Luxtera, ST in deal to take silicon photonics mainstream
A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet. Devised by engineers, the ingenious layering and folding proces
The electrostatic motor, used more than 200 years ago by Benjamin Franklin to rotisserie a turkey, is making a comeback in a promising new design for motors that is light, soft, and operates without e
SAN FRANCISCO—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said Wednesday (Feb. 29) it would cease publication of a closely watched quarterly report on chip fab capacity utilization, one day after it ...
Many experts think graphene could change the face of electronics -- especially if the scientific community can overcome a major challenge intrinsic to the material. Oxidation could be the answer.
What's going on?I feel like the nerdy schoolkid who has just had one of the lenses in his spectacles broken. I can still see but everthing is a bit blurred and fractured.First it was the dropping ...
Building a better mobile experience from network to microprocessor
Scientists have created a new way to overcome many of the issues associated with bringing high-speed digital communications across challenging terrain and into remote areas, commonly referred to as th
New laser light source has a global market in consumer electronics. Mobile phones currently on the market are capable of showing high quality images and video, but the phones' small size sets insurmou
Qualcomm not worried about mobile graphics competition
LONDON – Xsilon Ltd., a 2008 startup, has announced it is offering in-home machine-to-machine powerline communications technology.Xsilon (Bath, England) is developing a physical layer circuit to opera ...
The technological world of the 21st century owes a tremendous amount to advances in electrical engineering, specifically, the ability to finely control the flow of electrical charges using increasingl
BARCELONA – “The mobile Internet will be huge,” said Peter Liu, a prominent Beijing venture capitalist, grabbing my sleeve as we spilled out of the keynotes the first day of the Mobile World Congress. ...
Engineers have developed a one-step, low-cost method to fabricate a polymer that is rainbow-colored, reflecting many different wavelengths of light when viewed from a single perspective. The colors wo
SAN FRANCISCO--The president of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said Thursday (March 1) that the organization remains committed to programs that provide valuable industry statistics and t ...
Scientists have developed a process for creating glass-based, inorganic light-emitting diodes that produce light in the ultraviolet range. The work is a step toward biomedical devices with active comp
Tyson Tuttle will take the helm at analog and mixed-signal specialist Silicon Labs, the company announced Thursday (March 1), replacing Necip Sayiner as president and CEO effective April 18. Tuttle, 4 ...
A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods, aid in regenerating human tissue, and pave the way to an organic method of building nanofibers
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