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Linear introduces the LTC7813, a dual output (boost + buck), low quiescent current synchronous DC/DC controller. When cascaded, its independent step-up (boost) and step-down (buck) controllers regulate the output voltage from an input…

MINMAX is proud to announce the new MJW15 & MJWI15 series of 15W Isolated / Regulated DC-DC Converters with wide 2:1 or ultra-wide 4:1 Input ranges for OEM / ODM / Industrial Applications where space is critical. These two families…

Texting has become the most ubiquitous form of mobile communication. In an attempt to display the potential of business texting, a software company called Zipwhip, developed a unique beer pouring robot that only works when you send it a…

In the United States, drunk driving is a very real problem. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, in 2014, 9,967 people died in drunk driving crashes, one every 53 minutes, and 290,000 were injured in drunk driving crashes. Friends…

NASA is on a mission to find out what's going on beyond our solar system. The agency has selected a team to build a new instrument capable of detecting planets outside of out solar system, called exoplanets. The instrument, which has…

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a 2.2-MHz, dual-channel synchronous buck converter with a unique set of features designed to significantly reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) and high-frequency noise in high-voltage DC/DC step-down…

Altera, now the Programmable Solutions Group (PSG) within Intel Corporation, unveiled the transceiver technology that will enable Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs to support data rates up to 56 Gbps. Altera is demonstrating today the FPGA…

Intersil Corporation announced two new PMBus(TM) compatible, single-phase digital hybrid DC/DC controllers that provide point-of-load (POL) conversions for FPGAs, DSPs, ASICs, processors and general purpose system rails. The ISL68200 with…

Researchers from MIT's Fluid Interface Lab have developed a drone that can write on your walls. Group members Sang-won Leigh, Harshit Agrawal, and Pattie Maes merged art and machinery when they created the Flying Pantograph, which equips a…

With smart car technology on the rise, Samsung has presented a new safety concept that targets two-wheeled vehicles like motorcycles and motor bikes. The Smart Windshield concept was developed in conjunction with the Italian division…

Want to be a speed-reader? Want to ditch the traditional scrolling technique we've become so accustomed to while reading a plethora of e-mails, work documents, books, and parent resources each day? Researchers from Finland's Aalto…

Who wouldn't want their McDonald's french fries dispensed out of a Lego-crafted vending machine? Astonishing Studios, a YouTube channel dedicated to building new Lego creations each week, has just released its newest build, the Lego…

As home automation products flood the market, there's one aspect of the home that hasn't gotten too much attention — blinds. Imagine you didn't have to get up to adjust your blinds anymore because they were smart enough to do it for you…

As more and more people "go green," student engineers are trying to figure out how to turn our everyday waste food into something useful, like compost. Engineers from Rice University have developed an integrated bio-waste processing and…

Microsoft Research recently released a video displaying its new technology called holoportation. The 3D capture tech allows high-quality 3D models of people to be reconstructed, compressed and transmitted anywhere in the world in real time.…