Sensing currents in brushless motor drives is essential, even if it is just for current limiting. [ + ]

Silicon's ability to harvest energy from heat can be greatly increased while remaining mass-producible. [ + ]

The fully flexible electronic devices could enable a wide range of applications that conform to different shapes and allow free movement without compromising function. [ + ]

Is a big leap in Li-ion battery technology around the corner, or does the technology represent only a waypoint on the journey to a power source offering far more time between recharges? [ + ]

Using 'preapproved' wireless/radio transmitter modules does not eliminate testing, but it can eliminate the need for certification and reduce the amount of testing required. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Various technologies are available on the market for bringing an automated guided vehicle (AGV) to its destination. [ + ]

Tiny infrared lasers offer 3D sensing functionality for consumer electronics like smartphones and robots like self-driving cars. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Electrolube's Technical Director for Resins, Alistair Little, discusses his top trending encapsulation resin/potting compound questions. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Researchers have invented a new way for wearable devices to interconnect, incorporating conductive textiles into clothing to dynamically connect several wearable devices at once. [ + ]

Technology consulting firm IDTechEx demonstrates how advances in semiconductor laser technology enable novel applications in laser material processing and industrial manufacturing. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Even though AI and IoT are still in their relative infancy, these two technology superpowers are now being combined across every industry. [ + ]