Motor drivers boost runtime of battery-powered IoT devices
The drivers operate from a supply voltage as low as 1.8V and support power-saving design with ultra-low standby current of…
Single-chip drivers simplify precision motor control
The drivers operate from a low 18V supply voltage and support power-saving design with ultra-low standby current of less than…
IBM discovers how to convert old smartphones cases into high-strength plastic
The one-step approach converts BPA-leaching plastics in consumer electronics into environmentally safe material for water purification and medical devices.
Bio-ink paves way for 3D printed tissues
Scientists from University of Bristol are utilising bio-ink on 3D printers, allowing the printing of living tissue and aims to…
Future robots to be equipped with ‘muscle’
The Harvard team envisions that the soft robots built with VAMPs could be used to assist the disabled or elderly,…
Rambus samples lens-less eye tracker for headmount displays
The Lensless Smart Sensors rely on a phase anti-symmetric diffraction grating and co-designed with computational algorithms that extract the relevant…
Developing medical electronics for EMC
Know the implications of designing medical devices in light of changes to European IEC 60601-1-2 EMC regulations.
Compact 9.5mW IR emitting diode cuts space for wearables
Vishay’s VSMD66694 comes in a 2mm x 2mm x 0.87mm package and boasts wavelengths of 660nm (red) and 940nm (IR),…
Diamond MEMS resonator surpasses 20GHz speed
The Russians have claimed a new world record in the microwave regime with a diamond substrate MEMS resonator whose speed…
Remote sensing technology revolutionises archaeological research
Find out in this article how researchers from National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore are employing new methods -…