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Samsung Electronics to Boost Investment in Logic Chip Businesses to KRW 171 Trillion by 2030

“To increase investment by KRW 38 trillion to further advance research, build new fab New production line in Pyeongtaek to be completed in 2H 2022, producing 14nm DRAM and 5nm logic chips Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor …

3D-printed home in Dutch city expands housing options

“Elize Lutz and Harrie Dekkers’ new home is a 94-square meter (1,011-square foot) two-bedroom bungalow that resembles a boulder with windows. The curving lines of its gray concrete walls look and feel natural. But they are actually at the …

IBM Unveils World’s First 2 Nanometer Chip Technology, Opening a New Frontier for Semiconductors

“New chip milestone to propel major leaps forward in performance and energy efficiency IBM today unveiled a breakthrough in semiconductor design and process with the development of the world’s first chip announced with 2 nanometer (nm) nanosheet technology. Semiconductors …

Orbital Marine launches world’s most powerful tidal turbine

“Scottish tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power has launched its 2MW tidal turbine from the Port of Dundee, sending it on its way to Orkney for commissioning and installation. Osprey Heavy Lift managed the operation to transfer the 680-tonne tidal …

Monkey MindPong

“Neuralink is developing a fully-implanted, wireless, high-channel count brain-machine interface (BMI) with the goal of enabling people with paralysis to directly use their neural activity to operate computers and mobile devices with speed and ease. In a 2019 white paper …

Samsung’s EYELIKE™ Fundus Camera Repurposes Galaxy Smartphones To Improve Access To Eye Care

“The Galaxy Upcycling program repurposes older smartphones into medical diagnosis cameras, helping underserved populations in Vietnam, India, Morocco and Papua New Guinea Samsung Electronics is repurposing older smartphones to enable greater access to ophthalmic health care in underserved communities around …

To cool datacenter servers, Microsoft turns to boiling liquid

“Emails and other communications sent between Microsoft employees are literally making liquid boil inside a steel holding tank packed with computer servers at this datacenter on the eastern bank of the Columbia River. Unlike water, the fluid inside the couch-shaped …

Intel AI-Powered Backpack Helps Visually Impaired Navigate World

“Artificial intelligence (AI) developer Jagadish K. Mahendran and his team designed an AI-powered, voice-activated backpack that can help the visually impaired navigate and perceive the world around them. The backpack helps detect common challenges such as traffic signs, hanging …

Toyota Breaks Ground for “Woven City”

“Construction of the prototype city of the future where all ecosystems are connected begins at the Higashi-Fuji site (Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture) Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Woven Planet Holdings, Inc. (Woven Planet), the Toyota Group company responsible for a …

312 Days in the Stratosphere

“What does a balloon do while drifting a year through the stratosphere? Earlier this year one of our systems set a new Loon flight duration record of 312 flight days, so we’ve been asking ourselves this question as the …