EMI Filter for High-Field MRI Systems and Sensitive Imaging Processes From EMIS
EMIS has launched the MF420-2CF-M MRI filter, a specialized EMI/RFI filter for high‑field MRI suites. The filter delivers attenuation up to 10 GHz, protecting power and data lines entering shielded rooms. Its design features threaded conduit connections, a discharge bleeder resistor, and low leakage current to boost safety and image quality. The product broadens EMIS’s global EMC portfolio across eight industry segments.
Laser Bursts Flip Nanoscale Magnetic Vortices at Blistering Speeds, Opening a Path to Brain-Like Spintronics
Researchers at Nankai University and collaborators have demonstrated coherent helicity switching of nanoscale magnetic vortices using femtosecond laser pulses combined with an out‑of‑plane magnetic field. The technique flips the vortex rotation within a few hundred picoseconds in a Ni‑Fe (80/20)...
Why More U.S. Workers Are Hitting the Panic Button
Workplace safety is under heightened scrutiny as solo‑worker incidents surge, with nearly 70% of U.S. companies reporting an event in the last three years and a 9% rise in homicides—the highest in a decade. Several states, including New York and Washington,...
I Really Need Apple to Launch Its Foldable iPhone Flip This Year
Apple’s latest iPhone 17 Pro dazzles, but the company still hasn’t released a folding iPhone despite persistent rumors. Competitors such as Samsung, Motorola and Oppo have shipped multiple generations of foldables, with Samsung’s Z series now in its seventh iteration. Analysts note...
Fan Spec Comparisons Useless?
Enthusiasts building PCs often compare fan specifications based on manufacturers’ max‑speed dB(A) and CFM numbers, but those figures can be misleading because fans rarely operate at their peak RPM. The post highlights how the Akasa Viper 120 mm fan’s advertised 28.9 dB(A)...
Best Gaming Laptops (2026): Razer, Asus, Dell, and More
The 2026 gaming‑laptop roundup highlights a clear split between ultra‑premium machines like the Razer Blade 16, which can be equipped with Nvidia’s RTX 5090, and more affordable options such as the Acer Nitro V 16 AI priced around $600. Mid‑range contenders—including the Lenovo Legion 7i...
Microsoft Builds for Two Worlds: Sovereign Cloud and AI Factories
Microsoft is pursuing a dual‑track infrastructure strategy in 2026, expanding sovereign‑cloud regions while simultaneously building purpose‑built AI factory campuses. Record quarterly capital spending of $37.5 billion—up 66% year‑over‑year—funds dense GPU clusters, liquid cooling and private fiber across sites in Texas, Norway,...
Madagascar Navigates Biometric Enrollment Challenges with Laxton’s Help
Madagascar’s national digital ID programme, PRODIGY, is rolling out with Laxton’s end‑to‑end biometric enrollment solution despite a regime change, civil unrest and a cyclone. Laxton supplied and supported 2,500 weather‑proof kits that capture iris, face and fingerprint data, even offline,...
Here's Why the AI Infrastructure Story Is Just Getting Bigger for GOOGL
Alphabet is expanding its AI‑chip supply chain by partnering with Marvell Technology to co‑develop a memory‑processing unit and an inference‑focused TPU, complementing its existing ties with Broadcom and MediaTek. The company has pledged $175‑$185 billion in capital expenditures for 2026, underpinned...
NB Corp. Of America Plans Live Demos This Week
NB Corp. of America will showcase live demonstrations of its NV Slide Way configuration and the 3‑axis BG Actuator at the MD&M South trade show, Booth #2311 Automation. The Slide Way delivers precise linear motion without the need for a...
Kioxia Debuts Fast QLC Slablet SSD for PC Makers
Kioxia has launched the EG7 SSD, a QLC‑based successor to its BG7 drive, offering identical capacity options (256 GB to 2 TB) and near‑identical performance, with a modest boost to 6.2 GB/s sequential writes. The drive uses 218‑layer 3D NAND, is DRAM‑less, and...
H2O Audio Tri Run Workout Headphones Review: A Little Underwhelming
H2O Audio’s new Tri Run bone‑conduction headphones aim to capture the sub‑$100 workout market, but the review finds they fall short on audio performance. The design is lightweight, comfortable, and IPX8‑rated, delivering reliable Bluetooth pairing across devices. However, muddy bass, grainy...
