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Electronic design tool morphs interactive objects

“MorphSensor lets users digitally model an object’s form and electronic function in one integrated space. We’ve come a long way since the first 3D-printed item came to us by way of an eye wash cup, to now being …

How to make perfect edges in 2D-materials

“Ultrathin materials such as graphene promise a revolution in nanoscience and technology. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now made an important advance within the field. In a recent paper in Nature Communications they present a method for …

Latest NPU adds to Arm’s AI Platform performance, applicability, and efficiency

“With an ever-increasing range of devices adding artificial intelligence (AI) functionality, Arm today announced the latest member of its Ethos product line, the Arm Ethos-U65 microNPU (Neural Processing Unit). Focused on AI/machine learning (ML) processing, and providing a new …

Lighting up the ion trap

“Fiber optics built into a chip can deliver all the laser light needed to control ions for quantum computing and sensing. Walk into a quantum lab where scientists trap ions, and you’ll find benchtops full of mirrors and lenses …

Microchip Acquires High-Level Synthesis Tool Provider LegUp to Simplify Development of PolarFire FPGA-based Edge Compute Solutions

“Software engineers can now map applications coded in C/C++ directly into PolarFire FPGAs and SoCs that are the industry’s lowest-power mid-range fabric solutions for acceleration Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) today announced it acquired Toronto-based LegUp Computing Inc …

Microchip Announces Microcontrollers that Solve Tough Analog System Design Challenges

“Adds MCUs that integrate configurable analog and digital peripherals supported by mixed-signal development environment Sensor-based Internet of Things (IoT) applications rely on a combination of analog functionality and digital control capability to meet a challenging list of requirements including low …

Microwave lenses harnessed for multi-beam forming

“This highly compact beam forming network has been designed for multi-beam satellite payload antennas. Generating a total of 64 signal beams outputted from a single antenna, this novel design could cover the entire Earth with multiple spot beams from geostationary …

Monash engineers improve fatigue life of high strength aluminium alloys by 25 times

“A world-first study by Monash University engineers has demonstrated improvements in the fatigue life of high strength aluminium alloys by 25 times – a significant outcome for the transport manufacturing industry. Published today (Thursday 15 October 2020) in the prestigious journal …

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid

“NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface for delivery to …

New CubeSat will observe the remnants of massive supernovas

“Scientists at CU Boulder are developing a satellite about the size of a toaster oven to explore one of the cosmos’ most fundamental mysteries: How did radiation from stars punch its way out of the first galaxies to fundamentally alter …