Semiconductor database made available online
What is said to the largest and most comprehensive online semiconductor database has been unveiled by Chipworks. Called Inside Technology, the database gives access to Chipworks’ analysis of thousands
Secure development platform for connected cars
Three companies – STMicroelectronics, ETAS and Escrypt, an ETAS subsidiary – are collaborating with the aim of delivering a platform comprising microcontrollers, software tools and security solutions
Industry 4.0 allows manufacturers to see inside precision glass molding machine
Industry 4.0 approaches can improve the development and manufacture of glass optics. Credit: Fraunhofer IPT When manufacturing optical lens ...
The sound of old music
2016-06-13 20:00:08The sound of old music
In addition to their shape, the material that brass instruments are made of determines their sound. This was demonstrated by acousticians in ...
A new way to control oxygen for electronic properties
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have used a small electric current to introduce oxygen voids that dramatically change the conductivity of thin oxide films.
FPGAs with optical interfaces closer to market
Five years ago, Altera announced plans to integrate optical interfaces into its FPGAs. The move was seen as a way to cope with increasing communications bandwidth and to reduce system complexity.
Coming later today: Apple's next big software improvements
In this June 10, 2013, file photo, Eddy Cue, Apple senior vice president of internet software and services, talking about the new voices of ...
Fuel cell research generates new supercapacitor material
A new type of supercapacitor material developed at the University of Amsterdam is said to have potential applications in electronics, transportation and energy storage devices.
Conductive transparent film has range of applications
An transparent film that is highly conductive has been developed by an international team of nanomaterials researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Korea University.
Channels go dark for millions of Dish customers
Millions of Dish TV subscribers lost access to one or more channels Sunday night because of a fight over how much the satellite TV company s ...
Jakarta's traffic trials give rise to a tech success
In this Friday, April 29, 2016, Go-Jek motorcycle taxi drivers wait for customers in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Indonesian capital's reputation ...
Solar-powered pilots' globe-circling flight arrives in NYC (Update)
In this photo released by Jean Revillard/ SI2, solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse 2, piloted by Swiss adventurer Andre Borschberg, flies o ...
Los Alamos app allows users to visit 1940s 'Atomic City'
This Feb. 25, 1955 file photo shows a general view of the main gate to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, in Los Alamos, N. M., where scien ...
Pioneering solar pilots 'make sci-fi a reality'
Andre Borschberg (R) and Bertrand Piccard are two thirds of the way through circumnavigating the Earth in the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft, a bi ...
Car giants see road to riches in sharing
Auto giants are racing to invest in car- and ride-sharing services, lured by the prospect of fat profits yet to be tapped from a billion car ...
Tech beauty intersect in Silicon Valley
The beauty industry has long relied on creating a sense of mystery, magic even, around its creams, powders and potions. But now it has somet ...
Embedded Engineers: 10 Skills You Need Now  EE Times
From open-source software to developing apps, industry professionals urge embedded engineers to get out of their comfort zone and acquire new skills to stay relevant.
From virtual reality to androids five expectations for E3
In this June 15, 2015 file photo, Andrew House, president and global CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., talks about the Sony Morpheus ...
'Star Trek' actors take series' first VR game for a spin
It looks like the trippiest episode of "Star Trek" ever created. ...
Solar-powered airplane lands in New York City
In this photo released by Jean Revillard/ SI2, solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse 2, piloted by Swiss adventurer Andre Borschberg, flies o ...
Sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft reaches Statue of Liberty
The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft flies over the Statue of Liberty before landing at JFK airport June 11, 2016 in New York The Solar Impulse 2 a ...
Video game industry shoots for momentum at E3 show
Virtual reality, streaming play and titles tailored for smartphones are expected to generate buzz at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) ...
GM's Canada labs to develop self-driving car technology
General Motors announced plans Friday to hire 1,000 engineers and software developers at its Canadian research facilities near Toronto over ...
Aerospace firm successfully tests solar-powered aircraft
Test pilot Robert Lutz flies the solar-powered Luminati Aerospace VO-Substrata prototype aircraft, in Calverton, N.Y., Friday, June 10, 2016 ...
Apple's next big challenge: Making Siri smarter
In this June 10, 2013, file photo, Eddy Cue, Apple senior vice president of internet software and services, talking about the new voices of ...
