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Graphs can be easy or difficult to understand, or somewhere in-between. To give computers some idea where on the scale their output might be, and how to improve it if need be, researchers at Columbia University and Tufts University have invented a technique called ‘pixel approximate entropy’. “This is a brand new approach to working ...
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New Model in Technology & Engineering (NMiTE), Britain’s first new purpose-built university for 40 years, has been launched today at Hereford Cathedral. Dubbed NMiTE, it is the first in a wave of government-promoted higher education ‘challengers’, due to receive its initial intake of student engineers in September 2019. “Britain desperately needs to boost productivity, technical skills ...
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Purdue University is proposing a tungsten-ceramic zirconium carbide heat exchanger to increase the efficiency of solar-thermal electricity generation. Solar-thermal generation – where sunlight is focussed onto structures that absorb it as heat, which is then used to drive turbine-style generators – is proposed as an alternative to photo-voltaic generation, with the particular advantage that heat ...
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Girls who play video games are three times more likely to choose physical science, technology, engineering or maths (PSTEM) degrees compared to their non-gaming counterparts, according to the University of Surrey. A study, led by Surrey education researcher Dr Anesa Hosein – who declares a “geek girl gamer” past, according to the University, found that ...
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Comms apps are expected to account for 3x more foundry wafers than computing apps in pure-play foundries this year, says IC Insights. With the tremendous growth of smartphones over the past decade, foundry sales to the communications market have soared. Ten years ago, computers/computing systems were easily the largest application for pure-play IC foundry sales, but ...
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Pharrowtech, an Imec spin-off currently in incubation, has demo-ed a prototype of a 60 GHz active phased array. Pharrowtech’s solution paves the way for telecom OEMs to dramatically increase range and field of view of backhaul nodes, access points and home units. It is fully built using low-cost, high-volume chip and antenna technology. This marks ...
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Renesas has introduced a design environment for its  RZ/A1 microprocessors (MPUs) to simplify and accelerate the development of HMI, and camera-based development applications.. The  RZ/A1 Software Package IDE offers a starting point for RZ/A1-based HMI and camera-GUI design, significantly reducing the complexity and resources required to develop these applications. The RZ/A1 Software package incorporates the MCU ...
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Micron is to buy Intel’s share of their 12 year-old  flash jv IM Flash Technologies. Micron will pay $1.5 billion for the stake and will assume responsibility for $1 billion debt owed by Intel to the jv. Each company originally put in about $1.2 billion to found the jv in 2006. “Micron’s acquisition of IM ...
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