Worldwide shipments of wearable devices grew 2.6% year over year during the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23) and reached an all-time high for the third quarter of 148.4 million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker.
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Manganese Complex Leads the Way to Affordable and Sustainable Bright White OLEDs
Scientists at Dongguk University have developed a new environmentally friendly and cost-effective bright green light-emitting manganese complex called MnBz for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The material was used to fabricate a first-of-its-kind Mn-based white OLED device and a green OLED device with record high efficiency.
Brainstorming With a Bot
CFN’s Kevin Yager develops a chatbot with an expertise in nanomaterials.
INU Researchers Develop Novel Deep Learning-Based Detection System for Autonomous Vehicles
The new system, aided by the Internet of things, improves the detection capabilities of autonomous vehicles even under unfavorable conditions.
The Chip That Makes Calculations With Light
The devices developed in this research are small silicon chips that serve as smart transceivers: working in pairs, they can automatically and independently ‘calculate’ what shape a beam of light needs to be in order to pass through a generic environment with maximum efficiency.
Festo Announces the Launch of Electeo: A New Web-Based Electronics Training System
Electeo, a new learning solution from Festo, will be unveiled at ACTE CareerTech VISION in Phoenix, Arizona on November 29, 2023.
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Untether AI Joins UCIe Consortium to Drive Chiplet Technology and Energy-Centric AI Acceleration
Untether AI today announced that it has joined Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) Consortium, the industry organization that has developed an open specification that defines the interconnect between chiplets within a package.
Researchers Advance ‘Placenta-On-a-Chip’ With Sensing, Imaging Technology
A research poster dated Dec. 9, 2015, hangs just outside Nicole Hashemi’s Iowa State University laboratory. It introduces a major project for Hashemi and her research group. And it’s evidence that scientific persistence sometimes equals scientific advancement.
Innovating Optoelectronic Components with Phosphorus
Phosphorus chemist Prof. Jan J. Weigand from the Dresden University of Technology, in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team, has developed a groundbreaking method to introduce phosphorus and nitrogen atoms into polycyclic molecules. This method holds the potential to pave the way for the development of new materials with specific optoelectronic properties, ideal for applications in organic semiconductor technologies such as OLEDs and sensors.
