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Sony to Release World’s First Intelligent Vision Sensors with AI Processing Functionality

“Enabling High-Speed Edge AI Processing and Contributing to Building of Optimal Systems Linked with the Cloud Sony Corporation today announced the upcoming release of two models of intelligent vision sensors, the first image sensors in the world to be equipped …

Space Hinvaders

“A micro game with LED matrix where the pixels used for the entire game are about those of a single sprite of the original invader. I really like old video games, and I had never found a space invader style …

Speeding up long-range coherent LiDAR

“LiDAR is a technique used for measuring distances with laser light. In a study published in Nature, researchers at EPFL show a new way to speed up a type of LiDAR engine by using photonic circuits. Light detection and ranging …

Teensy 4.1 Released

“Teensy 4.1 is now available with access more I/O and memory expansion. Teensy 4.1 features a 10/100 Mbit Ethernet PHY. The Ethernet port also has IEEE1588 precision packet timestamping. Fast Ethernet opens up possibility for low …

Tesla’s secret batteries aim to rework the math for electric cars and the grid

“Electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it expects will bring the cost of electric vehicles in line …

Tiny transformer inside: Decapping an isolated power transfer chip

“I saw an ad for a tiny chip1 that provides 5 volts2 of isolated power: You feed 5 volts in one side, and get 5 volts out the other side. What makes this remarkable is that the two sides can …

To climb like a gecko, robots need toes

“Robots with toes? Experiments suggest that climbing robots could benefit from having flexible, hairy toes, like those of geckos, that can adjust quickly to accommodate shifting weight and slippery surfaces. Biologists from the University of California, Berkeley, and Nanjing University …

Toshiba Releases MOSFET Gate Driver Switch IPD for Automotive ECUs

“Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched “TPD7107F,” a gate driver switch IPD[1] that controls the conduction and shut-off of current supplied to automotive electronic control units (ECUs), such as junction boxes and body control modules. Shipments start …

Transistor sets a new standard for energy efficiency

“Researchers at EPFL’s Nanoelectronic Devices Laboratory (Nanolab), working under Professor Adrian Ionescu, have designed and demonstrated a new type of technology based on 2D semiconducting materials that’s almost as energy-efficient as the human brain. Smartphones, laptops and smartwatches …

Transporting energy through a single molecular nanowire

“Plants and photosynthetic bacteria catch sunlight via molecular antennas, which then transfer the energy to a reaction centre with minimal losses. Scientists would like to make molecular wires that can transfer energy just as efficiently. Scientists at the University of …