Articles
Photovoltaic power could be produced from textiles
Pliable, textile-based solar cells could enable truck tarps to produce the electricity consumed by the driver when underway, or to power electronic systems used to locate trailers in shipping terminals. [ + ]
AGV navigation: what are the possibilities?
Various technologies are available on the market for bringing an automated guided vehicle (AGV) to its destination. [ + ]
How smartphones and self-driving cars see the world
Tiny infrared lasers offer 3D sensing functionality for consumer electronics like smartphones and robots like self-driving cars. [ + ]
The high road to 5G infrastructure
The first tangible evidence of 5G infrastructure has not been in mobile network base stations but rather in the Verizon fixed-wireless access (FWA) base stations for very high-speed broadband delivery to homes and businesses. [ + ]
FAQs regarding encapsulation resins/potting compounds
Electrolube's Technical Director for Resins, Alistair Little, discusses his top trending encapsulation resin/potting compound questions. [ + ]
Super-sensitive electronic skin for robots and prosthetics
Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin has ultrahigh responsiveness and robustness to damage, and can be paired with any kind of sensor skin layers to function effectively as an electronic skin. [ + ]
Wireless connectivity boosted for wearables
Researchers have invented a new way for wearable devices to interconnect, incorporating conductive textiles into clothing to dynamically connect several wearable devices at once. [ + ]
Direct diode lasers opening new markets
Technology consulting firm IDTechEx demonstrates how advances in semiconductor laser technology enable novel applications in laser material processing and industrial manufacturing. [ + ]
Two-qubit gate achieves superfast quantum operations
Scientists have achieved what they claim is the first two-qubit gate between atom qubits in silicon, operating around 200 times faster than other existing spin-based two-qubit gates. [ + ]
A new technology superpower: AIoT
Even though AI and IoT are still in their relative infancy, these two technology superpowers are now being combined across every industry. [ + ]
Inductive charging could shorten your phone's lifespan
The use of inductive charging, while highly convenient, risks depleting the life of mobile phones using typical lithium-ion batteries. [ + ]
Keep pace with a standardised development process
Test engineering teams must begin the process of adopting and standardising on iterative software development to keep pace with product development teams. [ + ]
Electronex moves to MCEC
Electronex – The Electronics Design and Assembly Expo has relocated to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre after outgrowing its previous venue. [ + ]
Automation will assist labour, not replace it
Electronics design and manufacturing companies are set to update, improve and increase productivity through the use of automation. This automation is intended to assist, not replace. [ + ]
Touch in flexible displays: which technologies will prevail?
How will different technology options fare given that the paradigm shift towards flexible displays is finally upon us? [ + ]