ESG Beyond Compliance: How Sunwoda’s Long-Termism Is Reshaping the Battery Industry
Sunwoda, the world’s leading smartphone battery pack shipper, is expanding into power batteries, storage, recycling and energy services while embedding ESG into every business layer. The company launched a Battery Passport platform in 2025, earning two spots in the Global...
NAB 2026: Riedel Introduces IP-Based Production Updates Including Multiviewer, Commentary Control and Audio Connectivity Solutions
Riedel Communications unveiled three IP‑centric production tools at NAB 2026: the MediorNet HorizoN ST 2110 MultiViewer App, a Commentary Control App for 1200 Series Desktop SmartPanels, and the StageLink NSA‑008A Network Streaming Adapter. The MultiViewer runs on a 1RU HorizoN...
AMOLED Market Outlook 2026: Smartphone Panels Shrink as IT Displays Grow
The AMOLED market will remain flat in 2026 after a 3% growth in 2025, as smartphone panel shipments dip 3% while IT displays surge. OLED monitor shipments are projected to jump 45%, laptop panels 33%, and tablets 13%, offsetting the...
Ooredoo Ignites IoT Scale with Qatar’s First LTE-M Launch
Qatar’s Ooredoo has become the first operator in the country to launch LTE‑M (Cat‑M1), a low‑power wide‑area network built for massive IoT deployments. The rollout follows extensive testing and adds to Ooredoo’s portfolio of 4G, 5G and NB‑IoT services, with...
NAB 2026: Osprey Video to Showcase Expanded IP Infrastructure and Orchestration at NAB Show 2026
At NAB Show 2026, Osprey Video will unveil an expanded openGear IP infrastructure portfolio, featuring new fiber converters and distribution amplifiers for high‑density broadcast environments. The company will also demonstrate a centralized orchestration platform, built with Cerberus Tech, to manage...
Arrow Electronics Reference Design Board Features Bourns, Microchip, Amphenol Technologies
Arrow Electronics has released a 10BASE‑T1S reference design board co‑developed with Microchip, Bourns and Amphenol. The platform centers on Microchip’s LAN8670 PHY, an IEC 63171‑6‑compliant Amphenol connector, and Bourns’ SM91081AL isolation transformer and common‑mode choke. It lets engineers evaluate signal integrity,...
Infinix GT 50 Pro Launches April 24. Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Infinix will launch the GT 50 Pro on April 24, 2026, targeting mobile gamers who demand 144 FPS performance without flagship pricing. The device packs a MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultimate SoC, 12 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and a 6.78‑inch 144 Hz AMOLED display, plus unique gaming hardware such...
Homeland Security Reportedly Wants to Develop Smart Glasses for ICE
The Department of Homeland Security is developing "ICE Glasses," smart eyewear that captures video and runs facial‑recognition and gait‑analysis algorithms to identify individuals in real time. Budget documents show the prototypes aim for field deployment by September 2027, giving ICE...
Save 45% on This Capable Ultralight Turtle Beach Wireless Gaming Mouse in a Limited-Time Amazon Deal
Turtle Beach’s Burst II Pro ultralight gaming mouse has been slashed by 45% on Amazon, dropping the price to roughly $83 (down from about $150). The mouse weighs under 60 g, packs a 30,000 DPI Owl‑Eye sensor, and offers wireless 2.4 GHz or Bluetooth connectivity...
Advantest Announces Strategic Partnership with Applied Materials and Joins EPIC Platform
Advantest Corporation became the first automated test equipment (ATE) firm to join Applied Materials' EPIC (Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization) platform in Sunnyvale. The partnership links Advantest’s Innovation Center with Applied’s EPIC Center, creating a joint R&D pipeline for...
Rongke Power Debuts 2 MW/8 MWh Vanadium Flow Battery Storage System
Chinese energy storage firm Rongke Power unveiled the TPower2000, a 2 MW/8 MWh vanadium‑flow battery touted as the world’s highest‑power single‑unit system. The modular design can expand beyond 10 MW and occupies roughly 35 m² per MWh, about 28% less space than typical solutions....
Samsung Targets May Samples for HBM4E, Eyes Nvidia AI Demand
Samsung Electronics announced it will produce early samples of its seventh‑generation HBM4E memory as early as May 2026, with shipments to Nvidia slated after internal testing. The new HBM4E chip targets up to 16 Gbps per pin and roughly 4 TB/s total...
