Ready-to-use recipe for turning plant waste into gasoline
Ready-to-use recipe for turning plant waste into gasoline. Credit: KU Leuven - Joris Snaet Bioscience engineers at KU Leuven, Belgium, alre ...
Automated vehicles may encourage a new breed of distracted drivers
Driving conditions that don’t require frequent use of vehicle controls, but do require constant vigilance for hazards, can reduce driver ale ...
pureLiFi collaborates with Astronics for aircraft light-based wireless connectivity
pureLiFi, a technology company using light to create next-generation wireless networks, has teamed up with Astronics Corporation, a provider of advanced technologies for the global aerospace, defence
Renesas Electronics announces strategic alliance with Alibaba to accelerate growth of IoT market in China
Renesas Electronics Corporation has announced a strategic alliance with Alibaba Cloud, which it hopes will empower IoT developers to accelerate the growth of China’s IoT market.
Crowd counting through walls with WiFi
The first demonstration of crowd counting through walls using off-the-shelf WiFi transceivers has been achieved by researchers from UC Santa Barbara.
Memory-jogging robot to keep people sharp in 'smart' retirement homes
Sensors placed throughout a retirement home helped the ENRICHME robot to keep track of the movements and activities of residents taking part ...
Spray coated tactile sensor on a 3D surface for robotic skin
A stretchable, pressure, insensitive, strain sensor has been developed by a KAIST research team, which uses an all solution-based process.
New modulator set to revolutionise optoelectronic industry researchers say
A tiny on-chip lithium niobate modulator has been successfully fabricated by a team comprising members from City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Harvard University and information technologies labora
Artificial intelligence to improve drug combination design and personalized medicine
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence toImprove Drug Combination Design and Personalized Medicine. Credit: Zac Goh A new auto-commentary publi ...
Instagram co-founders resign from social media company
In this Tuesday, June 19, 2018, file photo, Kevin Systrom, CEO and co-founder of Instagram, prepares for an announcement about IGTV in San F ...
Google tunes search for prescience and pictures
Google Search chief Ben Gomes speaks at the company's 20th anniversary event on September 23, 2018 in San Francisco Google unveiled cha ...
Sony's aibo robotic dog can sit fetch and learn what its owner likes
Aibo, a $2,899 robotic dog from Sony, just might scamper its way onto some wish lists this holiday season. ...
Ford executive says may boost production in China to avoid tariffs
Hinrichs said there was no business case for exporting autos to China with tariffs now reaching 40 percent Ford is looking at speeding up p ...
ICoast eyes better online access with satellite broadband
Abu Dhabi's Yahsat on Monday launched its satellite broadband service in Ivory Coast in a bid to boost internet access in this west Afri ...
Fake Apple products: Here's how to avoid being fooled—and endangered—by counterfeits
Counterfeit Apple power adapters and charging cables may look like the real thing, but they have differences that can cause injuries to you ...
Drivers for Uber Lyft see incomes fall as participation jumps
A new study shows incomes for Lyft and Uber drivers is on the decline, but it's unclear if that's due to more people working part-ti ...
How will climate change stress the power grid? Hint: Look at dew point temperatures
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study suggests the power industry is underestimating how climate change could affect the long-term demand f ...
BEEAs shortlist is announced
2018-09-24 16:00:05BEEAs shortlist is announced
MA Business, publishers of New Electronics and Eureka magazines, has announced the shortlist for this year’s British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs).
Mouser continues to report impressive growth
Boosted by a combination of technological innovation and a strong global economy, Mouser continues to report impressive growth.
From a microwave to a clock Amazon is taking Alexa beyond speakers
Amazon's product blitz Thursday wasn't just about new Echo speakers and new Fire TV DVR. In announcing 70 new products, the tech and ...
Apple Salesforce teaming up on mobile apps for business
Customer relations software company Salesforce says it will join with Apple to create new business apps exclusively for iPhone and iPad. ...
A new app pays you for product recommendations
Don't try to make money off my online behavior—unless, of course, I get a commission. ...
Why are data ethics so challenging in a changing world?
Big Data facilitates and supports the efforts of researchers, analysts, statisticians, business leaders, and policymakers to improve operati ...
Next generation power analyser from Yokogawa
Yokogawa has unveiled a new precision analyser, targeting developers of energy-efficient systems.
SiriusXM buys Pandora to step up streaming music wars
Satellite radio giant SiriusXM is acquiring streaming music rival Pandora, which went public with a share offering in 2011 SiriusXM, which ...
