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CES 2016 – what will be the hot topics next year?
January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, will offer attendees a glimpse at the immediate digital future. So, what will be the key focus areas at next year’s event?
CEVA announces certification of Wi-Fi IP platform
CEVA has announced that its RivieraWaves Surf IP platform has achieved Wi-Fi CERTIFIED ac status from the Wi-Fi Alliance. Offering the lowest die size and power consumption of any Wi-Fi 802.11ac IP available, the RivieraWaves Surf IP platform addresses the growing need for ubiquitous wireless connectivity in a broad range of mobile, consumer electronic and IoT devices such as smartphones, tablets, action cameras, drones and more.
Ranging sensor to unlock new applications for IoT
STMicroelectronics has released its second generation laser ranging sensor based on its FlightSense technology. The new VL53L0 sensor can range faster, over longer distances, and more accurately, thus improving smartphone and tablet camera performance and opening new possibilities and features in robotics, user detection, drones, IoT and wearables.
Consumer drone sales to reach almost 4m this year
A recent study from Juniper Research has found that reduced component cost, increased competition and a greater number of use cases will together push the number of consumer drones shipped globally to more than 20m per annum, up from less than 4m this year.
Profitable niches in the EV market
Vehicles are electrifying at a breakneck speed and they are being completely reinvented with developments in many components and systems. Disruptive change and significant technological innovation is now being seen across all forms of electric vehicles for land, water and air. The fruits of all this are spectacular – from the vehicles themselves to over $500bn market opportunity that will be created by 2026. IDTechEx Research analyses and f...
The face of the world in 2045
The U.S. military’s scientific and technological wing, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is essentially tasked with constructing the future. Robotic soldiers and artificial intelligence (AI) have both been indevelopmentfor some time, as have instantaneous language translation systems and advanced contact lenses.
The future of the electronics instrumentation industry
Looking back at the past 10-15 years of the electronic instrumentation industry, it is certainly disappointing to realise that the market for new test equipment in 2015 is about the same size or less. What does this tell us and will the industry perform better in the future?
Drones will help industrial scale reforestation
BioCarbon Engineering, based in the UK, has developed a system of planting trees with drones, at just a fraction of the cost of traditional reforestation methods, and at a speed that manual planting cannot match - up to tens of thousands of trees planted per day - and aims to plant one billion trees per year using the technology.
Partners for drone show are announced
After being inundated with corporate sponsorship offers, the UK Drone Show has announced its main partners as The Resource Group and Panasonic. The unmanned aviation exhibition is the first industry event of its kind in the UK and is set to run at The NEC in Birmingham from 5th to 6th December 2015.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge 2016
Sixteen student teams from around the UK and one Egyptian team are to design and build an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), also known as a drone, as part of an annual competition run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.