Japan Quake May Disrupt Semiconductor Supply Chain, Hit NAND and Photoresist Output
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Japan’s northeast coast on April 20, prompting safety shutdowns at several semiconductor facilities. Kioxia halted production at its Iwate NAND flash plants, which represent roughly 5‑8% of global supply, while Tokyo Electron stopped operations at...
Tethered Drone Power Stations for Persistent UAV Operations
Rosefinch Technology, now a Platinum supplier for Unmanned Systems Technology, offers tethered drone power stations that deliver up to 24 hours of continuous flight. The portable, lightweight units support UAVs from 5 kg to 120 kg, including DJI models, and feature intelligent winch...
Xbox VP Quickly Steps In To Silence Third-Party Project Helix Leaks
Microsoft’s Xbox division has confirmed that its upcoming next‑generation console, codenamed Project Helix, will be released as a first‑party device, dispelling recent rumors of an ASUS‑built third‑party version. The clarification came from Xbox Vice President Jason Ronald, who responded to...
Broadband Restored In Orkney Islands After Fibre Repairs
Broadband service was restored to Orkney’s North Isles after BT Group repaired a damaged subsea fibre cable. The outage, declared a major incident, began on 16 March and left Westray, Sanday, Stronsay and nearby islands without broadband and, in some cases,...
Sennheiser Launches HD 480 Pro, the Closed-Back Headphones Fans Have Been Waiting For
Sennheiser has launched the HD 480 Pro, a closed‑back headphone aimed at audio professionals. It reimagines the open‑back HD 490 Pro with a new Vibration Attenuation System to improve bass accuracy and reduce distortion. The design adds detachable cables, cushioned...
The Changing ASICs Landscape: The Shift Toward Chip Disaggregation
AI’s rapid growth is forcing ASIC designers to move away from monolithic dies toward modular, disaggregated architectures. By partitioning functions onto smaller, specialized dies and using advanced 2.5D, wafer‑to‑wafer and die‑to‑die packaging, companies can achieve better power, performance, and time‑to‑market...
Research Bits: Apr. 21
Researchers at the University of Michigan demonstrated a compute‑in‑memory (CIM) implementation of state‑space models using a 65 nm CMOS resistive‑RAM crossbar, achieving vector‑matrix multiplication within 4.6 bits of the ideal result while dramatically cutting energy use. In Tokyo, scientists from the Institute...
Cisco Launches Sovereign Critical Infrastructure Across EMEA
Cisco announced the launch of its Sovereign Critical Infrastructure (SCI) portfolio for customers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The offering bundles Cisco’s networking, security, compute, collaboration, AI and Splunk solutions into configurable, air‑gapped or hybrid on‑premises environments. It...
Government Pours $30m Into Counter-Drone Technology in Wake of Iran War
The Australian government has allocated about $30 million AUD (≈$20 million USD) to two domestic firms—Sypaq and AIM Defence—to fast‑track counter‑drone solutions. Sypaq will develop the Corvo Strike armed drone that can hunt larger UAVs, while AIM Defence will advance the Fractl high‑power...
Ray Launches in Dubai with $1.2 Million Investment in Hand
Ray, a UAE‑based powerbank‑sharing startup, closed a $1.2 million seed round led by private angels to launch its service in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The company’s portable charging stations let users rent a powerbank and return it at any network location,...
Doodle Labs Introduces New Nano² Mesh Rider Radio
Doodle Labs has unveiled the Nano² Mesh Rider radio, delivering the full capabilities of its Mini Mesh Rider platform in a dramatically reduced form factor. The new unit tackles the longstanding size‑weight‑power (SWaP) trade‑off that has limited small UAVs, ground...
AMD FSR 4 Multi-Frame Generation Nears Release With SDK Changes
AMD is preparing an upgrade to its FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) that introduces Multi‑Frame Generation, allowing multiple AI‑generated frames to be inserted between native renders. The FidelityFX SDK now includes parameters for developers to control frame‑generation levels, signaling a...
How Motor Architecture Shapes Surgical Hand Tool Performance
Portescap’s new white paper highlights motor architecture as a pivotal early‑stage decision for surgical hand‑tool design. It breaks down four core architectures—slotted, slotless, brushless DC and core‑less brushed—showing how each influences torque density, vibration, speed range and thermal management. The...
Honor MagicPad 3 Pro Debuts with 165Hz OLED and PC Features
Honor unveiled the MagicPad 3 Pro, a premium tablet slated for an April 23 launch. It features a 12.3‑inch OLED screen with a 165 Hz refresh rate and 5280 Hz PWM dimming for flicker‑free viewing. The ultra‑thin 4.8 mm chassis weighs about 450 g and offers up...