Secret messages for Alexa and Co
Project team from Bochum: Thorsten Holz, Lea Schönherr, Steffen Zeiler, and Dorothea Kolossa (from the left). Credit: RUB, Kramer A te ...
Artificial intelligence create more than 100000 new tunes based on Irish and English folk tunes
Researcher Bob Sturm performs one of the AI generated folk tunes. Credit: David Callahan At turns lively and yearning, the traditional folk ...
Reducing the conflict between energy retrofit and heritage character
Retrofitting historical buildings without impacting on their appearance and heritage presents a significant challenge. The Royal Crescent, B ...
Screen-printed large-area nPERT solar cells surpass 23 percent efficiency
Credit: IMEC At today's EU PVSEC conference, imec—the world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy and digital ...
Amazon's digital ad business surpasses Microsoft Yahoo report says
Amazon.com's advertising business is likely to more than double its sales in the U.S. this year, a market researcher said Wednesday, whi ...
Chip ramps up artificial intelligence systems' performance
Professors Naveen Verma and Peter Ramadge, and Hossein Valavi, a graduate student, have fabricated a chip that markedly boosts the performan ...
A Star Trek-inspired handheld device for sophisticated medical diagnostics
Credit: University of Glasgow A Star Trek-inspired handheld device based on a silicon chip could help make rapid, sophisticated medical dia ...
Worried about AI taking over the world? You may be making some rather unscientific assumptions
Credit: Phonlamai Photo/Shutterstock ,Should we be afraid of artificial intelligence? For me, this is a simple question with an even simple ...
STMicro and Leti develop GaN-on-Silicon technology for power conversion applications
Semiconductor company, STMicroelectronics, and Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, have announced that they are working together to industrialise GaN (Gallium Nitride)-on-Silicon technologies for
Perovskite/CIGS tandem cell with record efficiency of 24.6 percent
Credit: IMEC Today at the EU PVSEC conference, imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy and digital t ...
MathWorks expands deep learning capabilities in the MATLAB and Simulink product families
MathWorks has introduced Release 2018b of MATLAB and Simulink which contains significant enhancements for deep learning, along with new capabilities and bug fixes across the product families.
New type of battery could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants MIT claims
A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants. Rather than attempting to convert carbon dioxide to specialised chemicals usi
element14 community launches the ‘Sixth Sense’ Design Challenge
element14, the engineering community has launched its Sixth Sense Design Challenge, which tasks its community with creating a small remotely-operated or autonomous vehicle, such as a drone, robot or a
China responds to US tariff with their own charges and new AI chip
The tariff dispute between China and the US continues with the US imposing tariffs on an additional $200billion on Chinese products.
LORCA seeks cyber stars to tackle industry’s two biggest cybersecurity challenges
The London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement (LORCA) has launched an open call for its second cohort of cyber innovators.
Sky shares soar on Comcast takeover victory
Management at Sky has recommended that its shareholders "immediately" accept Comcast's bid Shares in British broadcaster Sky ...
Nepal reinstates $2.5bn hydropower deal with Chinese firm
Nepal suffers chronic energy shortages and is forced to buy electricity from neighbouring India Nepal has reinstated a deal with a Chinese ...
Singapore watchdog fines Grab Uber $9.5 mn over merger
A probe found the merger between Uber and Grab had substantially reduced 'competition in the ride-hailing platform market in Singapore&# ...
Spray-on antennas for flexible connected devices
Installing an antenna could be as easy as applying some bug spray, say in Drexel's College of Engineering researchers.
Würth releases DIY origami shielding cabinets
Würth Elektronik has extended its range of shielding cabinets with the “ShielDIY”.
Porsche first German carmaker to abandon diesel engines
There'll be no Porsche diesels in the future, CEO Oliver Blume says. Instead, the German company will focus on "powerful petrol, hy ...
Comcast beats Fox in Sky auction with $39B bid
This March 29, 2017 file photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. British regulator says Comcast has won an auction to ...
Ether cryptocurrency a victim of blockchain success
Enthusiasts who process Ethereum transactions on machines like this one are rewarded with units of the ether virtual currency For all the a ...
Hackers target real estate deals with devastating impact
Real estate agents and others involved in home transactions have become increasing targets for hackers James and Candace Butcher were ready ...
