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Dialog Semiconductor is entering the smart TV and Set-Top Box (STB) market with a family of highly integrated PMICs that leverage its power management leadership in smartphones and tablet computing. Dialog is currently sampling three PMICs to major OEMs for low to high-end smart TVs. The devices were developed in partnership with TV SoC vendors and have been proven in several reference designs.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that annual revenues from commercial drones sales are expected to reach $481m this year, up by 84% on last year’s figure of $261m. Drones: Consumer & Commercial Applications, Regulations & Opportunities 2015-2020 found that a low price point had significantly reduced the barrier to entry in many sectors, with high performance models now available for less than $3,000.

Imagination demonstrated cutting-edge solutions for next-generation products such as mobile phones, tablets, wearables, IoT, automotive, ultra HD and OTT TV and more at the Fira Gran Via convention centre in Barcelona, Spain.

On 10 January, Illumina of San Diego, California, announced that it has formed a venture that will use genetic-sequencing technology to detect cancer through a simple blood test. Such a ‘liquid biopsy’ would identify tumour-specific DNA or RNA in the blood before a person has begun to show symptoms.The Illumina announcement made a splash because of its backing — US$100 million in funding, with investors including Bill Gates and ...

Chinese drone maker Ehang has unveiled what it claims is the world's first autonomous helicopter drone.The Ehang 184 is a 440-pound, eight-rotor aircraft which the company claims is able to lift a single person 500 metres into the air and fly them to any point on Google Maps, avoiding objects automatically and safely handling take-off and landing (as long as it can be reached within the 23 minutes battery limit).

When it comes to safety, technological advancements play a major role in some of the newest home security and monitoring systems. However, one area where the importance of safety is growing is in cyberspace. Nicolette Emmino explains.

Offering a simple and inexpensive standard housing for these increasingly popular mini-format SBCs, OKW has launched a range of snap-together plastic enclosures for Raspberry PI B+ and PI 2 computers. RASPBERRY-CASE is moulded from translucent mint green or raspberry red PolyPropylene (PP), making it easy to read LEDs.

Over the last few years there has been a marked increase in the uses for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones. Far from being the domain of the high-tech military application, UAVs are now being employed to fulfil a weird and wonderful array of functions, from the planned delivery services for Amazon and Google, to assisting withindustrial scale reforestation in Latin Americaandshark detecting in New South Wales, Australia.

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?

When Jeff Bezos unveiled his vision of drones delivering packages to Amazon customers during a60 Minutessegment in late 2013, it caught many people as science fiction. Scarcely two years later, drones are poised to become a technology for not just delivering packages, but monitoring agriculture, gathering news in urban environments and even conducting search and rescue missions.