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A smart surface for smart devices

“External system improves phones’ signal strength 1,000 percent, without requiring extra antennas. We’ve heard it for years: 5G is coming. And yet, while high-speed 5G internet has indeed slowly been rolling out in a smattering of countries across …

ASUS Announces Tinker Edge T

“Single-board computer for AI application features the Google Edge TPU, ARM processor, an advanced power design and tools for easy system setup. ASUS today announced Tinker Edge T, a single-board computer (SBC) specially designed for AI applications. It features the …

Blue diode illustrates limitations, promise of perovskite semiconductors

“University of California, Berkeley, scientists have created a blue light-emitting diode (LED) from a trendy new semiconductor material, halide perovskite, overcoming a major barrier to employing these cheap, easy-to-make materials in electronic devices. In the process, however, the researchers discovered …

Controlling light with light

“Researchers develop a new platform for all-optical computing The future of computation is bright — literally. Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with researchers at McMaster University and University of Pittsburgh …

Engineers mix and match materials to make new stretchy electronics

“Next-generation devices made with new “peel and stack” method may include electronic chips worn on the skin. At the heart of any electronic device is a cold, hard computer chip, covered in a miniature city of transistors and other semiconducting …

Hermetically sealed semi-conductors

“New encapsulation technique protects electronic properties of sensitive materials Tomorrow’s electronics are getting ever smaller. Researchers are thus searching for tiny components that function reliably in increasingly narrow configurations. Promising elements include the chemical compounds indium selenide (InSe) and …

JEDEC Publishes Update to Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Standard

“JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry, today announced the publication of Universal Flash Storage (UFS) version 3.1, JESD220E. In addition, an optional new companion standard, JESD220-3: UFS …

Lasers etch a ‘perfect’ solar energy absorber

“The University of Rochester research lab that recently used lasers to create unsinkable metallic structures has now demonstrated how the same technology could be used to create highly efficient solar power generators. In a paper in Light: Science & Applications, the …

Making sense of flexible sensor systems

“A team of researchers from Osaka University and Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research developed the world’s thinnest and lightest magnetic sensor matrix sheet system that visualizes the two-dimensional distribution of magnetism on various surfaces. Conventional magnetic …

Mathematicians Prove Universal Law of Turbulence

“By exploiting randomness, three mathematicians have proved an elegant law that underlies the chaotic motion of turbulent systems. Picture a calm river. Now picture a torrent of white water. What is the difference between the two? To mathematicians and physicists …