Late to the party German carmakers join race against Tesla
German carmakers are going after Tesla After years watching Tesla's electric cars speed ahead while they have been on the defensive ove ...
Ivory Coast looks to solar vehicles to replace bush taxis
Local politicians are putting great faith in Chinese-made tricycle taxis with rechargable solar energy panels which have been plying routes ...
Trump weighs draft order targeting Google Facebook: reports
US President Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks on social media platforms for what he sees as "bias" against him President D ...
Billionaires buying up media: Savior complex or civic duty?
This Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, combination of file photos shows from left, Laurene Powell Jobs, who has a majority stake in The Atlantic, Jeff ...
Fox Comcast bid for Sky in rare auction
Comcast and 21st Century Fox are contenders for the highest bid for European broadcaster Sky. ...
Titanic battle for Sky culminates in auction
Welcome to a rare auction A titanic takeover battle for European TV operator Sky between Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox and US cable ...
Can e-scooters solve the 'last mile' problem? They'll need to avoid the fate of dockless bikes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain As urban planners, we have not been good at integrating land uses, such as homes, shops and offices, with our tra ...
Solar panels replaced tarmac on a motorway—here are the results
A road to nowhere? Credit: Robert B.D. Brice/Wattway Four years ago a viral campaign wooed the world with a promise of fighting climate cha ...
Samsung's foldable phone could soon be a reality
Credit: Samsung We rarely see a truly remarkable new technology more than once a decade. After years of undelivered promises, such a techno ...
New robot picks a peck of peppers and more
The world's most advanced sweet pepper harvesting robot, developed in a consortium including Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) re ...
Combining multiple CCTV images could help catch suspects
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Combining multiple poor quality CCTV images into a single, computer-enhanced composite could improve the accuracy ...
Paper-based electronics could fold biodegrade and be the basis for the next generation of devices
A foldable, biodegradable battery based on paper and bacteria opens a new opportunity in electronics. Credit: Seokheun Choi/Binghamton Unive ...
Congressmen question Google over kids' privacy on YouTube
In this April 25, 2018, file photo the YouTube app and YouTube Kids app are displayed on an iPhone in New York on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. ...
Is $1100 too much for an iPhone? Get an older one for less
In this Sept. 16, 2016, file photo the new Apple iPhone 7 is displayed at the Apple Store at the Grove in Los Angeles. In the iPhone 7, Appl ...
Research improves real-time visualization of trees in 3-D videogames
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The work developed in the Interactive Visualization Centre provides faster and more efficient vegetation design s ...
Accelerated architecture of America's fastest supercomputer boosts QCD simulations
A conceptual illustration of the multigrid method for lattice QCD shows both fine and coarse grids. The high-frequency energy modes of a pro ...
Straight up? DIY colonoscopy among weird science at Tokyo show
Behold the do-it-yourself colonoscopy tube A gadget to "translate" dog barks for humans, a "babypod" that plays music i ...
At high-tech Tokyo Game Show old skool ones are the best
The old ones are the best At the Tokyo Game Show, the world's top firms compete to show off their very latest in high-tech gaming gadge ...
UK satellite successfully used an on-board net technology in orbit
The RemoveDEBRIS Satellite has successfully used an on-board net technology in orbit to capture a planted shoebox-sized object simulating a piece of ‘space junk’.
Amazon aims to make Alexa assistant bigger part of users' lives
David Limp, Senior Vice President of Amazon Devices, introduces the "Echo Sub" speaker, one of more than 70 Alexa digital assistan ...
Fibre optic sensors able to detect magnetic fields from the brain and heart
Researchers have developed a light-based technique for measuring very weak magnetic fields, such as those produced when neurons fire in the brain.
LDRA opens Germany office to serve customer demand for high-assurance software
LDRA, software quality experts in the areas of functional safety, security, and standards compliance, has opened an office in Munich to meet customer demand for a more tightly integrated approach to s
Robot created to monitor key wine vineyard parameters
VineScout day and night. Credit: Asociación RUVID Grapes must be picked at the exact point of maturation, and its plant must have the ...
Researchers patent technology for smart seat cushion adaptable prosthetics
this is smart seat cushion. Credit: UTA The University of Texas at Arlington has patented a smart seat cushion that uses changes in air pre ...
Spotify to let artists post music without labels
Disc jockey Michael Brun is one of a handful of artistists selected by Spotify to upload songs directly to the streaming music service In a ...
