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12 May 23

Biohack me, baby: Why I can’t wait for Teemu Arina’s talk at TNW Conference

Computer & Information Technology

Teemu Arina will be speaking at TNW Conference, which takes place on June 15 & 16 in Amsterdam. If you want to experience the event (and say hi to our editorial team!), we’ve got something special for our loyal readers. Use the promo code READ-TNW-25 and get a 25% discount on your business…

12 May 23

Video Friday: AcroMonk

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.ICRA 2023: 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDONEnergy Drone & Robotics Summit:…

12 May 23

Stereo Machine Vision With Custom FPGA for Precise Surgical Tracking

Computer & Information Technology

Developing imaging technology for surgical tracking requires engineering that goes beyond the capabilities of conventional camera providers. Discover how JADAK collaborated with ClaroNav, a worldwide pioneer in surgical navigation, to integrate system electronics and FPGA processing into a customized solution for their next-gen MicronTracker, greatly improving imaging speed and accuracy.

12 May 23

Northvolt to build gigafactory in Germany after state aid pledge

Computer & Information Technology

Northvolt, Europe’s biggest battery maker, has confirmed that it will build its next gigafactory in Heide, Germany, following the federal government’s pledge to provide state aid. The announcement comes after several months of uncertainty. In March 2022, the Swedish manufacturer and the German state of Schleswig-Holstein signed a memorandum of…

12 May 23

Chip Charts Course for Quantum Computer Scaling

Computer & Information Technology

Quantum computers can in theory find answers to problems that classical computers would take eons to solve, but researchers currently face great challenges scaling them up for practical use. Recently, a quantum computing startup unveiled the first digital superconducting microchip to control quantum processors, which the company suggests might help…

12 May 23

Fairphone unveils user-repairable wireless headphones

Computer & Information Technology

At a time when the electronics industry is constantly luring consumers into buying the latest and most advanced devices, Amsterdam-based Fairphone has made a name for itself by doing the exact opposite. Best known for its sustainably-made, modular, and repairable (DIY style) smartphones, the startup is now applying the same…

12 May 23

Floating Wind Farms Aim for Open Ocean

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

With nothing in their path to slow them down, winds over the ocean can consistently blow at higher speeds than is possible on land. This makes them attractive to harness for electricity. But the floating wind turbines that are needed for deep waters face salty wind gusts and large waves,…

12 May 23

Advancing Grids With Highway Levitation

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Superconductors have long promised advanced power grids and transportation networks. However, threats of high costs have long held back these dreams. Now a new study argues one way to make such projects a reality is to combine them into a unified system, one that could both help cars and trucks…

12 May 23

Browning bananas under threat as Philippines approves gene-edited version

Computer & Information Technology

Overripe bananas could soon become a mere memory — in the Philippines, at least. Tropic Biosciences, a startup in the UK, has tapped gene editing to banish the browning fruit — and mitigate the havoc that it’s wreaking. Currently, over 60% of exported bananas go to waste before reaching consumers. According to…

12 May 23

The LNG dilemma – fuelling global imbalance

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

It might not have felt like it looking at your bills, but Europe dodged an even bigger energy crunch last winter as Russia curtailed or stopped supplies of gas, coal and oil. But even that was more down to luck and brute force than judgement. There were consequences elsewhere and…