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While solar charges aren't a new innovation, this super-thin solar charger is so lightweight that it can fight directly between pages of a notebook without being noticed.

Beach-goers have probably encountered two common problems: I can't get my beach umbrella to stay in the sand and my cellphone keeps dying with no outlet in sight. Italian duo Nicolo' Bonomo and Fabrizio Beretta wanted to change that so…

This unique video captures a never-before-seen event caught by the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. A team of scientists have used  an X-ray laser to record the microscopic motion and effects of shock waves…

Intersil Corporation announced the ISL9120, a buck-boost switching regulator that enables efficient power management of system power supplies and peripherals such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, memory cards or LCD modules. Its adaptive current limit…

Green Hills Software has extended its popular INTEGRITY automotive consolidation platform to the Freescale i.MX 6 series Smart Application Blueprint for Rapid Engineering (SABRE) for automotive infotainment board, giving carmakers and their…

Positronic Releases IP67 Waterproof Mixed Density Combo-D Connector The industry appetite for waterproof and ingress protection features is increasing. In keeping with this trend, Positronic has produced the WCBD Series, a waterproof…

Micro-Measurements, a Vishay Precision Group, launched three new small-scale strain gages designed to meet the growing demand for precise, stable, and reliable stress analysis of PCBs, even in harsh environments. The C2A-06-G1350-120…

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LT4276 LTPoE++™, PoE+ and PoE-compliant powered device (PD) interface controllers for applications requiring 2W to 90W of delivered power. The LT4276 integrates a PD controller and an isolated…

Vishay Intertechnology introduced four new 1 A and 2 A FRED Pt Ultrafast recovery rectifiers in the compact low-profile SMF (DO-219AB) eSMP series package. Combining extremely fast and soft recovery characteristics with low leakage current…

UK-based industrial designer Fraser Leid thinks up some pretty futuristic technology concepts on the online creative-work showcase Behance. One of his latest concepts he'd like to bring to life is the Hudor Faucet, which would allow…

If you're a Ghostbusters fan, then surely you remember the Ecto-1 vehicle that the Ghostbusters used to travel around New York City and bust ghosts and ghouls. The vehicle used in the films was basically a 1959 Cadillac with some funky…

Murata MTC1 series of 1 Watt regulated single output DC/DC converters manufactured by Murata Power Solutions. These miniature isolated devices are available with nominal input voltages of 12 or 24 VDC and accommodate a 2:1 input range…

Mouser Electronics is now stocking the STEVAL-ISA162V1 Evaluation Board from STMicroelectronics. This new evaluation board implements an isolated flyback (12V/0.84A) 10W wide-range mains developed for general-purpose applications. The core…

VARTA Microbattery released the CoinPower Series of lithium-ion rechargeable micro batteries. Optimized to promote cost effective manufacturing efficiencies and design flexibility in Bluetooth, portable and wearable technology applications,…

Power Sources Unlimited new 10 Watt THL 10 and THL 10WI Series of optimized cost-to-performance ratio DC-DC converters in an industry standard package to our TRACO Power portfolio. The THL 10 has a wide input voltage range of 2:1 and the…