Toward printable, sensor-laden “skin” for robots

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New 3-D-printed device mimics the goldbug beetle, which changes color when prodded. In this age of smartphones and tablet computers, touch-sensitive surfaces are everywhere. They’re also brittle, as people with... Read More

Microsoft announces patent license agreement with Toyota, enhancing connected car experience for consumers

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Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced a new patent licensing agreement with Toyota Corp. that includes broad coverage for connected car technologies. Today’s agreement builds on Toyota and Microsoft’s strong partnership,... Read More

TDK-Micronas and Endrich expand their distribution partnership

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TDK Corporation announces the expansion of its long-term partnership between TDK-Micronas, a TDK group company, and Endrich. As of today, Endrich Bauelemente Vertriebs GmbH is TDK-Micronas GmbH’s franchise partner for... Read More

Organic electronics can use power from socket

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Organic light-emitting devices and printed electronics can be connected to a socket in the wall by way of a small, inexpensive organic converter, developed in a collaboration between Linköping University... Read More

China’s Geely opens UK plant for electric London taxis

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The site in Coventry, central England, “has the capacity to build more than 20,000 vehicles per year… the best ultra-low emission commercial vehicles in the world”, LTC said in a... Read More

Engineers design “tree-on-a-chip”

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Trees and other plants, from towering redwoods to diminutive daisies, are nature’s hydraulic pumps. They are constantly pulling water up from their roots to the topmost leaves, and pumping sugars... Read More

Tektronix Provides Raspberry Pi with Measurement Solutions to Test and Develop Current and Next Generation High Speed Interfaces

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BRACKNELL, United Kingdom, March 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of measurement solutions, today announced it will fully outfit the Research and Development (R&D) lab for Raspberry... Read More