Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago say they have taken a significant step toward the development of a battery technology that could outperform lithium-ion technology.According to the team, lithium ions – which carry a single positive charge can be replaced with magnesium ions, which have a plus two charge."Becau...

Looking to take advantage of the rapidly growing demand for industrial networking spawned by IoT applications, Microchip has launched the LAN9252, a standalone EtherCAT slave controller featuring two 10/100 PHYs. Looking to take advantage of the rapidly growing demand for industrial networking spawned by IoT applications, Microchip has lau...

ARM has bought Wicentric and Sunrise Micro Devices, two US companies whose technology is said to complement its existing low power communications offerings. The IP from both companies will be integrated to form the ARM Cordio portfolio.Wicentric specialises in Bluetooth Smart software solutions, including a Bluetooth protocol stack and profiles...

Flexible electronics developer FlexEnable is joining the Graphene Flagship and says its expertise in industrialising flexible electronics will help to harness the potential of graphene and other 2D materials.Working within the Flexible Electronics Work Package, FlexEnable will contribute to the development of a roadmap for graphene with partner...

Imagination Technologies has unveiled the first members of its Ensigma Whisper flexible connectivity IP family, which have been designed specifically to enable the integration of ultra-low power communications in SoCs targeting wearables, IoT and other connected devices that require extended battery life.The Ensigma Whisper radio processing uni...

Nokia has announced that it is planning to buy French rival Alcatel-Lucent in a deal worth €15.6billion. Under the terms of the deal Alcatel-Lucent shareholders will own 33.5% of the new combined firm, and Nokia shareholders 66.5%. The takeover is expected to be completed by the end of the first half of next year.Alcatel-Lucent has been st...

The test and measurement equipment management company, Microlease, along with Keysight Technologies, the University of Portsmouth, the University of Southampton Science Park (USSP) and the Future Solent Green Growth Programme have invested £500K in two centres of excellence to support innovation and start-up companies in the Southampton and P...

Intel is being blocked from working on the world’s largest supercomputer by the US government. The company, which had applied for a licence to export thousands of chips to update the Tianhe-2 computer based in China, was blocked by the Department of Commerce on the grounds that nuclear research could be done on the machine.The Tianhe-2 us...

Researchers in Japan have designed a smectic liquid crystal that overcomes many of the challenges posed by organic field effect transistor materials. Crystalline organic semiconductors have attracted a lot of interest as they offer convenient low-cost fabrication by printed electronics.Development to date has been slow because of the low therma...

Farnell element14 is become the first distributor to stock the recently launched ARM mbed IoT Starter Kit – Ethernet Edition for IBM Internet of Things Foundation. The agreement will open up opportunities for technical enthusiasts around the world looking to experiment and innovate with the Internet of Things (IoT). Available now from element...