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Most people come into contact with at least one piezoelectric sensor every day – whether at work, while receiving medical treatment or simply using their phone. Although they have become standard in both production processes and commodities across multiple industries over the past six decades, they are still plagued by the issue of picking up on ‘white noise’ and...

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota, USA - Peerless by Tymphany’s high-end, quality audio profile offering is available globally throughDigi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor,as a result of a new distribution agreement. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Digi-Key to distribute our Peerless by Tymphany speaker drivers worldwide,” said Phil McPhee, VP, Sales and Marketing at Tymphany. “Audio features are being...

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that its VY1 Compact series of AC-line-rated ceramic disc safety capacitors is now qualified to the "biased 85/85" accelerated life test. Providing extraordinary reliability for Class X1 (760 VAC) and Y1 (500 VAC) applications, the Vishay BCcomponents devices are the industry's first to offer high pulse strength up to 10 kV while...

There were 300 drones dancing behind Lady Gaga during the Super Bowl halftime show. They’re called Shooting Stars and were previously used in a holiday show at Disney World. These hundreds of Shooting Star drones flash, fall and flock in unison and are all controlled by one person — or rather one computer. This is the latest project in Intel’s...

Diseases like zika and ebola can be detected using DNA, but only by testing it in hospitals or sophisticated labs. Until now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAFb2cLZe04 DNA analysis is done using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) process, which creates identical copies of DNA for testing. This DNA “photocopying” became possible in 1983 thanks to Nobel Prize winner, Kary Mullis, so diseases could be identified...

Super human artificial intelligence is coming, says Sam Harris, a Stanford grad with his PhD in neuroscience from UCLA. He has five New York Times bestsellers under his belt. "It's very difficult to see how they won't destroy us or inspire us to destroy ourselves," he says. How should we be preparing? Sam says our current emotional response--that it's cool--is...

Drone racing as a sport is taking off, with teams, sponsors and television networks all getting in on the action of this developing scene. There’s a professional drone racing league, live streaming and even drone-racing simulators, where drone-pilot hopefuls can try emulating the real thing. But what if you want to actually take to the skies with a racing drone?...

NI (Nasdaq: NATI), the provider of platform-based systems that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges, announced today the VB-8054 instrument, a new higher performance model of VirtualBench. VirtualBench plays a key role in reducing the cost and footprint of test and measurement systems by consolidating five of the most commonly used instruments into one...

The TSZ182 dual precision op amp from STMicroelectronics combines low and extremely temperature-stable input-offset voltage with the added advantages of a 3MHz gain-bandwidth, rail-to-rail inputs and outputs, and ultra-small 2mm x 2mm DFN8 or Mini-SO8 package options. Complementing ST’s popular conventional op amps, the chopper-stabilized TSZ182 enables superior precision in instruments like body-signal monitors, blood-glucose meters, industrial sensors, factory automation,...

National Instruments (NI) recently established a new lab focusing on Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) collaboration, sponsored by several of the world’s largest technology and communications companies. The Industrial IoT lab will provide an opportunity for engineers and scientists from several major companies to collaborate on IoT technology. With more than 20 companies involved, major sponsors of the new lab...