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“All our smart phones have shiny flat AMOLED displays. Behind each single pixel of these displays hide at least two silicon transistors which were mass-manufactured using laser annealing technologies. While the traditional methods to make them uses temperatures above 1 …
“The Apollo 17 landing site has been abandoned since the last lunar astronauts went home in 1972. Now the site could get its first visitor in 44 years, as private companies race to the moon in the Google Lunar Xprize …
“Soyuz-U launch vehicle (LV) with cargo spacecraft Progress MS-04 was launched from the BAIKONUR Space Center. The LV flight was normal until 382-d seconds. After 382 seconds of flight the receiving Progress MS-04 telemetry data was stopped. Radar …
“On the wall of Aaron Dollar ‘s office is a poster for R.U.R.(Rossum ‘s Universal Robots), the 1920 Czech play that gave us the word “robot.” The story ends with the nominal robots seizing control of the …
“A team of Yale researchers has unveiled CertiKOS, the world ‘s first operating system that runs on multi-core processors and shields against cyber attacks, a milestone that the scientists say could lead to a new generation of reliable and secure …
“Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a new method of creating optoelectronic circuits using graphene and other 2D materials that are much smaller than their current counterparts. Optoelectronics, the technology that uses pulses of light rather than traditional …
“Microsoft is doubling down on its commitment to the tantalizing field of quantum computing, making a strong bet that it is possible to create a scalable quantum computer using what is called a topological qubit. Longtime Microsoft executive Todd Holmdahl …
News Miniature WiFi device developed by Stanford engineers supplies missing link for the Internet of Things
“Futurists and technology prognosticators have been known to make starry-eyed projections about the so-called Internet of Things. It ‘s a vision of a world where everything - from implantable biosensors and wearable devices to smart cars and smart home sensors - confers …
“One of the greatest mysteries of experimental physics is how so-called high-temperature superconducting materials work. Despite their name, high-temperature superconductors materials that carry electrical current with no resistance operate at chilly temperatures less than minus 135 degrees Celsius. They can …
News NXP Introduces Industry’s Smallest 8-pin GX Logic Package for Mobile, Portable and IoT Applications
“NXP SGX-8 image.jpgemiconductors N.V.(NASDAQ: NXPI) today introduced the world’s smallest leadless logic package for 8 lead logic functions. Measuring just 0.8mm x 1.35mm and only 0.35 mm in height, the GX 8 …