PUB aims to complete its 12,500 m3/d demonstration-scale plant for MBR systems for water reuse in mid-2017.

Water Planet is pioneering the use of true artificial intelligence, or machine learning, in the water treatment industry.

Infineon is adding to  its CoolMOS portfolio  with the 600 V CoolMO P7 and 600 V CoolMOS C7 Gold (G7) series. The product families are designed to operate at 600 V breakdown voltage and deliver improved superjunction MOSFET performance. The P7 is targeting applications such as chargers, adapters, lighting, TV, PC power, solar, server, telecom …

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IC Insights has raised its worldwide IC market growth forecast for 2017 to 11% – more than twice its original 5% outlook. The revision was necessary due to a substantial upgrade to the 2017 growth rates forecast for the DRAM and NAND flash memory markets. IC Insights currently expects DRAM sales to grow 39% and …

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Long-term skin damage following radiotherapy could be predicted using a LED-based scanner, according to The University of California Irvine Beckman Laser Institute (BLI). Radiotherapy is sometimes used to eradicate cancer cells that might have survived surgery or chemotherapy, in breast cancer patients, for example. A side-effect of this radiation is long-term damage in the skin. …

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Kionix KXTJ3 is a drop-in replacement for the earlier 2 x 2 x 0.9mm KXTJ2 (Kionix’s best selling accelerometer), with from better noise performance to extended range. Toys, wearables, remote controls, smart home and IoT are foreseen applications. “A common use case of accelerometers is for power savings, allowing the system to sleep when there …

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Peter Lieberwirth, vice president, strategic business planning, Toshiba Electronics Europe outlines the semiconductor firm’s product plans for memory, power mosfets and LED lighting. What are your product plans for 3D NAND flash and how important is this technology for the data storage industry? Peter Lieberwirth: 3D NAND flash memory built on Toshiba’s BiCS (Bit Cost …

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The first GCHQ-backed accelerator programme for cyber security start-ups has concluded. Seven start-ups joined the GCHQ Cyber Accelerator – a partnership between GCHQ, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), and corporate accelerator Wayra UK (part Telefónica Open Future). The companies received support to scale their businesses, including mentoring, business services, office space, and …

Read full article: GCHQ fledges cyber start-ups and asks for more

Renesas Electronics has added new microcontrollers to its  Synergy range of IoT-focused devices and software. With the latest MCUs – S128, S3A3 and S3A6 families – there are now a total of 57 devices based on ARM Cortex-M CPU cores covering operating frequencies from 32MHz up to 240MHz, and on-chip flash memory sizes of 64KB, 128KB, 256KB, …

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The second of April marks Arduino Day this year, and Gadget Master tips its hat with a little giveaway. One randomly chosen reader can win the Arduino Playground book that we have featured recently.

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