Device R&D

IMEC has developed a digital front-end chip for low-cost and low-power spectrum sensing, paving the way to power-efficient cognitive radios and networks.

Belgian Lab IMEC and its Dutch partner Holst Centre revealed a wireless EEG (electroencephalogram) systems for continuous ambulatory monitoring at this week's Medical Device & Manufacturing conference and exhibition in...

Scientists at the University of Oxford have reliably manipulated 10 billion isolated quantum bit (qubit) pairs, in research that could lead to dozens of linked qubits, and eventually a quantum computer. The qubits exist phosphorus-doped silicon, and...

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) is launching a spacecraft carries a perfectly ordinary phone, which will take photographs and may even take over the vehicle. Known initially for creating and flying cheap satellites that...

Combining the power and wireless facilities of smart phones to collect and process information quickly, rather than relying on centralised computers, could revolutionise crime fighting, mobile healthcare and live business intelligence, claims...

Designer viruses may one day produce nano-scale logic. Or so speculated one of two researchers sharing their thoughts ahead of...

Oxford Photovoltaics has been spun out of the University of Oxford to develop solar cell windows. From the Clarendon lab, its fundamental technology is a screen-printable...

European research labs IMEC and Holst Centre have developed a nanowire sensor that can detect NO2, possibly to concentrations under 100ppb. The sensor’s active components are...

Swiss company Algra is developing a finger-powered piezo wireless push button, aiming it at stick-on light switches and other building control applications. The technology, dubbed Dynapic, is based on low-movement piezo...

Building blocks for a DNA analysing micromachine have been presented at the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco. There is a high-pressure pump, a MEMS filter optimised for DNA separation, and...