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Ametherm introduces a new series of interchangeable thermistors that provide long-term stability and reliability...

SCHURTER expands its wide range of current compensated chokes with high current types for...

An MIT researcher built a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, or drone) that can fly itself while avoiding obstacles in its path. Andrew Barry, a PhD student at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), says, “Everyone is building drones these days, but nobody knows how to get them to stop running into things.” Popular recreational drones can’t fly themselves because the required equipment, such as Lidar sensors, are too big to fit on their small frames. To get around this, Barry came up with an efficient algorithm that saves time and space by processing only the necessary information.

A Swedish man can make payments by simply waving his hand. Patric Lanhed, a software developer at DigitasLBi, made this futuristic payment possible by implanting a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip in his hand. This week he successfully transferred money into his Bitcoin wallet by holding his hand up to a sensor, which read the RFID chip under his skin.

Lithium-air batteries have the potential to be the ultimate battery, with ten times the storage capacity of their lithium-ion counterparts. Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. have now developed a prototype of a lithium-oxygen battery that is more than 90 percent efficient, with high energy density and the ability to be recharged more than 2,000 times.

Gowanda Electronics, a designer and manufacturer of precision electronic components for radio frequency and power applications, announced achievement of failure rate Level R on two more of its MIL-PRF-39010 RF Inductor Series – ER15M and ER18M – adding to the company’s series already approved to Level R – ER10M and ER17S.

Empower RF is pleased to announce it is it is shipping another new, industry leading RF amplifier system that complements the frequency coverage and power level "footprint" of our next generation, high power PA product family. Model 2180, covering 1 to 2.5 GHz and delivering an unprecedented 2 kW CW of broadband output power in a 8U, air cooled chassis is our latest market release.

The IEW will include invited seminars, technical sessions, special interest groups (SIGs), discussion groups, and invited speakers. The IEW especially invites submission of late-breaking exciting new research to stimulate discussion and interaction around new ideas, encouraging new research topics. To maintain the unique IEW experience and provide ample opportunity for informal discussions, the 2016 IEW workshop presentation format for Technical sessions will begin with each author presenting a brief summary to highlight key findings, followed by an interactive poster-based discussion session among authors and attendees. The IEW is closely aligned with the EOS/ESD Symposium for collaborative conference activities.

Picotest.com, a leader in high resolution test and measurement equipment, has released a new test signal generator for EMI testing applications. The USB Harmonic Comb Injector, the latest edition to Picotest’s popular line of Signal Injectors, is a fast, easy-to-use, ultra-portable harmonic comb signal generator for interrogating your Power Distribution Networks (‘PDN’) to identify noise sensitivities.

MINMAX has released the new MTQZ50 and MTQZ75 Series of industry standard quarter brick DC-DC Converters designed for railway applications with 72 (43-101VDC) / 110 (66-160VDC) Input ranges, EN550155 / IEC60571 railway approvals and compliance to EN50121-3-2 railway EMC standards.