A Heidelberg, Germany, based lab specializing in printed and organic electronics has demonstrated a smart mattress cover which will help hospitals and care homes to…

Pandemic or not, patients can now monitor their hypertension and adjust their medication accordingly from home. At CES 2021, Omron Healthcare exemplified its mission toward…

NHTSA has made a good effort in researching and proposing its ADS safety framework under trying circumstances. The Autonomous Vehicles industry is now asked to answer 25 questions to add their expertise.

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Positioning chip developer u-blox has announced that its F9 global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology platform is deployed in the advanced driver assistance system (ADAS)…

The thin-film–transistor liquid-crystal–display (TFT LCD) story started with American inventors at Radio Corporation of America (RCA), which developed but failed to commercialize this new technology. Then Japanese brands such as Sharp, Panasonic, and Toshiba entered the market and were able to leverage the technology for large-scale commercial manufacturing. This opened the floodgates of the display industry, as demand grew exponentially and prices were decreasing as Korean and Taiwanese manufacturers entered the market with cheaper and high-quality displays from now-household brands such as Samsung and LG. These days, Chinese manufacturers are the biggest players in TFT LCD manufacturing, and this dominance will only continue to grow, as Samsung and LG declared in early 2020 that they will stop TFT manufacturing in favor of new technologies.

P-Waver, a startup based in Taiwan, announced at CES 2021 a new system of analysis data to design an earthquake early-warning (EEW) model for the government to give advanced warning in the island of Formosa (Taiwan). The company is a spinoff from the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, a non-profit organization under the supervision of National Applied Research Laboratories. Its services cover structural-safety–monitoring systems and earthquake-disaster–prevention consultants as well as smart-security solutions for people in buildings or at home through IoT devices or control systems. A spokesperson for P-Waver said that its vision is to reinforce the security of the population and entire business. EEW technology has a strong impact on people’s lives and the financial losses that earthquakes can cause.

TDK announces several advances at CES 2021, including a CO2 gas sensor, energy-harvesting sensor module, and full-color laser module.

Following the launch of its SensPro sensor hub DSP architecture last year, CEVA this week announced its second generation SensPro2 family, which now features seven…

Leading autonomous vehicle developers are keeping open the possibility that the mythical robotaxi could possibly become real in 2022. The idea of a “consumer AV” in 2025, however, requires a leap of faith for most industry watchers.

Avnet’s AVT9152 packs LTE-M/NB-IoT, GPS, and BLE wireless connectivity in a tiny module for use in a wide range of IoT applications.

Second-generation current sensors from Melexis increase bandwidth to 300 kHz to achieve a response time of just 2 µs.

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For Apple iCar? Forget about self-driving. Tim Cook is too smart to take the chance when there is a much cheaper and safer option…

Telematics technology — which can refer to any piece of tech that combines telecommunications and information technology — is used across the business world, but it’s particularly valuable for logistics professionals, who face the challenge of managing an increasingly complex network of goods and delivery vehicle fleets. With the right piece of technology, entrepreneurs can…

Flusso has claimed the industry’s smallest, and lower cost, flow sensor, enabling the solution to be used in applications where not previously possible.

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About eight months after the Covid-19 virus pandemic accelerated around the world—causing lockdowns in many countries and driving the global economy into a deep recession—sales of optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and discrete semiconductors have stabilized. In some  cases, revenues have begun showing signs of a slight recovery in the second half of 2020, which is…

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While a lot of IoT articles talk about how a new connected technology will solve one of life’s issues, little time is spent talking about the functionality of this new solution; that is, what makes it tick. And one of the more heavily relied upon components in most IoT applications is the sensor. Sensors are […]