ASUS ROG Launches Zephyrus G14 and G16 Air with RTX 50 GPUs
At CES 2026, ASUS Republic of Gamers unveiled two new Zephyrus Air laptops—the 14‑inch G14 Air and the 16‑inch G16 Air. Both are powered by Intel’s Core Ultra 9 386H and NVIDIA’s RTX 50‑series mobile GPUs, with the G16 topping out at an RTX 5090...
Lenovo Debuts ThinkCentre X AI Desktops with Rotating 16:18 Display
Lenovo unveiled two enterprise‑grade desktops under the ThinkCentre X line: the AIO Aura Edition, a 27.6‑inch all‑in‑one with a rare 16:18 screen that rotates 90°, and the X Tower, a 34‑liter tower supporting up to 256 GB DDR5 memory and NVIDIA’s upcoming RTX 5090 GPU....
Xbox Project Helix Leak Suggests Shift to Standard PC Hardware Design
A leak suggests Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox Project Helix will forgo a custom APU in favor of a PC‑like architecture built from off‑the‑shelf AMD components. The platform is rumored to pair RDNA 5 graphics with Zen 6 or Zen 6c CPU cores, mirroring modern gaming...
Cellcentric Launches 375 kW Truck Fuel Cell System
cellcentric introduced the BZA375, a 375 kW heavy‑duty fuel‑cell system weighing under 500 kg, at Hannover Messe 2026. The single‑module design replaces the twin‑stack BZA150, delivering 20% lower hydrogen consumption and 40% higher power density. It fits 13‑litre diesel engine bays, targets...
Brightspeed Reaches over 100,000 Locations with Fiber in Arkansas
Brightspeed announced that more than 101,000 homes and businesses in Arkansas now have access to its fiber network, marking the halfway point of its statewide deployment. The company aims to serve over 202,000 locations once the buildout is complete. Service...
Ingram Micro to Distribute J5create in Australia
Ingram Micro has signed a distribution agreement to bring j5create’s full line of accessories, including docking stations, Wormhole wireless display solutions, USB hubs, and adapters, to the Australian market. The partnership leverages j5create’s vertically integrated design‑to‑manufacturing model and its alignment...
Inline 3D Metrology Transforms Shipbuilding by Enabling Real-Time Forming Accuracy
Germany’s DIKUQ project, led by Fraunhofer IOF and shipbuilder Ostseestaal, has unveiled a semi‑automated inline 3D metrology system that captures steel sheet geometry in under half a second. The low‑latency sensor network uses synchronized cameras and structured‑light projection to generate...
Rise of Physical AI – KUKA and NVIDIA Partner to Launch Automation 2.0
KUKA and NVIDIA announced a strategic partnership at NVIDIA GTC, unveiling the KUKA Automation Management Platform (KUKA AMP) that blends traditional rule‑based control with intent‑based AI. The collaboration marks the launch of what KUKA calls Automation 2.0, a Physical AI framework that...
Skin-Conforming Electrodes Improve Comfort in Long-Term Heart Monitoring
Researchers at NC State and UNC have created a skin‑conforming, gel‑free polymer electrode for ECG monitoring. The device incorporates a conductive polymer and surfactant into a POMaC elastomer, delivering adhesive, comfortable wear while matching the signal quality of commercial patches....
Nordic SoC Powers Holyiot Smart Badges
Holyiot Technology has embedded Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF54L15 system‑on‑chip into its Inkcard‑A1 e‑ink smart badge, delivering twice the processing power and three‑fold efficiency of the prior generation. The Bluetooth LE‑enabled badge can refresh images, QR codes or text in under six seconds...
Diamond Stretching and Squeezing Paves Way for Ultra-Precise Quantum Sensors
Researchers from Singapore University of Technology and Design and Yangzhou University have demonstrated that applying precise mechanical strain to silicon‑vacancy (SiV) centers in diamond can controllably alter their quantum properties. Under compressive stress the SiV retains its symmetry, while tensile...
Lattice and TI Join Forces to Advance Real-Time Edge AI Sensor Fusion
Lattice Semiconductor and Texas Instruments have teamed up to simplify sensor integration for edge AI, pairing TI’s mmWave radar and camera technologies with Lattice’s low‑power Holoscan Sensor Bridge FPGA solution. The joint architecture streams synchronized sensor data directly into GPU‑accessible...