German league launches eSports tournament for Bundesliga clubs
The DFL say top 36 clubs in Germany's first and second Bundesliga divisions have the chance to play off to be the German club champion i ...
EU consumer chief "impatient" with Facebook over data
EU Consumer Commissioner Vera Jourova talks to journalists during a news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Thu ...
AI could help drones ride air currents like birds
Glider pilots look for updrafts to stay airborne. Credit: Shutterstock Birds have long inspired humans to create their own ways to fly. We ...
The Dambusters raid took place 75 years ago – here's how they made a bomb bounce
Sir Barnes Wallis was a genius engineer who designed a very special bomb during World War II. The idea was that it would bounce across water ...
Meshed offshore transmission grids key to a sustainable energy future
Credit: Ralf Gosch, Shutterstock Coordinated development of electricity infrastructure connecting offshore wind farms to land will bring fi ...
Why do so many people fall for fake profiles online?
Do you want to be friends with this person? Credit: Sasun Bughdaryan The first step in conducting online propaganda efforts and misinformat ...
James Bond carmaker Aston Martin targets £5.1 bn IPO
Aston Martin's IPO is scheduled for early next month Aston Martin, the luxury British sports car brand favoured by fictional spy James ...
"Wide learning" AI technology enables highly precise learning even from imbalanced data sets
Figure 1: Hypothesis listing and knowledge chunk extraction. Credit: Fujitsu Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of & ...
A sodium powder version of sodium-ion batteries may hold the answer to a decent alternative battery says Purdue University
A sodium powder version of sodium-ion batteries has been developed by a team from Purdue University.
A new carbon material with Na storage capacity over 400mAh/g
(a) XRD pattern of the as-prepared sample indexed with amorphous and graphitized peaks. (b) Raman spectra of D, G, D+D'', 2D, D+G an ...
Fox-Comcast battle to buy Sky to be settled by auction in UK
This Friday, July 25, 2014, file photo shows a view of the headquarters of the Italian Sky television broadcaster in Milan, Italy. British r ...
Ryanair chairman gets shareholder slapdown amid strikes
Ryanair was hit by several strikes over the summer Ryanair shareholders delivered a blow to the no-frills airline's chairman on Thursda ...
Renesas expands access to portfolio of IP licenses
Renesas Electronics Corporation  is expanding access to its portfolio of intellectual property (IP) licenses, which enable designers to meet a range of customised customer requirements in a rapidly ch
NTU Singapore and Delta Electronics' research efforts in smart technologies expanded
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Delta Electronics are expanding their research efforts in innovative manufacturing processes, and in improving learning and living exper
Amazon considering opening 3000 cashierless stores: Bloomberg
The new outlets could be convenience stores offering fresh prepared foods and some groceries Amazon is considering opening up to 3,000 new ...
007 carmaker targets £5.1-billion IPO
Aston Martin's IPO is scheduled for early next month Aston Martin, the luxury sports car brand driven by fictional spy James Bond, said ...
$60 million in virtual currency hacked in Japan
Bitcoin can be used for payment at 50,000 stores in Tokyo. Bitcoin and other digital currency worth around 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) ha ...
Google Mini captures top spot in connected speaker market: survey
The Google Home Mini, launched a year ago, has become the world's best-selling connected speaker, according to a survey Google Home Min ...
Chip-sized device could help manufacturers measure laser power in real time
To date, there has been no way to precisely measure laser power during the manufacturing process in real time, while lasers are cutting or melting objects, for example. This has resulted in some manuf
High lifecycles for batteries with doughnut-shaped lithium sulphide
A “high performing”, doughnut-shaped active material structure inside a lithium-sulphur battery has been developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
Super cheap earth element to advance new battery tech to the industry
Sodium normally explodes if exposed to water, but performs well in batteries as a powder, Purdue researchers discovered. Credit: Purdue Univ ...
INL's TREAT reactor successfully completes first fueled experiment
INL's Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT) exposes nuclear fuel to extreme, accident-like conditions to provide valuable data that re ...
EU opens investigation into how Amazon uses data
In this Friday, July 27, 2018 file photo, the logo for Amazon is displayed on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite. European Union Competition ...
Former exec sues Spotify over boys-only events and pay
This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the Spotify app on an iPad in Baltimore. A former sales executive is suing Spotify for gender discrimi ...
Putting underused smart devices to work
Researchers at IMDEA Networks are exploring this opportunity at our technological fingertips with the development of the novel «DisCoEd ...