Aurora Flight Sciences and Socionext are providing a patent-pending radar-enabled collision protection system for consumer drones. The Radar Flight Control Module (RFCM) (pictured)  is comprised of a single-chip 24GHz radar with range measurement software. The radar responds acutely to its surroundings and can detect multiple objects, objects in open spaces, target distance and speed, and …

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China and Samsung have agreed to limit price rises in mobile DRAM, reports Trendforce. China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is reported to be signing an MOU with Samsung which limits price rises. The China government was concerned about effect of the rising price of mobile DRAM on  its smartphone industry.  

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Medopad, the UK-based health-tech AI company, today announced over £100m of commercial projects and partnerships in China. This announcement comes as UK Prime Minister Theresa May meets with China’s President Xi following trade talks with Premier Li in Beijing. Medopad has signed 15 trade deals, with leading Chinese organisations. Notably, the partnership with Tencent, China’s …

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Farnell has launched  forthings.io, a  transactional website that aims to give education, maker and start-up users the same experience that business customers receive from Farnell. Through forthings.io, customers can access the latest products as well as a range of content – from white papers to project plans and guides. Customers will now be able to …

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Test and measurement provider, AEM has bought Finnish MEMS test provider, Afore. The acquisition extends the AEM semiconductor portfolio into the IoT, mobile comms, robotics and autonomous driving, with Afore’s wafer level MEMS range which includes wafer probers and test handlers with multi-stimulus and package options, as well as tri-temperature testing. Singapore based AEM has …

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An amateur astronomer has found a lost NASA satellite, now confirmed as Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE), launched in on March 25 2000. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in co-ordinated five separate antennas to acquire radio frequency signals from the object. “As of Monday, Jan. 29, observations from all five sites were consistent with …

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Glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs) can update shelf information wirelessly, although Plastic Logic is quick to point out that updates are not confined to price changes, but also ingredients and stock levels. The company has announced a bendable EPD, designed for freezer rail type, electronic shelf labels. The 11.5 x 0.5-inches label can withstand repeated bending …

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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a an optical second-harmonic generator with no background output – second harmonic output can be varied from zero upwards. It consists of an 8μm long strip of cadmium sulphide with source and drain electrodes (one Ohmic, on Schottky) – see diagram. Incoming light was between 680 and …

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Rather than splitting an exiton across a p-n junction, why not receive light like radio waves, with an antenna and a diode? That is the thinking behind a project at Georgia Tech, which has produced a class of devices called rectennas. The first optical rectenna was produced in 2015, now the Tech is reporting a …

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California Department of Water Resources, US, has approved $34.4 million in grants to eight desalination projects including six for brackish water, reports The Mercury News.