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“A new study finds that “connected” vehicles, which share data with each other wirelessly, significantly improve travel time through intersections — but automated vehicles can actually slow down travel time through intersections if they are not connected to each other. The …
News Simple superconducting device could dramatically cut energy use in computing, other applications
“The ultrasmall “switch” could be easily scaled. MIT scientists and their colleagues have created a simple superconducting device that could transfer current through electronic devices much more efficiently than is possible today. As a result, the new diode, a kind …
“SK hynix Inc. (or “the company”, www.skhynix.com) announced today that it has begun supplying the industry’s first 24-gigabyte (GB) Low Power Double Data Rate 5X (LPDDR5X1) mobile DRAM package to its customers, following the mass production of …
“A concealed stealth gadget that senses movement of any object that gives off IR radiation, i.e. humans, animals, etc, and blinks rapidly. A device with stealth, military, and fun applications, this human proximity sensor is a stealth gadget equipped …
“ - Citizen science. Fantastic Raspberry Pi science projects - Build a bat detector. Detecting bats with ultrasonic sounds - Top 10 upcycling projects. Reduce, reuse and recycle - Pico retro gaming with ZIP96. Learn to code with this handheld - Liverpool Makerfest. PJ Evans reports …
News Toshiba Launches Automotive 40V N-Channel Power MOSFETs with New Package that Contributes to High Heat Dissipation and Size Reduction of Automotive Equipment
“Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched two automotive 40V N-channel power MOSFETs, “XPJR6604PB” and “XPJ1R004PB,” that use Toshiba’s new S-TOGL™ (Small Transistor Outline Gull-wing Leads) package with U-MOS IX-H process chips. Volume shipments start …
“Gallium oxide offers resistance to radiation and high temperatures, and could be used for data storage and computing in extreme conditions. Among the many hazards encountered by space probes, exposure to radiation and huge temperature swings pose particular challenges for …
“The Intel 8086 processor started the x86 architecture that is still extensively used today. The 8086 has some quirky characteristics: it is little-endian, has a parity flag, and uses explicit I/O instructions instead of just memory-mapped I/O. It …
“A portable computer that runs on a Linux operating system can fit in your pocket. Linux is a family of open-source operating systems that are based on the Linux kernel, which is a core program that manages the communication between …
“Directing light from place to the place is the backbone of our modern world. Beneath the oceans and across continents, fiber optic cables carry light that encodes everything from YouTube videos to banking transmissions — all inside strands about the size …