told Electronics Weekly at the 2008 Globalpress Summit Conference ...
Seeking to improve sweat sensors, researchers at Waseda University in Japan have taken inspiration from rose petals. Sweat sensors exist and are used to monitor electrolyte levels during exercise as a way to improve hydration. The challenge at Waseda was to make a sweat sensor that could be put on and taken off when required – so no adhesive involved ...
The Z-Wave Alliance has released its revamped Z-Wave Certified Product Guide. The online database is for searching and comparing the thousands of official Z-Wave devices. The resource (pictured) is aimed at both smart home professionals and consumers. “With the release of the re-imagined Z-Wave Certified Product Guide, we’re delivering so much more than a catalogue, we’re giving the industry a ...
The Qualcomm Dragonwing Q-6690 with integrated UHF RFID capabilities, a Mannerisms look back at foundry strategy, the GenX320 Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi 5, and corporate reaction to giving up equity in return for Chips Act money...
In Q2, the Mobile Core Network (MCN) market grew 19% y-o-y, reports Dell’Oro, with the 5G segment growing 31%, and the Voice Core segment growing 18%. “With the strong growth we have now seen in the first two quarters of the year, we are doubling the growth rate for 2025 to 10 percent Y/Y,” says Dell’Oro’s Dave Bolan, “factors contributing ...
Qualcomm is to incorporate Belgian startup VoxelSensors’ Single Photon Active Event Sensor (SPAES) 3D sensing technology in its Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 Platform. SPAES is claimed to overcome the depth sensing performance limitations for robotics and XR technologies enabling machines to understand both the physical world and human behaviour from users’ point-of-view, advancing physical AI. “After five years of developing ...
Researchers from the Skoltech Project Centre (pictured) for Next Generation Wireless and IoT have published the monograph Unsourced Random Access with Now Publishers. The work addresses one of the key challenges of future communication networks — organizing reliable and energy-efficient data exchange among millions of devices and sensors that will lay the foundation of 5G Advanced and 6G technologies. The authors ...
Predicting the future of the chip industry has always been a tricky endeavour. Who would have thought, a few years ago, that Nvidia would have more revenues in a quarter than Intel has in a year ? Or that Nvidia would have a market cap of $4 trillion compared to Intel’s $100 billion? Or that SiC, the NBT until recently ...
Melexis has squeezed a magnetic circuit inside an SMD package to get an end-sensitive Hall effect latch for slimline motor applications. “We’ve responded to the automotive industry’s demand for more compact motor latch sensors,” it said. “Lateral sensing in a surface-mount TSOT-3L package eliminates the need for through-hole components.” They are part of the existing MLX92211 family, the rest of ...
