With the USB4 specification set to become official later this year, developers are gearing up to develop compatible hardware and software. Test equipment supplier Teledyne LeCroy has announced and demonstrated the first protocol analyzer program for testing USB4 and Thunderbolt™ 3—a stanadard with the same maximum 40 Gbps speed. The convergence of the underlying Thunderbolt […]
Using a Smartphone to Check for Counterfeit Merchandise
We use our smartphones to take photos, do our banking, play our favorite tunes, send emails and texts―and—occasionally make an actual phone call. Now, there’s another use—validating whether merchandise is real or counterfeit. Two researchers from the University of Copenhagen’s Nano-Science Center have developed a labelling system they consider to be fully pirate-proof. The system […]
Chip Technology Promises to Improve IoT Security
The challenges of user security will increase as more devices get hooked up to the Internet of Things (IoT). At this week’s International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, Rice University researchers unveiled chip technology that purportedly is far more reliable than current methods of producing unclonable digital fingerprints for IoT devices. The technology […]
Computer Algorithms Fool Us to Believing Photos Are Real Images
Computer generation has come a long way in recent years. Animated films are now generated on the keyboard, and look every bit as good as or better than the animation technologies of many years ago. The same can now be said for photos, given some recent developments by graphics technology company NVIDIA. According to […]
AI Startup Banks On Self-Learning Platform
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has over the past few years become an industry buzzword for next-generation machine learning and robotic platforms. But most current AI platforms are heavily reliant on training AI systems to recognize and identify patterns based in human data input. Fledgling AI startup Cogitai is trying to advance AI capabilities with a self-learning […]
Flags Don’t Just Blow in the Wind but Generate Energy from Wind and the Sun
They look like flags, but do far more than just blow in the wind and display patriotism. Instead, these flags, developed by researchers at the University of Manchester in the U.K., are designed to generate electrical energy using wind and solar power. The novel wind and solar energy-harvesting flags were developed as part of a […]
Cold Weather Wreaks Havoc with Batteries in Electric Vehicles, Says AAA
The recent brutal cold snap in many parts of the U.S. undoubtedly put a lot of strain on vehicle batteries, which lose a lot of their cold cranking capacity under such conditions. But what happens when the s battery charging system is the focal point of virtually all vehicles functions —as is the case with […]
High-Speed Design, AI to Shine at DesignCon
For several years, hardware and software advancements for high-speed, high-frequency electronic design have been a key trend at the DesignCon show. While those trends continue at this year’s show at the Santa Clara Convention Center January 29 through 31, hot technologies such as 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) will also share the spotlight. The continued […]
At CES 2019: Vehicles and Faster Networks Share Spotlight with TVs
Today, the annual electronic gadgets fest known as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) takes center stage in Las Vegas. While consumer products such as large-screen TVs, virtual assistants, and personal robots will continue to grab headlines, the exhibition also spotlights developments in semiconductors, components, and subsystems that enable significant electronics innovations in consumer and industrial […]
Rohde and Schwarz Seeks to Put Value in Test Instruments
The instruments engineers use for testing electronics systems, such as oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers, face increasing challenges in meeting the high-frequency, high-throughput demands of increasingly sophisticated electronic end products. Customers are demanding higher levels of instrument performance and a more user-friendly interface, but don’t want to pay a premium in cost. Test equipment supplier Rohde […]