Lanxess is to double the capacity of its membrane production facility in the city of Bitterfeld, Germany next year.

Falls in the elderly can be predicted, three weeks early in some cases, according to the University of Missouri. “We have developed a non-wearable sensor system that can measure walking patterns in the home, including gait speed and stride length,” said Marjorie Skubic, who is both director of the University centre for elderly care and …

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Chemists at the University of Waterloo in Canada are claiming to have developed a long-lasting zinc-ion battery. It is said to use non-flammable non-toxic materials and a pH-neutral water-based salt, consisting of a water-based electrolyte, a pillared vanadium oxide positive electrode and a metallic zinc negative electrode. Inside, positively-charged zinc ions are oxidized from the …

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TI says its reference design that adds Wi-Fi connectivity to an electric vehicle (EV) charging station is an industry first. EV owners will be able to remotely monitor and control the charging of their vehicles from just about anywhere with Wi-Fi, presenting dozens of potential use cases from home automation to checking the availability of …

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With the holiday season almost over here, thanks to TripAdvisor, are the ten best hotels in the world: Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur Shinta Mani, Cambodia Bellevue Syrene, Sorrento Hanoi La, Hanoi Achtis Hotel, Afitos, Greece Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons UK Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives Bucuti and Tara Beach, Aruba Calabash, Granada Ritta, Brazil

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After 15 years, $90 million in equity funding and $50 million in licensing and customer support revenues, Nantero is productising its carbon nanotube memory technology which it calls NRAM. The company has twelve customers, including several top in the ten, who have multiple fabs running NRAM wafers including one on 28nm. NRAM’s speed is the …

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Atmel’s ATA8520D is a transceiver IC for 868MHz Sigfox proprietary networks, intended to be used for IoT and machine-to-machine comms with the Sigfox protocol. It has an RF front end for up and down-link , a digital baseband and a microcontroller in the same device. The transmit path uses a closed loop fractional-N modulator, while …

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By the power of Google Analytics, let’s see what was hot on Gadget Master in August. Find out what your peers have been reading in the month just passed. Topics covered include a very special Megaprocessor, an electronics book for Kids, a Raspberry Pi home alarm system, Wizard Chess and a laser trip wire alarm… As always, let’s …

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Complete with substrate, an active matrix for a flexible display need only be 4μm thick, according to the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). The matrix of ultra-thin n-type transparent oxide thin-film transistors (TFTs) for the backplane were initially fabricated on a sacrificial laser-reactive substrate. Laser irradiation from the backside of the substrate …

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Samsung says it is in mass production of the Exynos 7 Quad 7570 built on 14nm process technology for the budget smartphone market and IoT devices. It is Samsung’s first Exynos processor to integrate a Cat.4 LTE 2CA modem, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM and GNSS in one chip. Exynos 7570, with four Cortex-A53 cores in 14nm, …

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