imec and CMST, its associated lab at Ghent University, have developed thermoplastically deformable electronics technology that is said to enable the creation of low cost 2.5D free form rigid electronic objects. The technology is being tested by Philips for use in LED lamp carriers, a downlight luminaire and a omnidirectional lightsource.The app...

Researchers from Brown University and Harvard University have developed a way to control light from phosphorescent emitters at very high speeds. The technique provides an approach to modulation that could be useful in silicon-based nanoscale devices, including computer chips and other optoelectronic components."Our results demonstrate rela...

Researchers from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC have demonstrated that a combination of two technologies – one to create a thin film and the second to ‘cut’ designs from the film – could be a way to create custom electronic components.The approach combines the attributes of laser induced forward tr...

AMD has launched the R Series of SoCs, which it is targeting at embedded applications. According to the company, the x86 based device ‘pushes the boundaries’ for embedded silicon solutions.Colin Cureton, senior manager with AMD Embedded, said: “There are a lot of things happening which lend themselves to AMD’s technology...

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) claim to have designed the first on chip metamaterial with a refractive index of zero. The team says this means the phase of light can travel infinitely quickly.The metamaterial consists of an array of silicon pillars embedded in a polymer matrix and clad in gold film....

Queen’s University Belfast will unveil its electric DeLorean, on the exact date that Marty McFly went Back to the Future in the iconic Belfast-built carThe DeLorean was famously modified as a time machine in the Back to the Future movies, the second of which saw Marty McFly travel to 21 October 2015 to prevent his future son being sent to...

Imagination Technologies has announced that it is working on a Creator board for the IoT market, to accompany its Creator Ci20 microcomputer. It is called Creator Ci40 and features an innovative MIPS-based chip.The chip at the heart of the Creator Ci40 development board has been manufactured by GLOBALFOUNDRIES on a 40nm low power process node....

ARM has acquired the product portfolio and other business assets of Carbon Design Systems (Carbon), a supplier of cycle-accurate virtual prototyping solutions. ARM claims that this combination of assets and expertise will enhance its capability in SoC architectural exploration, system analysis and software bring-up."Early stage virtual pro...

The CBI says that raising total research and development spending to 3% of GDP will help achieve this, buttressed by a dedicated and long-term industrial strategy. Both are growth-enhancing measures that contribute to increased productivity.The CBI is calling on ministers to double the budget for Innovate UK after new research by the employers&...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge-based company Novalia have developed a low-cost, high-speed method for printing graphene inks using a conventional roll-to-roll printing process. This method could open up a range of practical applications, including inexpensive printed electronics, intelligent packaging and disposable sensor...