Inside view of a hard disk. Image: Wikipedia. U.S. data storage technologies, like hard-disk drives (HDDs), contain imported rare-Earth elements in their magnets. As the…
View More In a circular economy, hard drives could have multiple lives in the futureCategory: Hardware
Metaverse: Five things to know, what it could mean for you
Credit: Led Gapline/Shutterstock In the wake of Facebook rebranding as Meta, reflecting its focus on the “metaverse,” Microsoft has now announced it, too, will launch…
View More Metaverse: Five things to know, what it could mean for youPorotech announces the development of micro-display based on native red indium gallium nitride
Credit: Porotech Officials at Porotech, a gallium nitride material technology development spinoff begun by a team at the University of Cambridge, announced on its news…
View More Porotech announces the development of micro-display based on native red indium gallium nitrideA technique to automatically generate hardware components for robotic systems
Generic hardware architecture for robotic applications of an FPGA design. Credit: Podlubne et al. As robots become increasingly sophisticated and advanced, they will typically require…
View More A technique to automatically generate hardware components for robotic systemsAn ultralow power artificial synapse for next-generation AI systems
Illustration of the device structure of the phase-change artificial synapse. The heater and alternate electrodes correspond to the post-synaptic and pre-synaptic neurons, respectively. Credit: SUTD…
View More An ultralow power artificial synapse for next-generation AI systemsUnlimited digital sensing unleashed for imaging, audio, and driverless cars
Credit: Imperial College London A new technique could unleash the potential for digital sensors like cameras to sense all light intensities, and microphones to sense…
View More Unlimited digital sensing unleashed for imaging, audio, and driverless carsTaking lessons from a sea slug, study points to better hardware for artificial intelligence
Researchers emulated experiments done on sea slugs in nickel oxide, a quantum material, toward understanding how the material could be of interest for artificial intelligence.…
View More Taking lessons from a sea slug, study points to better hardware for artificial intelligenceA universal system for decoding any type of data sent across a network
A new silicon chip can decode any error-correcting code through the use of a novel algorithm known as Guessing Random Additive Noise Decoding (GRAND). Credit:…
View More A universal system for decoding any type of data sent across a networkNew design kit opens door to next generation of chips
This image shows a cross-section of what a single transistor looks like in the FreePDK3’s vision of a 3nm process (front and side views). The…
View More New design kit opens door to next generation of chipsTurning the tables into touchscreens
Credit: Nara Institute of Science and Technology Scientists from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) used a synchronized projector and camera to produce a…
View More Turning the tables into touchscreens