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• TSMC to equip Nanjing fab this year

  24-03-2017 16:50 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  TSMC will start moving equipment into its Nanjing fab in H2, reports Digitimes. The fab will kick off on 16nm. Pilot production is scheduled for H1 2018 with volume production in H2. It is being equipped to run 20k wpm. First 7nm tape-outs at TSMC Taiwan are set for H2 2017. 10nm is already in production. ...
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• Samsung takes on Apple Pay

  24-03-2017 15:21 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Samsung has launched its answer to Apple Pay – a contactless payment system it calls  the Contactless Companion Platform (CCP). CCP was built with  Smartlink and Ingenico.  Users can make digital cash payments via any enabled contactless device of their choice, such as a dedicated smart card, wristband, key fob, or even a mechanical watch or a ...
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• Infineon increases outlook

  24-03-2017 14:53 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Infineon has  increased the outlook for revenues and Segment Result Margin for its fiscal Q2 2017  and increased the outlook for revenues and Segment Result Margin for the full 2017 fiscal year. The outlook for investment for the full 2017 fiscal year has also been updated. Increased outlook for the second quarter of the 2017 ...
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• Ultrahaptics hooks up with MIT

  24-03-2017 14:41 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Ultrahaptics, the mid-air haptic touch specialist,  is collaborating with MIT  on a haptics teaching programme. The course, which has been running since January 2017, is based on Ivan Sutherland’s vision of an “Ultimate Display” – a room that could render data so realistically that it would allow users to interact with information as if it ...
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• Cambridge IC reveals sensing detail, on 10th brithday

  24-03-2017 13:20 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Rotary sensing firm CambridgeIC has further lifted the lid on its technology by rendering its coil-based sensing system for 3D viewing. Its sensors require two PCBs, one on the rotating shaft and a static one though which the shaft passes. The two PCBs only need to be made to conventional tolerances – with 0.2mm track ...
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• Cambridge IC reveals sensing detail, on 10th birthday

  24-03-2017 13:20 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Sensing firm CambridgeIC has further lifted the lid on its technology by rendering one of its coil-based rotary sensing systems for 3D viewing. This sensor requires two PCBs, one on the rotating shaft and a static one through which the shaft passes. The two PCBs only need to be made to conventional tolerances – with ...
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• New catalyst promotes artificial photosynthesis

  24-03-2017 12:45
  
  Scientists have created an oxygen-evolution catalyst that combines with semiconductors for solar water splitting, an advance that assists the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy in the form of hydrogen and oxygen.When evenly applied to a semiconductor, the film catalyses solar water splitting for energy production and other applicationsThe discovery was made in the lab of Kenton Whitmire, a Rice University professor of chemistry, with assistance from researchers at the University of Ho
  
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• Laser-fired gold pyramids could help tackle cancer

  24-03-2017 12:06
  
  Harvard researchers have been able to harmlessly penetrate cancer cells using laser-activated gold nanopyramids.(Credit: Harvard SEAS)
  By heating the tips of the pyramids to 300°C with nanosecond laser pulses, the team created tiny bubbles that could push into cell membranes without causing damage. The brief opening of cell pores allowed surrounding molecules to diffuse into the cell. Published in the journal ACS Nano, the work has wide-ranging implications for healthcare.
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• Graphene helps tactility of solar powered prosthetic skin

  24-03-2017 09:45
  
  Synthetic skin powered by the sun could give the sense of touch to robots and amputees fitted with prosthetic limbs.
  Dr Ravinder DahiyaResearchers at Glasgow University have developed a new way of generating solar power for robotic and prosthetic limbs using graphene.
  Graphene is an atom-thick layer of material, which includes high conductivity as one of its numerous properties. The researchers have previously used graphene to build a pressure-sensitive electronic skin for prosthetic hands.
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