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Long may you wave, borophene

Tags RICE.Edu “Though they’re touted as ideal for electronics, two-dimensional materials like graphene may be too flat and hard to stretch to serve in flexible, wearable devices. “Wavy” borophene might be better, according to Rice University scientists. The …

mbed OS 5.2 now released!

“I’m pleased to announce that mbed OS 5.2 is now released and available for developers! This release builds on all the significant enhancements that were released in mbed OS 5.1, adding the following headline features: Support for …

Microsoft releases beta of Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit for deep learning advances

“Microsoft has released an updated version of Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit, a system for deep learning that is used to speed advances in areas such as speech and image recognition and search relevance on CPUs and NVIDIA® GPUs. The toolkit, previously …

New Horizons Returns Last Bits of 2015 Flyby Data to Earth

“Having traveled from the New Horizons spacecraft over 3.4 billion miles, or 5.5 billion kilometers (five hours, eight minutes at light speed), the final item – a segment of a Pluto-Charon observation sequence taken by the Ralph/LEISA imager …

New Intel Atom Processor E3900 Series: Enabling Next Generation of Smart and Connected IoT Devices

“The Internet of Things (IoT) is linking billions of smart and connected devices to each other, creating a wave of change in how we live and work. The number of connected machines is expected to dramatically increase – by 2020, 50 …

New kind of supercapacitor made without carbon

“Energy storage devices called supercapacitors have become a hot area of research, in part because they can be charged rapidly and deliver intense bursts of power. However, all supercapacitors currently use components made of carbon, which require high temperatures and …

Next-generation smartphone battery inspired by the gut

“Researchers have developed a prototype of a next-generation lithium-sulphur battery which takes its inspiration in part from the cells lining the human intestine. The batteries, if commercially developed, would have five times the energy density of the lithium-ion batteries used …

NXP Announces MCUXpresso Software and Tools, Unifies Development Support for its Microcontroller Powerhouse Portfolio

“NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced MCUXpresso software and tools, a new common toolkit for Kinetis and LPC microcontrollers (MCUs) designed to significantly reduce development effort, time, and cost by providing embedded designers with high-quality tools that work seamlessly together …

Qualcomm to Acquire NXP

“Qualcomm Incorporated and NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, under which Qualcomm will acquire NXP. Pursuant to the agreement, a subsidiary of Qualcomm will commence a tender …

Samsung ARTIK Smart IoT Platform Delivers the Power of IoT Development to Businesses

“Samsung Electronics today introduced its expanded SAMSUNG ARTIK™ Smart Internet of Things (IoT) platform featuring two new module families, ARTIK 0 and ARTIK 7, new device management capabilities in SAMSUNG ARTIK™ Cloud and an expanded partner ecosystem. The result is …