While a number of consumer virtual reality (VR) applications for games and video have been developed in 2016, the introduction of more head-mounted display (HMD) VR devices has also brought new aspects to the professional VR application ...
Tags: VR devices, HMD devices
Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA - which designs and manufactures indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets - has been awarded a $4.7m purchase order ...
Tags: optical chips, fiber-optics
A series of new C-Segment vehicles will offer consumers the option of adding plug-in electric all-wheel drive using GKN Driveline's latest electric axle drive (eAxle) technology. The eAxle is an evolution of systems developed for hybrid ...
At the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2016) in San Francisco (24-26 May), the current state of the RF Energy Alliance (RFEA) and the impact it has made in its first two years is being showcased by its executive director Dr ...
Tags: RF Energy, Electronics
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has launched a suite of high-performance amplifiers specifically addressing the rapidly growing small-cell infrastructure market. As ...
Tags: Skyworks, semiconductors
Washington State University researcher Shyam Sablani has received a $450,000 grant to develop plastic packaging that will extend the shelf life of prepared food up to five years. The packaging would be used for commercial purposes, ...
Technolgy giant Google has patented a flypaper-like coating to protect pedestrians in self-driving car accidents. The patent includes an adhesive layer placed on the vehicle's front end, allowing pedestrians to simply stick to in case of ...
Tags: Self-Driving Car, Google
Nissan Motor's Joint Research Center for Intelligent Mobility and Tsinghua University (Department of Automotive Engineering) announced a collaboration in Beijing. The collaboration will work on research and development of electric vehicle ...
Tags: Nissan, Intelligent Mobility
Linkx Packaging Systems have developed and installed four brand new, bespoke servo-driven pick and place tray systems in the company’s Gloucester plant in response to a request from Unilever Ice Cream UK to increase the efficiency of ...
Tags: Linkx Packaging, Tray Systems
Cornelius, a global producer of beverage dispensing systems, and Sustainable Beverage Technologies (SBT), a Colorado based developer of concentrated beer technologies, are set to showcase beer being dispensed from concentrate at the 2016 ...
At the PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2016 event in Nuremberg, Germany (10-12 May), Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Europe showcased its technology lineup, highlighting innovations including passive components, ...
Tags: GaN power devices, SiC
Havi Global Solutions (HGS), in partnership with Manitowoc Foodservice (MFS), has developed ready to serve food packaging which can be suitable for accelerated cooking, combination, and conveyor ovens. The SIX500 packaging has been ...
RJR Technologies Inc of Oakland, CA, USA, a developer and high-volume manufacturer of air-cavity plastic (ACP) semiconductor packaging for RF and microwave markets, has shipped over 10 million ACP packages, reflecting the increasing use of ...
UK-based Cobham has launched a scalable family of gallium nitride (GaN) solid-state transmitter solutions. SOLSTx (pronounced 'solstice') is optimized for ground, maritime and airborne applications including air-traffic control, weather, ...
Tags: Radar Transmitters, Cobham
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched the MAAP-011232, a two-stage, 1W driver ...
Tags: semiconductors, analog RF, Driver Amplifier