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• Embedded World: Video Interview – SensiEDGE on lowering Barriers for IoT

  26-02-2019 18:49 via electronicsweekly.com
  At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Milan Yudkovich, founder of IoT specialist SensiEDGE, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He discusses how the company’s devices make it easier and faster for developers and startups to design their IoT applications. Thank you to Milan for his time. Read all our Embedded ...
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• Embedded World: Video Interview – ADI on power management and embedded AI

  26-02-2019 18:33 via electronicsweekly.com
  At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Jackie Rutter of Analog Devices, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. She discusses power control and power management, embedded AI, cyber security at the device level, and a wireless smart sensor system for condition-based applications. Thank you to Jackie for her time. Read all ...
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• Embedded World: Video Interview – Lattice enables low-power AI at the Edge

  26-02-2019 16:45 via electronicsweekly.com
  We caught up with Hussein Osman of Lattice Semiconductor to discusses implementing AI at the network edge.
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• Smart bandage embeds optical fibre sensors for improved wound care

  26-02-2019 15:30
  
  A disposable wound dressing embedded with optical fibre sensors could help reduce the billions spent on healthcare costs for wound management.
  Smart bandage (Pic: Nottingham University)Nottingham University researchers have received £902,524 funding from the Medical Research Council to develop the smart wound dressing that uses the sensors to assess whether affected tissue is healing well or is infected.
  The dressing could have a significant impact on patient care and healthcare costs for
  
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• Intel cans 5G deal with Tsinghua Unigroup

  26-02-2019 14:41 via electronicsweekly.com
  Intel has ended its year-old deal to co-develop 5G modems with the Tsinghua Unigroup-owned wireless chip company Unisoc. Intel says the partnership has not been ended because of pressure from the US government, “We decided mutually that we would not continue the partnership,” said Robert Topol, GM of Intel’s 5G strategy and program office at MWC in ...
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• This week’s poll: the potential of space tourism

  26-02-2019 12:12
  
  As Virgin Galactic achieves new altitude and speed records, will space tourism development be of any benefit to exploration and science?Take Our PollVSS Unity achieved new altitude and speed recordsOur report yesterday of Virgin Galactic’s latest test flight of SpaceShipTwo VS Unity has already attracted comments wondering whether development of the aircraft will bring any long-term benefit to space exploration. This is a hotly-contested subject, with critics of the Virgin venture stating
  
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• Embedded World: e-peas addresses thermal energy harvesting

  26-02-2019 11:56 via electronicsweekly.com
  A chip optimized for energy harvesting from thermal sources in wireless sensor applications.
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• Last week’s poll: what action should follow Honda’s closure of its Swindon plant?

  26-02-2019 11:40
  
  With Honda joining other carmakers in announcing job losses in the UK, we asked our readers what action should be taken by government?Despite comments from local MPs and, indeed, from Honda itself denying that the UK’s departure from the European Union was the major factor behind the closure decision, many commentators last week were linking the current situation with industry reducing its involvement in the UK with Brexit. It cannot be denied that the recent closure of a free tr
  
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• Microfluidic device isolates individual cancer cells from blood samples

  26-02-2019 10:24
  
  Researchers in the US and Australia have developed a microfluidic device that can isolate individual cancer cells from patient blood samples.
  Cancer cell separating microfluidic device.
  (Pic: Ian Papautsky)The device separates the various cell types found in blood by their size and could eventually lead to rapid, cheap liquid biopsies to help detect cancer and develop targeted treatment plans. The findings are reported in Microsystems & Nanoengineering.
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• Embedded World 2019 – Video preview

  26-02-2019 10:04 via electronicsweekly.com
  Clive Couldwell, group editor of Electronics Weekly, anticipates attending Embedded World 2019, running 26-28 February, in Nuremberg. He expects automotive, AI and IoT security to be big themes of the show. And, if you are attending in Germany, he cordially invites you to come and say hello at the stand we share with OEMSecrets, who ...
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• Direct borohydride fuel cell could take off in electric aircraft

  26-02-2019 09:57
  
  Engineers have developed a direct borohydride fuel cell that is claimed to operate at double the voltage of today’s commercial fuel cells, an advance with applications in transportation.
  pH-gradient enabled microscale bipolar interface (PMBI) Pic: McKelvey School of EngineeringThe advance from a team of engineers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis is reported in Nature Energy.
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• Embedded World: Insight SiP adds LoRa

  26-02-2019 09:47 via electronicsweekly.com
  At Embedded World today, Insight SiP, the specialist in ultra-miniature RF modules, is launching the ISP4520 series of modules, extending its product portfolio to include Long Range Networking via LoRa technology. The ISP4520 module integrates BLE and LoRa radio functionality to offer a unique solution, combining the short-range high throughput capability and easy smartphone/PC access ...
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• Embedded World: UltraSoC demoes new IDE.

  26-02-2019 09:39 via electronicsweekly.com
  Today, at Embedded World in Nuremberg, UltraSOC announced that its UltraDevelop 2 IDE is now available for beta testing and is being shipped to qualified lead customers. The new IDE will be publicly demonstrated for the first time at Embedded World. Launched in October 2018, UltraDevelop 2 presents a complete and comprehensive IDE for system-on-chip ...
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• Imec on Smart Industries

  26-02-2019 07:36 via electronicsweekly.com
  This is the sixth in a series of essays by Imec on the future of electronics technology. This one is called: Smart Industries. Man and machine collaborating on the factory floor: a nightmare or a match made in heaven? What will our factories look like in 2035? asks Pieter Simoens of the University of Ghent, ...
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• DRAM takes a tumble

  26-02-2019 07:22 via electronicsweekly.com
  Q4 DRAM revenues fell by 18.3% QoQ, reports DRAMeXchange. ASPs of mainstream 8GB modules have fallen to $50 for January, and will continue to fall through in February and March, says DRAMeXchange, with an estimated decline of 20-25% for Q1. The production bit levels of DRAM suppliers in 4Q18 were far above sales bit levels, ...
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• Infineon to sample e-SIM

  26-02-2019 07:12 via electronicsweekly.com
  Infineon will sample an eSIM  for mobile consumer devices in the middle of the year. It will be a tested and certified end-to-end solution comprising a chip, operating software and services. To facilitate technical integration of the eSIM into consumer devices and accelerate time to market, Infineon can also provide data plans in cooperation with ...
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• Third month running of chip manufacturing equipment sales decline

  26-02-2019 07:07 via electronicsweekly.com
  January billings for semiconductor manufacturing equipment fell 10.5% compared to December’s billings, reports SEMI. As well as being down on December’s billings total if $2.1 billion, the January billings of $1.89 billion were also 20.8% down on the January 2018 billings figure of $2.37 billion. The January decline was the third consecutive month of decline. ...
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