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Engineers develop new magnetic ink to print self-healing devices that heal in record time

“A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a magnetic ink that can be used to make self-healing batteries, electrochemical sensors and wearable, textile-based electrical circuits. The key ingredient for the ink is microparticles oriented …

Lattice Semiconductor to be Acquired by Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, Inc. for $1.3 Billion

“Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:LSCC) (“Lattice” or the “Company”) and Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, Inc. (“Canyon Bridge”) today announced that the Company and Canyon Bridge Acquisition Company, Inc. (“Parent”), an affiliate of Canyon Bridge, have signed a definitive agreement under …

Making high-performance batteries from junkyard scraps

“Take some metal scraps from the junkyard; put them in a glass jar with a common household chemical; and, voilà, you have a high-performance battery. ‘Imagine that the tons of metal waste discarded every year could be used to provide …

Minoca OS: A new open source operating system

“Today we’re thrilled to announce that Minoca OS has gone open source. We are releasing the entirety of the Minoca OS source code under the GNU GPLv3. We’re excited to build a community of users and developers around …

Penn State researchers find way to increase scanning speed

“A major technological advance in the field of high-speed beam-scanning devices has increased the speed of 2D and 3D printing by up to 1000 times, according to researchers in Penn State’s College of Engineering. Using a space-charge-controlled KTN beam …

Samsung Expands its Advanced Foundry Offerings with 14LPU and 10LPU Processes

“Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today that it is expanding its advanced foundry process technology offerings with the fourth-generation 14-nanometer (nm) process (14LPU) and the third-generation 10nm process (10LPU) to meet the requirements of next …

Scale from value line to high performance with TI’s new unified memory 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs)

“Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today expanded its ultra-low-power MSP430™ FRAM microcontroller (MCU) portfolio with two new low-power families targeting a wide range of sensing and measurement applications. The new families include: MSP430FR5994 MCUs with 256KB FRAM and 40 times …

Ubuntu Core 16 delivers foundation for secure IoT

“Canonical today released Ubuntu Core 16 for the Internet of Things (IoT), with regular and reliable security updates, and app stores for intelligent connected devices. Ubuntu Core is already in use in top-of-rack switches, industrial gateways, home gateways, radio access …

ARM accelerates secure IoT from chip to cloud

“ARM has released its most comprehensive product suite ever to deliver new levels of security, efficiency, low-power connectivity and device life cycle management for the Internet of Things (IoT). With new processors, radio technology, subsystems, end-to-end security and a cloud-based …

Engineers design ultralow power transistors that could function for years without a battery

“A newly-developed form of transistor opens up a range of new electronic applications including wearable or implantable devices by drastically reducing the amount of power used. Devices based on this type of ultralow power transistor, developed by engineers at the …