Caltest Instruments of Guildford is sponsoring the University of Surrey’s Formula Student team. Called Team Surtes (Surrey University racing technology and engineering solutions), the team will get...
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Bacteria get a little closer to bio-fuel cells
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have taken another step towards bio-fuel cells. The research shows that it is possible for bacteria to...
Imec ensures future DRAM scaling
Imec of Leuven, Belgium, which does R&D for all the major DRAM makers, has shown the way forward for scaling capacitors in DRAMs. A finding by Imec researchers allows the stored charge to be increased while leakage levels remain acceptable.
Old technology rescues ships from GPS attack
EU navigation safety project Accseas has demonstrated automatic resilience against GPS jamming attacks in UK waters. The trials used data from eLoran, based on...
IBM designs 100Gbit/s ADC in Switzerland
Swiss researchers have worked with IBM to design a very high speed data converter which will operate at speeds up to 100Gbit/s.
ISSCC – Solid state circuits take centre stage
The International Solid State Circuits Conference is an important gathering for the electronic engineering industry, regarding systems-on-a-chip and solid-state circuits.
Fujitsu demonstrates 32Gbit/s data links between processors
Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a 32Gbit/s data transmitter and receiver with loss equalisation circuits, which it says can be used in the fastest data links between microprocessors
UKplc kindles Gbit/s optical comms research
“Imagine an LED array beside a motorway helping to light the road, displaying the latest traffic updates and transmitting internet information wirelessly to passengers’ laptops, netbooks and smart..."
Qualcomm develops MRAM with Imec
Magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) is a non-volatile memory which could be a low leakage alternative to SRAM
Harvard makes twisted light device
A device which allows an optical detector to pick up on the rotation of a twisted light wave, called an optical vortex or vortex beam, has been developed by researchers at .the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
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