Clearas’ advanced algae filtration technology produces unprecedented results at Fond du Lac plant.

Taiyo Yuden has made its Bluetooth v4.1 low-energy modules a third smaller, getting them down to 15.4 x 10 x 2mm. There are two, called EYSGCCAXX and EYSGCCSXX, and they are aimed at wearables and industrial equipment such as hand-held barcode scanners and mobile printers. The difference between the part is that the AXX version has …

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Three year-old Arctic Sand, the MIT spin-out which raised $19 million in Series B funding in February, is sampling a small, efficient LED driver for Ultrabooks.

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The Raspberry Pi foundation announces Pixel. A new desktop UI that will ship with the Foundation’s Raspbian image from now on.

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Nissan has developed a pretty brilliant idea for queue-ers – the autonomous self-driving chair. Here’s the link. http://www2.nissan.co.jp/BRAND/TFL/SP/PPC/?rstid=20160905rst000000023 Nissan has adapted its autonomous car technology to develop “self-driving” chairs that give queue-ers a chance to rest their plstes of meat while autojaticallyn moving them up the queue. The ChairPilot detects when the spot at the …

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NI has demonstrated a millimetre-wave radar test system for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) at European Microwave Week in London this week. The test set-up is designed for short- and long-range radar in the 76–81GHz range, and is based around the firm’s PXIe-5840 second-generation vector signal transceiver (VST). According to Stefano Concezzi, vice president of …

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Intepro Systems is offering a 50MHz bandwidth load for testing point-of-load power converters. The stand-alone unit, called EL 2000 HS, works up to 40W, has a rise-time of 40A/µs, and can sink 20A from under 1V. To minimise inductance, wires to the unit-under-test are avoided. “Ever-higher switching speeds and lower operating voltages present unique challenges …

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Imec and Holst Centre have developed a new sensor-hub-on-chip intended for a broad range of wearable health devices and applications.

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Memory shortages could be on the way. Micron CEO says that distie stocks of memory are “very very tight” while DRAMeXchange expects a 30% rise in DRAM contract prices in Q4 and reports a 7.4% hike in September.

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How does this guy sound to you? He’s talking about science and technology. “I had no idea, until a few weeks ago, just how much I don’t know. And I had even less idea how much I still wouldn’t be able to understand even once some clever people had explained it to me.” What does …

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