Gawker files for bankruptcy to sell itself to Ziff Davis
In this Wednesday, March 16, 2016, file photo, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton arrives in a courtroom in St. Petersburg, Fla. Gawker Media ...
As game makers try new tactics a turning point for E3
In this June 13, 2013 file photo, people view the Activision Blizzard Booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Electro ...
NJIT to participate in historic first ship-to-shore drone delivery
A team of medical personnel, emergency management specialists and drone technology experts, including from NJIT's New Jersey Innovation Inst ...
Tesla denies pressuring customers to hush up complaints (Update)
In this Monday, April 25, 2016, file photo, visitors gather around a Tesla Model S electric car on display at the Beijing International Auto ...
Aerospace firm unveils solar-powered aircraft (Update)
A solar-powered aircraft that can be flown with or without a human on board has been unveiled at a New York site that once made military fig ...
World's-first compact transceiver for terahertz wireless communication using 300-GHz band
Transmitter (NTT) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Fujitsu, and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technol ...
Tesla denies safety problems with Model S suspensions
In this Monday, April 25, 2016, file photo, visitors gather around a Tesla Model S electric car on display at the Beijing International Auto ...
Aerospace firm is unveiling solar-powered aircraft
A solar-powered aircraft that can be flown with or without a human on board is being unveiled at a New York site that once made fighter jets ...
Someone is going to get rich selling cameras for virtual reality. But who?
If virtual reality lives up to its hype, someone is destined to get rich from building the medium's first mass-market camera. ...
GM to add 700 technical jobs in Ontario Canada
General Motors will add at least 700 engineering, software development and urban mobility jobs at three sites in Canada. ...
Goldfish submarines and musical cats at Tokyo toy show
Segatoys unveiled its"Art Aquarium Prisrium" at the Tokyo Toy Show on June 10, 2016 Is your life lacking a mini-submarine for you ...
Review: Kill off your Wi-Fi dead zones with the Eero system
People have a love-hate relationship with their home Wi-Fi networks. ...
Messaging app Line to make trading debut in Tokyo New York (Update)
Messaging app Line said Friday it will make its stock market debut in Tokyo and New York next month, as it looks to expand on booming popula ...
Chinese government wields fake social media posts against collective action study finds
Gary King, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, has published a study with former graduate students Jennifer Pan and Margaret Rob ...
New research shows how old tyres can support bridges
Bridge structures suffer from soil movements and warp that can lead to structure damages and collapses but new research has shown that using ...
How might drone racing drive innovation?
Racing drones in flight. Credit: The Drone Racing League, CC BY-ND Over the past 15 years, drones have progressed from laboratory demonstra ...
India ministry rejects Google's Street View plans
A Google Street View vehicle collects imagery for Google Maps Google's plans to introduce its popular "Street View" service in In ...
Securing new and existing connected cars against cyberattacks
Karamba Security has released Carwall, in-car security software that automatically secures connected cars against cyberattacks. Carwall software keeps connected cars safe by sealing the car’s controll
Messaging app Line to make trading debut in Tokyo New York
Messaging app Line said Friday it will make its stock market debut in Tokyo and New York next month, in a bid to expand beyond its popularit ...
Innovative solar absorber can harness more sunlight enhancing its sunlight-to-heat efficiency
Masdar Institute postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Jin You Lu, characterizes the nanoporous solar absorber with UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy. Credit: ...
Infineon image sensor drives latest smartphone
The REAL3 camera sensor chip developed by Infineon at its Graz competence centre for advanced semiconductor solutions is featured in the PHAB2 Pro smartphone from Lenovo.
Can computers do magic?
2016-06-10 16:00:15Can computers do magic?
Credit: Public Domain Magicians could join composers and artists in finding new ideas for their performances by using computers to create n ...
General Electric to open Rhode Island high-tech office
Drawn by nearby universities, General Electric is opening a high-tech office in Rhode Island that could employ hundreds of people in the com ...
Messaging app Line set for listing in Tokyo New York: reports
Messaging app Line will list its shares in Tokyo and New York, reports said Friday, in what could be one of the year's biggest initial publi ...
Google co-founder fuels flying car labs: report
Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page speaks during a news conference at the Google offices on May 21, 2012 in New York City Google co-found ...
