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What is the S Line version of Cree’s XP-G3 all about

What is the S Line version of Cree’s XP-G3 all about

[ad_1] “Through innovations in component architecture, the new XLamp XP-G3 S Line LED can withstand double the number of switching cycles when compared to competing leds in its class,” said Cree in the launch paperwork – leaving me to wonder if the competitor is the Standard version, or not? I have trawled through the newRead more about What is the S Line version of Cree’s XP-G3 all about[…]

Your LG TV could get smarter by the end of the year

Your LG TV could get smarter by the end of the year

[ad_1] Google Assistant will be available on even more LG TVs in an expansion which will see customers outside the US given access to all-new features. LG will be launching Google Assistant on its AI ThinQ TVs in seven more markets – the UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, South Korea, and Spain – by theRead more about Your LG TV could get smarter by the end of the year[…]

SEMI billings decline for second month in a row

SEMI billings decline for second month in a row

[ad_1] “Global billings declined for the second month in a row, indicative of customer push-outs,” says SEMI CEO Ajit Manocha,  “we expect the industry to weather this soft patch and end the year overall with strong growth.” Last six months’ billings in millions of dollars are: Billings(3-mo. avg.) Year-Over-Year February 2018 $2,417.8 22.5% March 2018Read more about SEMI billings decline for second month in a row[…]

Red's weird-looking Hydrogen phone gets its first official photos

Red's weird-looking Hydrogen phone gets its first official photos

[ad_1] Looking like a regular smartphone wearing an H.R. Giger-inspired heavy-duty case, the Red Hydrogen phone is now one step closer to landing in the eager hands of its target demographic (which, we’re assuming, is ‘Hollywood cinematographers and cashed-up leather fetishists’), with the first official photos of the device having finally been revealed. “Up toRead more about Red's weird-looking Hydrogen phone gets its first official photos[…]

Time for ambient energy harvesting from RF signals

Time for ambient energy harvesting from RF signals

[ad_1] We’re talking wireless energy harvesting, maybe to help power smart sensors and IoT… The aim of the project, Chaoyun tells us, is to help develop cutting-edge solutions for energy harvesting from ambient signals, whether mobile, TV or WiFi signals. And as a result he has produced a battery-free quartz clock with wireless sensing functions.Read more about Time for ambient energy harvesting from RF signals[…]

10 female tech innovators you may not have heard of

10 female tech innovators you may not have heard of

[ad_1] Main image: Katherine Johnson. Credit: NASA From the early 19th century to the present day, women have played crucial roles in the development of technology, however they are systematically underrepresented – and underpaid – in STEM industries today.  Part of the problem is that female pioneers of computing, programming, mathematics, and science have largelyRead more about 10 female tech innovators you may not have heard of[…]

Actuator formed by 2D printing on paper

Actuator formed by 2D printing on paper

[ad_1] When current is fed through the thermoplastic – off-the-shelf graphene polyactide composite – it heats and expands causing the paper to bend or fold – an process which reverses when the current is stopped. “We are reinventing this really old material,” said Lining Yao, a researcher at the University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute. “Actuation turnsRead more about Actuator formed by 2D printing on paper[…]

Corbyn to tax tech to support quality journalism

Corbyn to tax tech to support quality journalism

[ad_1] Corbyn will put forward the ideas later today in the Alternative MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. The money raised will go to support quality, public interest and investigative reporting which is currently under threat, he will say, from a “few tech giants and unaccountable billionaires who will control huge swathes of our publicRead more about Corbyn to tax tech to support quality journalism[…]