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ETH Zurich has created a yarn whose capacitance varies significantly with the movement of the textile it is woven into. The researchers “integrated it into a pair of athletic leggings”, according to the university. “Simply by glancing at their smartphone, testers were able to see when they were reaching their limit and if they ought ...
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Amprius Technologies of California is claiming energy density of 500Wh/kg and 1.3kWh/litre from its latest demonstration of lithium-ion battery technology. This is about double the capacity of today’s general purpose cells. “The energy density performance was verified by [test house] Mobile Power Solutions. The results indicate that this cell model provides >504Wh/kg and >1,321Wh/litre at ...
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Fujitsu and Osaka University’s Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology (QIQB) have come up with  an efficient analogue rotation quantum computing architecture. The new architecture reduces the number of physical qubits required for quantum error correction – a prerequisite for the realisation of fault-tolerant quantum computing – by 90% from 1 million to 10,000 ...
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ADI has introduced a  dual output DC/DC μModule regulator with patented silicon, layout, and packaging innovations. Operating from up to 40V input, the LTM8080’s front-end is a high efficiency synchronous Silent Switcher step-down regulator followed by two separate low noise, low dropout (LDO) regulators. To further suppress switching noise, the LTM8080’s packaging integrates an EMI ...
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QuadSAT, the Danish drone-based testing company, has secured an additional €9 million of funding to scale up its operations, with plans to expand its product range. The funding round was led by Cambeidge-based IQ Capital with support from existing investors, including the UK space tech fund Seraphim Space, Danish state Vækstfonden, and angel investors Torben ...
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