From bulky vacuum tubes to compact high performance microprocessors the evolution of electronic components over the years has always been evident. This section covers all the recent technological advancement in the electronics industry and the new-age products that have hit the electronics market recently.
Digi-Key Electronics announced that it now offers a free eBook on the benefits of implementing Application Programming Interface (API) solutions, as well as a new ROI calculator to see the return on investment that implementing APIs can deliver.
Digi-Key’s APIs have long provided a complete digital platform for customers to automate and…
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new framework for adaptive task allocation during missions assigned to be completed by multiple robots. Based on the unique capabilities and characteristics of the robots, the framework helps in assigning them the tasks.
The framework is based on a task allocation…
Hyundai Mobis has developed an ‘in-cabin safety alert system’ for accurately sensing the children in the rear seats. Using radar sensors, the system helps in preventing babies from dying from vehicular heatstroke and safety accidents. The in-cabin sensor technology is an infrastructure technology that is capable of improving the detection accuracy and provides passenger…
The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is a fluid situation that is threatening lives at a much faster pace than we could have thought about. The deadly coronavirus outbreak has pushed the medical community around the world to quickly adopt technical solutions as medical assistants. To stop the spread of the infection, various medtech companies are coming up with robots and…
Researchers from Intel Labs and Cornell University have demonstrated the unique ability of Intel’s neuromorphic research chip named Loihi to learn and identify hazardous chemicals. The research was published in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence describing how a neural algorithm was built from scratch based on the architecture and dynamics of the human brain’s…
A team of scientists leads by Dr. Gareth Conduit at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering at A*STAR, and Nanyang Technological University have used AI for predicting electric vehicle battery states and to give an ‘accurate’ prediction for lithium-ion cells state of charge and health.
According to the article published, the data-driven…
The world’s largest LoRaWAN event, The Things Conference 2020 took place in Amsterdam, on January 30-31 2020. Experts from leading industries in the ecosystem such as Google, ST, Murata, Semtech, and others came together to showcase the endless possibilities of IoT with LoRaWAN.
The event is organized by The Things Network, a global open-source…
Renesas Electronics has announced that its ZMOD4410 gas sensor is at the heart of the Safera Sense smart cooking sensor to measure if the airborne concentration of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and CO2 in the users’ kitchens are at unhealthy levels. ZMOD4410 was chosen by Safera because of its excellent accuracy, high reliability, and low power operation for smart…
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have invented a new smart diaper embedded with a moisture sensor that can alert a caregiver when a diaper is wet. When the sensor detects dampness in the diaper, it sends a signal to a nearby receiver, which in turn can send a notification to a smartphone or computer.
The sensor consists of…
Arm has introduced significant additions to its artificial intelligence (AI) platform, including machine learning (ML) IP, the Arm Cortex-M55 processor, and Arm Ethos- U55 NPU. These new devices are designed to deliver a combined 480x uplift in ML performance, the new IP and supporting unified toolchain allows the AI hardware and software developers to implement innovative…
GetWired is a new wired home automation system announced by Dmoatic – a DIY Home Automation Enthusiast group from Poland. Although it is the age of wireless automation, the wired automation modules have the advantages of their own like communication stability, higher throughput, lower latency, Immune interfaces, etc. On top of all, it needs no batteries and no internet…
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed a new technology that helps in controlling in-building mobile robots used for cleaning, security, delivery, and guidance. The technology can also be made useful for controlling next-generation electric wheelchairs. The technology uses dynamic maps (three-dimensional maps for buildings that show the status of the building…
