Raspberry Pi 3 has got its own ABS plastic case. Although the Raspberry Pi 3 LED indicators are now on the opposite side of the board, the case from supplier Cyntech Components uses a light-pipe so that the LEDs can be viewed when the case is closed. Security is a key requirement when the Raspberry …

Raspberry Pi 3 has extendable case for add-on boards

Both Foxconn and Sharp now say the deal is done and there will be a signing ceremony on Saturday. It’s been a marathon. When, in 2012, Foxconn started negotiating for a stake in Sharp, Sharp’s shares stood at 550 yen. The deal has now been done at 88 yen per share. Foxconn is to get …

Patient Foxconn Finally Bags Up Sharp

Imagination Technologies has created a number of IoT development boards under the Creator brand which are now being sold by Mouser Electronics. Imagination used Kickstarter to fund the initial supply of the Creator products which are now available from Mouser Electronics. These include the Creator Ci40 IoT hub and Ci40 kit (now available for pre-order) …

Mouser brings Imagination’s IoT design boards to market

Researchers have determined that quantum rather than classical physical behaviour is responsible for superconductivity in high-pressure hydrogen sulphide, a result which could benefit the design of high-temperature superconductors, said the University of Cambridge. Last year, German researchers identified superconductivity in H2S at -70°C, said to be the highest temperature yet. To get it working, the …

High-temperature superconductivity yields another secret

One wonders what the RSPCA might think of this one – radio-controlled beetles. Technologists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and the University of California at Berkeley are using electronics to control beetles in flight. Electrodes are put on beetles’ legs, optic lobes and flight muscles and controlled by radio signals which make the beetles …

Poor Bloody Beetle

A two-metric system under development in an IES subcommittee would separately address the issues of color fidelity and gamut and address the long-understood shortcoming of CRI.

WaveMax edge-lit optics deliver lighting in two directions and enable sleek LED-based luminaire designs for high-end office space and optimized parking-garage applications.

Courts in Germany and the US have found that Nichia LED-centric patents are invalid based on actions brought by Everlight Electronics in both regions.

The XLamp XP-L HI family of packaged LEDs will target maximum candela through secondary optics, while Cree is separately developing BSY plus red high-CRI arrays for ceramic metal-halide replacement.

LightingEurope, the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association, and AT Kearney publish a joint report entitled “Quantified benefits of human centric lighting.”