Bidders offering more than $5 bn for Yahoo: report
Yahoo is studying the possibility of a sale as it pursues efforts to revive growth, focusing on mobile users Several suitors are bidding $5 ...
Should you worry about 32 million hacked Twitter passwords?
Yet another security outfit is reporting that millions of stolen passwords—this time, for Twitter accounts—are floating around the dark side ...
Robots to provide a steadying hand at the right time
Steinfeld and his colleagues are designing cooperative robots, or co-robots, to empower people with disabilities to safely travel and naviga ...
Research showing why hierarchy exists will aid the development of artificial intelligence
New research explains why so many biological networks, including the human brain (a network of neurons), exhibit a hierarchical structure, a ...
Lenovo Google unveil phone that knows its way around a room
This image provided by Google shows people looking at a view of the solar system using technology Google calls "Project Tango." Ta ...
DuPont opens ASEAN headquarters in Singapore
DuPont is opening its Association of Southeast Asian Nations headquarters in Singapore. ...
Tesla to release lower-priced versions of Model S car
Tesla Model S Tesla says it has started selling a cheaper version of its Model S car, in an attempt to make the electric car more affordabl ...
Image: Integrated circuits on silicon
Credit: ESA-Guus Schoonewille Multiple integrated circuits at the heart of Europe's space missions, etched together onto a single piece of ...
Service robots are coming to help us
Two students at the University of Pennsylvania are modifying the Savioke Relay robot base by adding an arm for future manipulation tasks. Th ...
New technologies may jumpstart carsharing
Donna Chen believes a new era of carsharing may be right around the corner, thanks to the convergence of several advancing technologies. Cre ...
Technology is improving – why is rural broadband access still a problem?
Getting internet access to rural areas can be difficult. Credit: shutterstock.com There is a well-documented "digital divide" bet ...
Uber convicted fined in French trial over taxi practices
In this Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015 file photo Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, general manager for western Europe of California-based Uber, listens duri ...
Report: Twitter user data leaked
Twitter is denying a report that credentials from millions of users were stolen or leaked through a data breach at the social media company. ...
Duplex mobile phone basestation scheme demonstrated
Today’s ‘half duplex’ radios send signals and receive signals, but can only perform one of these functions at a time. Full duplex radios have the potential to double spectral efficiency, but would als
24bit A/D converters boost instrumentation health care equipment design
A series of 24bit simultaneous sampling sigma-delta A/D converters from Analog Devices is targeted at use in wide bandwidth, high density instrumentation, energy and healthcare equipment.
Apple revamps App Store with new revenue plan ads (Update)
In a significant shift in its revenue model, Apple said it would reduce its share to 15 percent from 30 percent for auto-renewed paid apps a ...
Mexican engineer extracts gas from urine to heat shower
Mexican engineer Gabriel Luna-Sandoval has invented a machine that he said can transform urine into a biogas to serve as a household heater ...
ICANN endorses plan to cede Internet oversight
The proposal from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)aims to maintain Internet governance under a "multi-st ...
Will Uber's cash path spur others?
Startups have long been the domain of venture capitalists. But with last week's staggering $3.5 billion investment in Uber from Saudi Arabia ...
Where Yahoo's media play went wrong
When Yahoo announced last year that it had lost $42 million reviving NBC's TV series "Community" and launching two other original ...
Apple to start showing ads in App Store
Apple says it will start showing paid ads when people search for apps in its popular mobile store. ...
No long-term 'star effect' for baseball teams on Twitter
In previous generations, when professional sports franchises had athletes who were considered to be all-star caliber on their teams, those t ...
Snapchat seen surging past Twitter Pinterest in US
Ephemeral messaging app Snapchat by year's end will have more US users than either Twitter or Pinterest, a market tracker said Wednesday. ...
Your phone may soon sense everything around you
This image provided by Google shows people looking at a view of the solar system using technology Google calls "Project Tango." Ta ...
FCC offers hope for consumers seeking online privacy protections
I think most of us can agree that the internet poses some unique and wide-scale risks to our privacy. ...
Math. Science. Recess. Minecraft? Twitch club brings gaming to school
Seventh-grader Brayden Foxhoven hurries to finish his chicken fingers. He has bases to capture. Gems to collect. Viewers to entertain. ...
