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The “do not be alarmed” clock

“It’s a brand new year, which means I should really start writing a new post. I’ve been wanting to for a while, but we’ve been in lockdown for two months now and Google Analytics is the only …

The proof is in writing

“NYU Tandon SOAR fellows publish a paper on the efficacy of their methods “While Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education is essential in the high school curriculum, it often carries a reputation of being formidable and overwhelming,” Julia Monkovic …

Toshiba Launches 100V High-current Photorelay for Industrial Equipment

“Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched “TLP241B,” a high-current photorelay in a DIP4 package for industrial equipment such as programmable logic controllers and I/O interfaces. Samples and production quantities are available now. TLP241B has integrated MOSFET based …

Toyota to Debut Three New Electrified Vehicles for U.S. Market

“Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) announced plans to debut in the U.S. market this year, three new electrified models – two BEVs and a PHEV. “We continue to be leaders in electrification that began with our pioneering introduction of the …

Ultra Low Power LED Flasher using the Padauk PFS154

“Flashing a LED is certainly among the first set of problems any burgeoning electronics specialist is tackling, may it be by using an ancient NE555 or, more recently, a microcontroller to control the LED. As it turns out, we can …

UMass Amherst Team Helps Demonstrate Spontaneous Quantum Error Correction

“New research tackles a central challenge of powerful quantum computing To build a universal quantum computer from fragile quantum components, effective implementation of quantum error correction (QEC) is an essential requirement and a central challenge. QEC is used in quantum …

Vibrating 2D Materials

“Two-dimensional materials hold out hope for many technical applications. An international research team now has determined for the first time how strongly 2D materials vibrate when electronically excited with light. Current electronic components in computers, mobile phones and many other …

Volkswagen Group teams up with Microsoft to accelerate the development of automated driving

“Volkswagen Group further strengthens its capabilities in the development of automated driving (AD) solutions. The Group’s software company Car.Software Organisation will collaborate with Microsoft to build a cloud-based Automated Driving Platform (ADP) on Microsoft Azure and leverage its …

Wafer-scale production of graphene-based photonic devices

“Our world needs reliable telecommunications more than ever before. However, classic devices have limitations in terms of size and cost and, especially, power consumption – which is directly related to greenhouse emissions. Graphene could change this and transform the future of …

Where Wood Gets Weird

“What’s bouncy, bulletproof, cools you in the summer, keeps you toasty warm in winter and might help save our planet? The answer literally grows on (and in) trees: wood—at least in the many unfamiliar guises it takes on …