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A technique to automatically generate hardware components for robotic systems
As robots become increasingly sophisticated and advanced, they will typically require a growing amount of hardware components, including robotic limbs, motors, sensors and actuators. In addition, robots have integrated computers ...
Oct 21, 2021
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Porotech announces the development of micro-display based on native red indium gallium nitride
Officials at Porotech, a gallium nitride material technology development spinoff begun by a team at the University of Cambridge, announced on its news page the development of a micro-display based on native red indium gallium ...
Oct 21, 2021
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A universal system for decoding any type of data sent across a network
Every piece of data that travels over the internet—from paragraphs in an email to 3D graphics in a virtual reality environment—can be altered by the noise it encounters along the way, such as electromagnetic interference ...
Sep 09, 2021
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New design kit opens door to next generation of chips
Researchers from NC State University and Synopsys are unveiling a new computer chip design kit to facilitate the development of new chips – and are making it freely available in order to encourage growth and innovation ...
Aug 30, 2021
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Turning the tables into touchscreens
Scientists from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) used a synchronized projector and camera to produce a touchscreen-like interface on a flat surface. Because the camera only registered the user's fingers when ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Reappraisal of Moore's law through chip density
Researchers at The Rockefeller University have shed new light on Moore's Law—perhaps the world's most famous technological prediction—that chip density, or the number of components on an integrated circuit, would double ...
Aug 18, 2021
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Development of a novel technology to check body temperature with smartphone camera
Thermal-imaging sensors that detect and capture images of the heat signatures of human bodies and other subjects have recently sprung into use in thermostats to check facial temperatures for contactless COVID-19 screening ...
Jul 26, 2021
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A reliable solution for passive acoustic and environmental monitoring
In a study published in Methods in Ecology & Evolution, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators developed a new acoustic recorder which ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Looking Glass develops second-generation holographic displays
Holographic display maker Looking Glass has announced that it has developed two versions of its second-generation holographic display. On its website, the team at Looking Glass provide a video showing off features that buyers ...
Jul 14, 2021 report
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Texas Instruments to buy semiconductor factory in $900 million deal
Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc. will acquire Micron Technology Inc.'s semiconductor factory in a $900 million cash transaction, the company announced Wednesday.
Jul 01, 2021
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Intelligent carpet gives insight into human poses
The sentient magic carpet from 'Aladdin' might have a new competitor. While it can't fly or speak, a new tactile sensing carpet from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) can estimate human ...
Jun 22, 2021
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Nvidia to stop support for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and Kepler GPUs soon
Nvidia, founding company of the GPU, has announced that on August 31 of 2021, support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, as well as for all Kepler GPUs, will be dropped. The majority of these GPUs used to sell as part of the 600 and ...
Jun 15, 2021 report
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Consumer & Gadgets
Qualcomm unveils 7 new Internet of Things chips to power smart grocery carts, remote work tech
Qualcomm has been working for years to get its mobile technology into other products besides smartphones—think drones, laptops and smart security cameras.
Jun 14, 2021
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AMD and Samsung are developing a new Exynos mobile chip with ray tracing
Computex Taipei announced on June 2, 2021 that the graphics and processors company AMD has collaborated with Samsung to develop RDNA 2 graphics technology for an Exynos mobile system-on-chip, with the goal of enhanced Graphics ...
Jun 02, 2021 report
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