Team makes hobby drones crash to expose design flaws
Johns Hopkins computer science graduate students and their professor discovered three security flaws in a popular hobby drone, all of which ...
Reference platform could help to commercialise connected car concepts
Qualcomm Technologies has unveiled the Qualcomm Connected Car Reference Platform, designed to enable automakers and their suppliers to explore, prototype and commercialise connectivity designs using m
Yahoo puts more than 3000 patents on auction block
Yahoo is hoping to sell most of its technology patents as part of a purge that also could culminate in the sale of its Internet operations. ...
Few insurers cut rates for new electronic safety devices
This Wednesday, April 1, 2015, file photo, shows the interior of a 2016 Lexus RX at the New York International Auto Show. Once expensive and ...
Germany slows pace of green energy transition
Germany is phasing out nuclear power by 2022 Germany on Wednesday moved to slow the rapid growth of subsidised renewable energy to cap risi ...
Energy-saving devices work—if you use them correctly
People living in green dwellings who don’t maximize their technology can lose half of the energy savings available to them. Credit: Kurt Ste ...
Iconic rubber duck goes digital but does it need to?
In this May 23, 2016, photo, Yui Matusmoto, 4, plays with Edwin the Duck, a digital duck toy, in the living room of his home in Tokyo, as hi ...
Dutch architect unveils 3D printer to make 'endless' house
A Dutch architect Wednesday unveiled a unique 3D printer with which he aims to construct a large building "without beginning or end&quo ...
Researchers find the right balance to speed wireless downloads through use of duplexing
A full duplex radio system developed at NYU Tandon School of Engineering by Professor Mike Knox In a world of 7 billion cell phones, wirele ...
Singapore to cut off internet access for government workers
Government employees in Singapore will soon lose their internet access at work to make official information systems more secure, authorities ...
Dissertation finds more ways to use footprints found at crime scenes
Credit: University of Dundee A final-year student at the University of Dundee has used his dissertation to find more ways to use footprints ...
Pencil test for pipeline cracks
It is impossible to see when the "lead" in a pencil cracks within the pencil, but an acoustic sensor can "hear" the chan ...
Learning in fewer than 140 characters on Twitter
Twitter can be an engaging communication tool for building a learning community according to research just published in the International Jo ...
Imaging technique acquires a color image and depth map from a single monocular camera image
Researchers have developed an imaging technique that can simultaneously acquire a color image and a depth map from a single image taken by a ...
New mobile application allows users to take virtual tour of Project Y of Manhattan Project National Historical Park
The application allows users from any location around the world to experience the environment in that pivotal time during World War II when ...
Helping Senegalese farmers with smart solar
Credit: Columbia University By 2050, the world will need to produce 70 percent more food than we did in 2007 to feed a global population ex ...
Diamond based nanoparticle could act as room temperature qubit
A quick and inexpensive way to build diamond based hybrid nanoparticles has been announced by a team from the University of Maryland, which claims the method overcomes many of the problems associated
The millennials won't save you but culture can
Creating a positive digital culture in the workplace is a more important factor than generational change in ensuring digital roll-outs are s ...
Poo power no longer just a pipe dream
60 Olympic swimming pools of waste arrive every day. Credit: University of Queensland Sewage treatment uses huge amounts of energy, account ...
Reindeer herders in Finland launch app to reduce road kills
In this picture taken June 10, 2012, a reindeer walks on the road at Ranua, Finland. Finnish reindeer herders launch app to cut road kills i ...
France unveils smartphone emergency app
The French government has created an emergency alert application intended to send swift warnings to smartphone users in the event of a bombi ...
On chip energy storage enabled by hybrid nanomaterial
A micro supercapacitor developed by VTT Technical Research Centre can be integrated inside a chip. The device, said to have high energy and power density, is enabled by a hybrid nanomaterial developed
LISA Pathfinder shows ‘astonishing’ accuracy
Results following two months’ of science operations show the two cubes at the heart of the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft are falling freely through space, influenced only by gravity and unperturbed by ot
Symantec launches IoT solution to help carmakers protect against zero day attacks
Symantec has released Symantec Anomaly Detection for Automotive to protect against zero day attacks and never-before-seen issues facing modern connected vehicles.