NHTSA: Google's AI 'Driver' Can Qualify For US Roads
In a letter to the search giant, the NHTSA indicates its support for Google's self-driving vehicles by stating the computer that pilots the car can be considered a driver.
View ArticleDARPA to Remake Itself Leaner
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed its plan to remake itself with more plentiful, but slimmed down, projects that achieve seemingly unreachable goals, such as unhackable...
View ArticleIoT Next Surveillance Frontier, Says US Spy Chief
U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper delivers chilling remarks regarding the Internet of Things, noting there may come a day when spy agencies may tap into IoT for surveillance,...
View ArticleESC Boston Collectible: Wireless Mesh-Networked Badges
This is going to be the "must have" item at the forthcoming ESC Boston -- wireless mesh-networked badges that help their owners to network furiously.
View ArticleQualcomm Unveils Wearable SoC
Qualcomm announced a thinner and lower-power family of SoCs, Snapdragon Wear 2100, targeted at the wearable market. The company had previously pushed its mobile chips, such as the Snapdragon 400, into...
View ArticleFriday Quiz: S Parameters at DC
If you think S parameters are only used at microwave frequencies, think again.
View ArticleObama to Sign Bill Combating Counterfeit Chips
U.S. President indicates he plans to sign into law customs bill containing new mandates for identifying fake chips after legislation passes U.S. Senate.
View ArticleThe IoT Library: Infrared LEDs Boost Machine Vision, Day and Night
Where do you go for in-depth, insightful help in understanding and selecting IR LEDs for CCTV application requirements?
View ArticleRed Hat Drives FPGAs, ARM Servers
Red Hat's chief ARM architect is rallying FPGA makers to set a software standard for accelerators in between trying to get ARM servers ready for the market.
View ArticleConsumer Fuel Cells to Gain Traction from Drones?
Cartridge-based hydrogen and methanol fuel cells have been around for a long time, with many demonstrators showcased by consumer electronics companies including Nokia, NEC, Toshiba, Fujitsu, and...
View ArticleImagination's CEO Steps Down
Sir Hossein Yassaie, the CEO of graphics core licensor Imagination Technologies Group plc, has stepped down as chief executive amid a growing financial crisis at the company he has guided for many...
View ArticleMicron Ramps Up Volume 3D NAND Production
Micron announces its 3D NAND technology is now available in multi-level and triple-level cell products, and expects by the second half of the year that the majority of its total NAND flash output to...
View ArticleBritain is Dragged Kicking and Screaming into the Digital Age
Only in England would they think that transitioning from vellum to archival paper would in any way qualify as "adapting to the digital age."
View ArticleSoft Machines: Promising, Not Proven
Veteran microprocessor analyst Kevin Krewell plumbs startup Soft Machines' VISC technology following a recent release of updated simulation data of its promising multicore architecture.
View ArticlePhase Change Memory: The Discontinuity & Melting Question
Melting and quenching during RESET are essential to the operation of a phase change memory (PCM) device. This follow-up article explores the role of melting during threshold switching and the...
View ArticleItalian Startup Wants to Speed up Transition to EVs
Italian researchers from the Energy and Propulsion Laboratory (eProLab) at the University of Salerno have developed a kit, dubbed the HySolarKit, which converts conventional internal combustion engine...
View ArticleVertical Nanolasers Open Optical Ports Out of Silicon
Although today's silicon-based photonics chips require complex manufacturing processes to connect the light sources to the silicon, involving wafer-level stacking, physicists at the Technical...
View ArticleElectromobility Drives Along in the Low Gear, Study Finds
The acceptance of electromobility is increasing at very low speed in most geographies, says a study from Center of Automotive Management (CAM). In relatively small countries like Norway and the...
View ArticleImaging Revolution: Forget Frames
Chronocam has developed an image sensor to capture images not based on frames, but driven by events within view. As imaging shifts to sensing, "Chronocam lies at the forefront of this new wave of...
View ArticleMicrochip Launches Cloud-Based IDE for PIC Microcontrollers
Free, web-based integrated development environment said to be the the easiest way for designers to get started with PIC MCUs.
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