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Next-gen 2D and 3D smart material pressure sensors
The launch of its smart materials sensors has been announced by British smart materials leaders, Quantum Technology Supersensors.The company’s Quantum Technology Supersensorsrepresent a significant step forward in smart functional materials, delivering vastly improved controllability and functionality while significantly reducing environmental impact for a more sustainable electronics future.
Developing next-gen technologies for EV powertrains
Wireless rotary torque transducers from Sensor Technology are at the heart of a test rig to develop next-gen technologies for electric and hybrid vehicle powertrains. With expertise in the electric motors and electronics used across the key powertrain technologies, AVID Technology relies on the innovative torque transducers as part of an automated approach to motor characterisation.
Highvolt project prepares tomorrow's technology
One of the eight Technological Research Institutes in France certified under the Future Investment programme on the initiative of the IRT Saint Exupéry signed a multi-partner research project with Leroy-Somer in the industry, aviation and transport sectors.Under this programme, one of whose pillars is electrical machine insulation system lifetime and reliability control, Leroy-Somer will be providing its partners with its experience and kn...
Cutting food waste helps improve your ‘foodprint’
Around a third of the resources used to produce the US’s food are wasted through FLW, a study has revealed.The research from the University of Texas at Austin and Sustainable America, published in the journalEnvironmental Research Letters, examined the environmental impacts of the average American’s diet and FLW through an analysis of the energy, land, water and fertilizer required to produce the food, and greenhouse gas emissions fro...
Belgian manufacturing facility expands sustainably
Global microelectronics engineering company, Melexis, has announced a significant expansion of manufacturing space and people at its R&D and manufacturing facility in Ypres, Belgium. The site is focused on Melexis flagship products - position sensors and sensor interfaces.In 2013, the company invested around €10m adding a new production unit to the Ypres facility. The 7,000m2facility will now be further extended by 1,300m2to create addit...
Method dramatically reduces energy use in making silicon
A University of Wisconsin–Madison chemistry professor has come up with a new and more sustainable way to make silicon at much lower temperatures for the kind of advanced batteries used in electronics such as phones, cameras and laptop computers.Silicon, one of the most common elements on earth, is generally refined from sand, but it could also be sourced from glass. Silicon production is energy-intensive, requiring a temperature of 1700&ord...
IoT to fuel a green farming revolution
The world’s steadily growing population is set to place a great deal of pressure on land and food resources. As a consequence the Internet of Things (IoT) will play an increasingly important role in helping the agriculture sector become more efficient, productive and sustainable.
Biomass plant battery installation a first for the UK
The Blackburn Meadows biomass plant near Sheffield has received delivery, installation and grid connection 10MW battery from E.ON. The plant is a new energy storage project that will help keep power supplies stable and support the range of power generation sources feeding into the UK’s national grid.
Delta named to the DJSI World Index for seventh consecutive year
Outperforming 37 leading global companies in the Electronic Equipment, Instrument, and Component sector of the 2017 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) Delta Electronics has been selected for the DJSI World Index for the seventh consecutive year.Placing among major global enterprises, Delta was also selected for the DJSI Emerging Markets Index for the fifth consecutive year. Delta ranked first among world-leading electronic equipment, instrum...
Will Hyperloop deal see Musk and Branson go head-to-head?
The high speed vacuum-tube transit technology, Hyperloop One, has been renamed following an undisclosed investment by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. The project will now be known as Virgin Hyperloop One.