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Researchers Fabricate Complex Optical Components from Fluids

“Researchers have developed a way to create freeform optical components by shaping a volume of curable liquid polymer. The new method is poised to enable faster prototyping of customized optical components for a variety of applications including corrective lenses, augmented …

Reverse-engineering the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer’s sound chip from die photos

“The Yamaha DX7 digital synthesizer was released in 1983 and became “one of the most important advances in the history of modern popular music”1. It defined the sound of 1980s pop music, used by bands from A-ha and Michael …

Rocket Lab launches 2 satellites to orbit, recovers Electron booster

“Rocket Lab successfully launched two satellites into orbit and recovered the mission’s booster, taking another step in its quest to build a partially reusable launch vehicle. The company’s two-stage Electron rocket topped with two commercial Earth-observation satellites lifted …

Samsung Announces Availability of Its Leading-Edge 2.5D Integration ‘H-Cube’ Solution for High Performance Applications

“‘H-Cube’ applies advanced silicon interposer technology and hybrid-substrate structure, allowing efficient integration of 6 HBMs, as well as lower cost benefit Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it has developed Hybrid-Substrate Cube (H-Cube) technology …

Serious security vulnerabilities in computer memories

“Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered major vulnerabilities in DRAM memory devices, which are widely used in computers, tablets and smartphones. The vulnerabilities have now been published together with the National Cyber Security Centre, which for the first time has …

Shutter Speed Tester for Film Cameras

“Build a simple shutter speed tester for film cameras. This is a project to build a simple shutter speed tester for film cameras. Classical film cameras have a mechanical shutter that doesn’t require a battery. However, film camera shutters …

Software-Defined Car: Foundations for Future Vehicle Generations

“Some of today’s vehicles already feature more than 100 control units. This high complexity of electrical and electronic systems and their architecture will further increase, but must remain manageable. The “Software-Defined Car” (SofDCar) project, in which Karlsruhe Institute of …

SS4H-RC Transmitter – DIY Project based on STM32

“A radio controller can have a thousand applications. Usually, it’s a control of some vehicle, drone, or robotic manipulator. There are already a lot of DIY solutions on the Internet. However, this controller is different. It’ll be the …

STMicroelectronics Upgrades Automotive Positioning Accuracy with Single-Chip Triple-Band Satellite-Navigation Receiver

“STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has introduced a world-first automotive satellite-navigation chip that delivers high-quality position data needed by advanced driving systems. Joining ST’s Teseo V family, the STA8135GA …

Sustainable electrochemical process could revolutionize lithium-ion battery recycling

“Spent lithium-ion batteries contain valuable metals that are difficult to separate from each other for recycling purposes. Used batteries present a sustainable source of these metals, especially cobalt and nickel, but the current methods used for their separation have environmental …