Analog Devices’ precision battery management system integrated circuits are to be used for the Rimac C_Two fully electric hypercar capable of speeds of up to 258 miles per hour.  The Rimac C_Two electric hypercar has 1,914 horsepower and can accelerate from 0-...

By Rob Coppinger | 18-12-2019

Carbon nanotubes have been the “technology of the future” since the days of the Buckyball in 1985. With the demonstration of a field-effect transistor made of carbon nanotubes that can operate in the 100 GHz range, that future is now. The technology has “gradu...

By Gary Elinoff | 16-12-2019

3D scanning and printing technology, which only a couple of years ago were deemed to be bywords for groundbreaking innovation, has come of age. The development of devices, based on this technology, allows users to ‘experience’ and ‘feel’ products in a real env...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 13-12-2019

High definition television makers have been adopting organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens because they deliver brighter, more colourful displays, but OLEDs can fall into a dark state and fail. Organic LED can lose up to 75% of their energy because they...

By Rob Coppinger | 11-12-2019

Where once prosthetics were crude and simplistic, now they’re carefully engineered works of art. In fact, with breakthroughs such as neuroprosthetic limbs, there’s even the potential for prosthetics to interface with the human brain. Learn all about the future...

By Moe Long | 10-12-2019

After years on the backburner, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are about to come of age. Fuel cells, combined with a battery and super-capacitor, rely on oxygen from the air and compressed hydrogen to start-up and power a vehicle. Advantages of this techno...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 03-12-2019

It is now possible to build displays that can actually be bent. They can actually be folded in half, almost like a piece of paper. They have many uses, but here we will focus on the effect that they will have on the future of smartphones. Wait – let me take th...

By Gary Elinoff | 02-12-2019

Manufacturers can overcome key Industry 4.0 and smart factory communication challenges from data integration to synchronization, edge connectivity, and system interoperability with Analog Devices’ (ADI) ADIN1300 low-power, single port Ethernet transceiver. The...

By Rob Coppinger | 28-11-2019

Smart wiring, a system that enables the combination of many different types of wires into a single platform, is taking off both in the home and office. Modern buildings rely on a plethora of wiring with phone lines, TV and audio cables, computer and internet c...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 26-11-2019

As we move inexorably towards the new Christmas pantomime, or General Election as it's more usually called, the subject of high-speed Internet has become a political weapon. This comes as no surprise given this country’s appalling lack of progress in implement...

By Paul Whytock | 25-11-2019

Electrolyte performance in supercapacitors could be improved by using ionic liquids, salts that are detergents and which perform better as they get hotter.  A problem in lithium-ion batteries is the electrolyte can be flammable at high temperatures. To avoid u...

By Rob Coppinger | 22-11-2019

Demand for quartz crystal oscillators, which are essentially electromechanical devices used to provide a stable clock signal in a wide range of electronic applications, is growing. Quartz crystals can operate in frequencies that vary from a few tens of kiloher...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 21-11-2019