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Samsung is planning a Pro health and fitness wearable

Samsung is planning a Pro health and fitness wearable

[ad_1] Samsung watchers have spotted a newly registered trademark for a Gear Fit Pro, strongly suggesting that the company is planning to add to its range of wearable health and fitness trackers in the not-too-distant future. Samsung’s most recent effort in the market was last year’s Gear Fit 2: apparently it’s now got bored withRead more about Samsung is planning a Pro health and fitness wearable[…]

Harvard scientists make metallic hydrogen

Harvard scientists make metallic hydrogen

[ad_1] Silvera and Dias compressed hydrogen at 495 gigapascal (GPa), or more than 71.7 million pounds per square inch, when solid molecular hydrogen, which consists of molecules on the lattice sites of the solid, breaks down, and the tightly bound molecules dissociate to transform into atomic hydrogen, which is a metal. “One prediction that’s veryRead more about Harvard scientists make metallic hydrogen[…]

Download of the day: EaseUS Todo Backup Free

Download of the day: EaseUS Todo Backup Free

[ad_1] EaseUS Todo Backup Free We like to think EaseUS took its name from the sound of somebody realising they didn’t have a backup as their hard disk fails. “EaseUS! The computer’s borked!” We’re probably wrong. What EaseUS Todo Backup Free does is make backing up important files as simple as possible. You can useRead more about Download of the day: EaseUS Todo Backup Free[…]

UK robotics head welcomes May’s industrial blueprint

UK robotics head welcomes May’s industrial blueprint

[ad_1] She indicated that part of the proposed £4.7bn investment in research and development to underpin her industrial plans, which are designed to strengthen the UK economy through greater self-sufficiency, post-Brexit, would be targeted at emerging technology areas such as robotics and AI. Professor Guang-Zhong Yang Professor Guang-Zhong Yang, chair of the EPSRC UK RoboticsRead more about UK robotics head welcomes May’s industrial blueprint[…]

Fourth generation super-junction mosfet from Vishay

Fourth generation super-junction mosfet from Vishay

[ad_1] The n-channel SiHP065N60E has 30% less 0n-resistance and 44 % lower gate charge compared with previous 600 V E Series devices. The figures are 0.065Ω max at 10 V and 49nC – resulting in a 2.8Ω.nC figure-of-merit, whihc Vishay claims is the lowest for any 600V mosfet used in power conversion. “With the SiHP065N60ERead more about Fourth generation super-junction mosfet from Vishay[…]

Windows 10 Game Mode has arrived … in Insider Preview Build 15019

Windows 10 Game Mode has arrived … in Insider Preview Build 15019

[ad_1] If you’re a PC gamer and not a Microsoft Windows Insider, you may want to sign up, as the latest Windows Insider Preview build is just for you. Microsoft has at last unleashed Windows Insider Preview Build 15019 – for members in its Fast ring for updates – with the fabled Game Mode. WeRead more about Windows 10 Game Mode has arrived … in Insider Preview Build 15019[…]

Electro-‘muscles’ made from natural fibres

Electro-‘muscles’ made from natural fibres

[ad_1] The actuators, according to ‘Knitting and weaving artificial muscles‘, a paper in Science Advances, typically deliver a few megapascals of stress, beating mammalian skeletal muscles which score around 0.35MPa. However, they are slow at the moment, acting over several seconds. Woven muscles exert more force, but knitted ones are stretchier and elongate more. “If weRead more about Electro-‘muscles’ made from natural fibres[…]