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The first video game released on this day, 58 years ago

“Today’s game graphics are so close to reality that it’s sometimes hard to tell whether it is a photograph or a scene from the latest game. Although the video gaming would not reach mainstream popularity until the 1970s …

Finnish Laser Marking Machine Provider Cajo Technologies heads to US markets

“Cajo Technologies, a Finnish manufacturer of laser marking machinery, is expanding to the US. Cajo Technologies has developed a new way of producing permanent laser markings and color patterns on almost any imaginable material. The already up-and-running subsidiary Cajo Technologies …

Intel’s Stratix 10 FPGA: Supporting the Smart and Connected Revolution

“I’m happy to announce Intel has started sampling to customers Stratix® 10 field programmable arrays, the industry’s first 14nm FPGA. Stratix 10 combines the benefits of Intel’s 14nm tri-gate process technology with a revolutionary new architecture called …

Meet BeagleBone™ Black Wireless, the newest board in the BeagleBone™ family

“ased on the extremely successful open-source BeagleBone™ Black hardware design, BeagleBone™ Black Wireless is a high-expansion, maker-focused, community-supported open hardware computer created by the BeagleBoard.org Foundation. Leveraging a partnership with Octavo Systems, BeagleBone™ Black Wireless is the easiest to …

Introducing Cartographer

“We are happy to announce the open source release of Cartographer, a real-time simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) library in 2D and 3D with ROS support. SLAM algorithms combine data from various sensors (e.g. LIDAR, IMU and cameras) to …

NXP Unveils Airfast 3 RF Power Transistors to Advance Cellular Infrastructure for Smart Cities

“NXP Semiconductors N.V. today introduced its third generation of Airfast products which include four LDMOS transistors for cellular macro base stations. The new Airfast 3 technology raises the bar in technology and meets the stringent requirements of all current …

Introducing Xavier, the NVIDIA AI Supercomputer for the Future of Autonomous Transportation

“At the inaugural GPU Technology Conference Europe, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang today unveiled Xavier, our all-new AI supercomputer, designed for use in self-driving cars. “This is the greatest SoC endeavor I have ever known, and we have been building chips …

Panasonic Develops Bendable, Twistable, Flexible Lithium-ion Battery

“Panasonic Corporation announced today that it has developed a Flexible Lithium-ion Battery with a thickness of only 0.55mm, or about 0.022 inches. Suitable for use in card-type and wearable devices, this rechargeable battery can retain its characteristics even …

Microchip Debuts New Development Board for Designing with 16-bit and 32-bit PIC® Microcontrollers

“Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the new Explorer 16/32 Development Board for designing with 16-bit and 32-bit PIC® microcontrollers. This new board is offered at a …

Toshiba’s development of low-power multi-hop wireless network technology that can operate on battery power for 10 years

“Toshiba has developed low-power multi-hop wireless network technology that can operate on battery power for over 10 years and can collect over 99.999% of data from sensors deployed over a wide area through wireless relaying. This technology makes it …