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Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announced the joint release of power-efficient reference designs that drive 4K UHD over a USB Type-C connector. Lattice’s USB Type-C port controllers and MHL transceivers can easily be paired with…

AVX Corporation has extended its TWA-Y Series wet electrolytic tantalum capacitors with the addition of new, high CV 470µF/100V and 1,000µF/75V components. These components act as drop-in replacements for existing M39006-style wet tantalum…

Fairchild released its first 1200V silicon carbide (SiC) diode, the FFSH40120ADN, in its series of upcoming SiC solutions. The 1200V diode’s combination of superior switching performance, higher reliability and low electromagnetic…

M/A-COM Technology Solutions announced the MAOP-L284CN, a silicon photonic integrated circuit integrated with lasers (L-PIC) for a 100G transmit solution for CWDM4 and CLR4 applications. To meet the explosive growth of data traffic…

Pasternack debuts a new line of flexible precision VNA test cables rated to 50 and 67 GHz depending on the series. Designed for use as VNA test port extenders, these highly durable and flexible test cables are able to withstand the rigors…

Just a few weeks ago, Mastercard revealed its pay-with-selfie plan at Mobile World Congress in Spain. Now Amazon is on the selfie check-out bandwagon. The company filed a patent for a technology that would ask users to take two selfies…

If you were pleased to learn that you didn't have to vacuum anymore thanks to iRobot's Roomba autonomous vacuum, then you'll be equally as excited to learn that you don't have to mop anymore either. iRobot has just released the Braava…

With heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States, and while 25% of the people on the national U.S. waiting list for a heart dying before they ever receive one, researchers have been working diligently to discover…

A research team from South Africa and Italy has demonstrated a new kind of laser that can produce beams "with a twist" as its output. The outputs and superpositions of the new type of laser form a set of beams, called vector vortex beams.…

We hear about wireless charging a lot lately: electric vehicle makers are working on it, cellphones have become compatible, even furniture has the ability to wirelessly charge devices. There’s even some speculation that the next iPhone…

Since more and more parents these days are looking for personalized, one-on-one attention for their children, artificial intelligence researchers have come up with a solution: robot tutors. Goren Gordon, an artificial intelligence…

Last summer, original drawings and sketches from Walt Disney Animation Studios, which ranged over a 90-year period, were transported internationally for the very first time. These sketches included everything from Steamboat Willie to a more…

While artificial intelligence has made great strides — translating, writing captions, and performing tasks just as well as,  if not better than, humans — there's still a need for computer systems to understand in the same capacity as…

Last year, researchers from  the Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Lab at Stanford University developed a 12 gram "micro tug" robot capable of moving objects 2000 times its size on glass, enabled by gecko adhesives.  The university…

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have created the world's thinnest lens— just one two-thousandth the thickness of a human hair. The new discovery will open the door to flexible computer displays and have an impact on…