Nanoengineered transition metal oxygen electrodes may be able to boost lithium oxygen battery current output by orders of magnitude and extend electric vehicle ranges to 500 miles. Electric vehicles use lithium ion batteries and have ranges up to 300 miles, bu...

By Rob Coppinger | 15-02-2019

In 2018, the global BLDC motors market was estimated to be worth $6.21 billion, having grown at a CAGR of roughly 9.4% since 2015. BLDC motors also known as electronically commutated motors (ECMs, EC motors), or synchronous DC motors, offer several advantages...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 13-02-2019

Arduino boards are nifty microcontrollers appropriate for a smattering of uses. Beginners may start with blinking an LED, while more advanced users can use Arduino boards for cosplay, plant watering systems, and more. The Arduino MKR MEM Shield is a fantastic...

By Moe Long | 12-02-2019

Pulses of light only one-quintillionth of a second long are to image the motion of an electron as a first step to understanding electron behaviour to enable petahertz superconducting computing. Computers operate at the speed of gigahertz, a billion cycles a se...

By Rob Coppinger | 11-02-2019

Munich headquartered Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH is launching two new infrared LEDs (IRED), keyless biometric identification devices for automotive use this spring: the Synios SFH 4772S A01 and the Synios SFH 4775S A01. The first device is suitable for use...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 06-02-2019

Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are to be used to develop high definition maps for autonomous driving to avoid the mapping problems caused by bad weather or the loss of satellite navigation. High definition maps are necessary to deliver accurate, real-time i...

By Rob Coppinger | 05-02-2019

Tiny gears that twist light will enable optical computing with a huge bandwidth when 250,000 of them are printed on one square millimetre of a microchip. Lasers on a microchip are needed to realise optical computing and its high bandwidth data transfer rates f...

By Rob Coppinger | 01-02-2019

Without electricity you wouldn't be reading this article. Your device would be dead and the article couldn't have been written electronically and then Internet-posted. For us humans electricity is a primary life-sustaining element. Not surprising then that gen...

By Paul Whytock | 31-01-2019

Instruments that were once bulky are now increasingly miniaturised and this is giving rise to sensors that can gauge shapes in real-time. Key players include: Infineon Technologies AG, Cognex Corporation, LMI Technologies, Occipital Inc., Panasonic Corporation...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 30-01-2019

Keeping up with Moore's Law has challenged the semiconductor fabrication sector for decades. While development of twice-as-fast CPUs has stumbled in the past few years, Moore's Law was never going to run indefinitely. Unfortunately, physical hardware limitatio...

By Christian Cawley | 29-01-2019

A polymer that would enable a doubling of energy efficiency of existing organic electronics has been developed, enabling a much wider use of the technology. Organic light emitting diode displays in smartphones are one example of an application for the existing...

By Rob Coppinger | 28-01-2019

The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming. You've heard about how it will let your fridge manage the temperature of its contents, and let your doors and windows communicate to keep your home secure. But the IoT has considerable uses away from the home. The Indust...

By Christian Cawley | 25-01-2019