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Thermophotovoltaic Solar Cells Produce Electricity in the Dark

https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ April 24, 2016 Comments Off on Thermophotovoltaic Solar Cells Produce Electricity in the Dark

Scientists developed a new nanomaterial that can make solar cells generate electricity in the dark. “Solar power generation in the dark? How is this possible?” If these were the questions... Read More

Jeremy Fiance founded The House Fund, the first investment fund for UC Berkeley startups

A fund for startups built by — and for — Berkeley founders

By Anne Brice, Berkeley News | https://news.berkeley.edu/ April 24, 2016 Comments Off on A fund for startups built by — and for — Berkeley founders

With nearly 40,000 students and eight startup accelerators, UC Berkeley suffers no shortage of ambitious entrepreneurs who want to make a meaningful difference. And now, a recent alum has opened a new... Read More

UltraSoC named in Leap 100 list by City AM and Mishcon de Reya

https://www.ultrasoc.com/ April 24, 2016 Comments Off on UltraSoC named in Leap 100 list by City AM and Mishcon de Reya

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, 22nd April 2016 – UltraSoC, the leading provider of semiconductor IP for on-chip analytics, performance optimization and hardware-based security, today announced that it has been named by... Read More

A Flexible Camera: A Radically Different Approach to Imaging

https://engineering.columbia.edu/ April 24, 2016 Comments Off on A Flexible Camera: A Radically Different Approach to Imaging

team led by Shree K. Nayar, T.C. Chang Professor of Computer Science at Columbia Engineering, has developed a novel sheet camera that can be wrapped around everyday objects to capture... Read More

Robotic consensus

https://news.mit.edu | Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office April 24, 2016 Comments Off on Robotic consensus

Control algorithm for teams of robots factors in moving obstacles. Planning algorithms for teams of robots fall into two categories: centralized algorithms, in which a single computer makes decisions for... Read More

WiFi Capacity Doubled at Less than Half the Size

https://engineering.columbia.edu —by Holly Evarts April 22, 2016 Comments Off on WiFi Capacity Doubled at Less than Half the Size

Last year, Columbia Engineering researchers were the first to invent a technology—full-duplex radio integrated circuits (ICs)—that can be implemented in nanoscale CMOS to enable simultaneous transmission and reception at the... Read More

Changes on the Board of Directors and Micronas Group Management

April 22, 2016 Comments Off on Changes on the Board of Directors and Micronas Group Management

ZURICH, Switzerland, April , 2016 – Following completion of the public takeover offer by TDK Magnetic Field Sensor G.K., Tokyo, for all publicly held registered shares of Micronas Semiconductor Holding... Read More

Digital divide among UK business is holding back the economy

https://www-03.ibm.com April 22, 2016 Comments Off on Digital divide among UK business is holding back the economy

London, U.K. – 21 Apr 2016: A digital divide is opening up across the British economy, with just over half (55%) of “pioneer” firms adopting digital technologies and processes, while... Read More

Making electronics out of coal

https://news.mit.edu | David L. Chandler | MIT News Office April 21, 2016 Comments Off on Making electronics out of coal

Instead of burning up this complex hydrocarbon, let’s make devices from it, says Jeffrey Grossman. Jeffrey Grossman thinks we’ve been looking at coal all wrong. Instead of just setting it... Read More