Korea’s ETRI has developed a high performance processor for autonomous vehicles called Aldebaran.

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Fujitsu has developed an ‘exquisitely’ sensitive gas sensor based on a new principle that using graphene. This development paves the way for compact instruments that can measure specific gas components with speed and sensitivity, for detecting atmospheric pollution or testing for organically derived gases in a person’s breath. Fujitsu’s graphene gas sensor replaces the gate …

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RS Components and the University of Northampton recently held an event to give local schoolchildren the opportunity to learn about emerging technologies through hands-on experience. Called Tomorrow’s Engineers and facilitated by Aspire Northamptonshire, the workshop sessions were attended by as many as 60 schoolchildren between the ages of 14 and 16. The pupils from Corby Business Academy …

Read full article: RS shows children how to build a Raspberry Pi laptop

Arrow has signed up its first technology partner for a crowdfund-to-production collaboration with Indiegogo. This means that specific entrepreneurs on the Indiegogo crowd-funding website will have access to technical engineering support for their projects from connector supplier TE Connectivity. Entrepreneurs can apply for Arrow certification of their projects on the Indiegogo platform. This mean the projects are deemed ready for manufacturing …

Read full article: Arrow’s Indiegogo project initiative moves into gear

Panasonic is in talks to buy Austrian automotive LED manufacturer ZKW, reports the Nikkei. Panasonic’s automotive business currently focuses on batteries and navigation systems. ZKW would add LED headlights and lighting modules to the product portfolio. ZKW had sales of $949 million last year and it is thought the purchase price will be around $1 …

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Check out this freshly produced video from the night, at the Grosvenor Hotel in London, to give a good flavour of the Elektra Awards 2016.

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Check out our gallery of Elektra Awards guests – can you spot yourself or your colleagues among this year’s party people? More to follow shortly. The Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards 2016 were presented at a Gala Dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, and here is picture gallery from the reception before the dinner and …

Read full article: Picture Gallery: Elektra Awards 2016 Attendees – The reception (I)

November is over and the year is almost finished, but before the headlong rush to Christmas let’s see what clicked on Gadget Master in the month just passed.

Read full article: Most read Gadget Master posts in November

Semtech has a reference design for an indoor multi-band picocell basestation incorporating the LoRa long range IoT wireless standard.

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Intel has never been much of a one for the military market and that may very much be the result of the attitude of its founding CEO, Bob Noyce. “With very few exceptions, the major motivation behind technology development cannot come from the Military,” said Noyce, “the major motivation, I feel, is the commercial one. …

Read full article: Why Intel Avoided Military R&D.