[ad_1] One of the biggest running jokes in tech is the ‘we want to change the world for the better’ trope coming from Silicon Valley companies. With Facebook changing its entire mission statement to be about changing the world for the better, it seems like an ideal time to question whether a tech company canRead more about What3Words CMO: tech companies can (and should) make money and do good[…]

[ad_1] Check out the video below, to hear about the new hybrid machines that form part of the work. A lot of sound engineering has gone into this. The result was certainly “interesting and unusual sounds,” said the composer of the piece, Acoustical Anatomy, David Roche. For example, an instrument dubbed a “Cyclophone” is likeRead more about Acoustical Anatomy, an orchestral work for Dyson parts[…]

[ad_1] It was a song on the car radio that did it. Driving along, someone at SEAT liked the sound of what they heard, fumbled around for their phone to ‘Shazam it’ and through all of the fuss of having to unlock the phone, open the app, not to mention the danger this entails whileRead more about From auto to audio: how SEAT is bringing Shazam to the connected car[…]

[ad_1] The work cuts the size of 10-50GHz inductors by a third. Kinetic inductance arises from the physical momentum of charge carriers resisting the change in current direction associated with a change in electric field, according to the team, from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Any kinetic inductance created appears in series with theRead more about On-chip inductors get smaller with graphene and electron momentum[…]

[ad_1] It’s strong, it’s flexible, and it’s here. After a long time cooking in the labs, the first graphene-based products are beginning to trickle out into the world of smartphones, wearables, batteries, virtual reality, sports equipment, super-capacitors and supercars. Graphene is a material that some believe has been coerced from abandoned space ships, left onRead more about 30 ways graphene is about to change your life[…]

[ad_1] And it all seemed so simple until I started reading around to understand it. I supposed I should have guessed, but the risk is that you end up with two gain peaks in the transfer function if the Q in the various resonances is too high – pushing signals at those frequencies back intoRead more about Two-stage (4 pole) LC input filters are tricky[…]

[ad_1] HDR, it’s a term that marketers love to use without any explanation at all and, because of that, HDR has become the AV world’s equivalent of ‘organic’ – it’s a term you’re sure means something good, but no one has told you exactly why it’s so good for you. Well that changes today. HDR isRead more about HDR TV: What is HDR, and what does High Dynamic Range mean for television?[…]

[ad_1] The Gadget Master in question is one Huan Truong, and his Android Auto hack is dubbed “Crankshaft”. Apparently there is already an open source Android Auto head unit emulator – the OpenAuto – but the developer wanted to build on this create his own, simpler version, for his 1998 car with single DIN slot.Read more about Raspberry Pi with touchscreen serves Android Auto[…]

[ad_1] Forget Stranger Things or Master of None – it could be former US President Barack Obama inspiring your next Netflix binge-session. The ex-POTUS is said to be in “advanced negotiations” with the streaming service, according to the New York Times, with potential for Barack to be joined by his wife Michelle in any proposedRead more about Is Barack Obama the next big Netflix star?[…]

[ad_1] At the moment the deal is awaiting regulatory approval from China. A clause in the sale agreement says that if  regulatory approvals are not in place by the end of March the deal lapses. It is not thought that China will approve the deal this month. “We’ve been making various efforts to close theRead more about Toshiba still intends to sell memory unit[…]