Notable & Newsworthy
October 2014
Cree LED Bulb
Cree introduces the new Cree LED Bulb, delivering superior light performance while looking just like an incandescent light bulb at an even more affordable price. Featuring a new innovative design, the Cree LED Bulb provides the same cost savings and 25,000-hour lifetime that made the original Cree LED Bulb America’s be
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10/31/2014
Current form factors of the WattUp RF wire-free charging router
Your next refrigerator or television may also double as a wireless charger for your mobile devices and wearables. Home appliance maker Haier announced that it has signed a joint development agreement with Energous, creator of the WattUp wireless router that sends power in a 15-ft. radius using radio frequency tr
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10/28/2014
Propelled by the race between Apple and Samsung to enhance their mobile products with cutting-edge sensor technology, the market for sensors in cellphones and tablets is set to nearly triple from 2012 through 2018, according to IHS Technology.
Worldwide market revenue for sensors used in mobile handsets and media
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10/27/2014
Fraunhofer researchers are using this lab coater to produce piezoelectric AlN layers for low power sensors in an economically feasible manner
The trend toward energy self-sufficient probes and ever smaller mobile electronics systems continues unabated. They are used, for example, to monitor the status of the engines on airplanes, or for medical implants. They gather the energy they need for this from their immediate environment - from vibrations, fo
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10/27/2014
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced that Intel Corporation CEO Brian Krzanich will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming 2015 International CES. Owned and produced by CEA, the 2015 CES, the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies, will run January 6-
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10/22/2014
Capped by last week’s announcement that Qualcomm would buy CSR PLC, the automotive semiconductor industry recently has been undergoing a wave of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity that has shaken up the competitive order of the market, according to IHS Technology.
In two major deals announced in August
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10/22/2014
The Energy Institute (EI) Awards judging panel, made up of distinguished industry experts, has now reviewed the submissions to this year's competition and shortlisted the finalists. The winners will be announced by Huw Edwards, respected news correspondent and broadcaster, at a black tie ceremony and dinner in
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10/16/2014
The magnetic coils inside the compact fusion experiment pictured in an undated photo provided by Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Corp said on Wednesday it had made a technological breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, and the first reactors, small enough to fit on the back of a truck, could be ready for use in a decade.
Tom McGuire, who heads the project, said he and a small team had been
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10/16/2014
Mouser Electronics, a leading engineering resource and global distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, applauds the winners of the 2014 Create the Future Design Contest. The grand prize winning design is a 3D printer capable of building a house within a day.
Mouser is a major sponsor of the 12
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10/15/2014
Tesla Model S
Everyone knows that Tesla Motors Inc. doesn’t do things the same way as other automakers.
However, the company’s unique approach to automaking runs far deeper than the Model S’s electric drivetrain, battery packs and futuristic body. In fact, the company’s unconventional approach extends all the way d
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10/14/2014
To mark his official visit to North America, Gérard Collomb, Senator-Mayor of Lyon and President of the Greater Lyon, signed a MOU with John Harthorn, CEO of MassChallenge to ignite cooperation between Lyon French Tech and MassChallenge. Lyon and Boston share common economic strategies: as international clusters in
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10/09/2014
Here, scanning electron microscope images show the solution: nanometer-sized rods of titanium dioxide (larger image) which cover the surface of a piece of titanium gauze (inset). The holes in the gauze are approximately 200 micrometers across, allowing air to enter the battery while the rods gather light.
Is it a solar cell? Or a rechargeable battery? Actually, the patent-pending device invented at The Ohio State University is both: the world’s first solar battery. Researchers report that they’ve succeeded in combining a battery and a solar cell into one hybrid device.
Key to the innovation is a mesh so
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Date:
10/07/2014
Citizen Eco-Drive Satellite Wave F100 wristwatch
Lattice Semiconductor’s iCE40 FPGAs are enabling Citizen Watch to bring to market its Eco-Drive Satellite Wave F100 wristwatch, an innovative fusion of technology and beauty that receives and processes satellite signals in real-time to display the correct time anywhere in the world's 40 time zones.
“The iCE40 FPGA
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10/06/2014
Dr. Jiyoung Kim (left) and Dr. Kyeongjae “K.J.” Cho examine a wafer used to make transistors. The two created new technology that could reduce energy consumption in mobile devices and computers
Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas have created technology that could be the first step toward wearable computers with self-contained power sources or, more immediately, a smartphone that doesn’t die after a few hours of heavy use. This technology taps into the power of a single electron to co
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Date:
10/02/2014
EnFa – The Energy Factory
An office and workshop complex with a completely self-sufficient energy supply has been put into operation in Neuenstadt am Kocher (Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany). EnFa – The Energy Factory is not connected to the public grid and solely uses renewable energies. The photovoltaic and storage systems for the off-grid po
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Date:
10/02/2014
Quantum Materials announced that it is scaling volume production of photoactive quantum dots for use in next-generation photovoltaic solar power technologies. While offering numerous advantages for solar power generation, the high cost and difficulty of producing large quantities of quantum dots with which to de
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Date:
10/01/2014
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