With fewer young people around for company and tighter healthcare budgets, an aging population is rightfully concerned about their futures. But engineers are working hard to change that outlook by developing robots that not only allow seniors to continue to live independently, but also cheer them up when they’re feeling low. People are living longer.…
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Mansfield, TX – Mouser Electronics, Inc. is teaming up with celebrity engineer Grant Imahara and a group of visionaries in the home and factory automation industry, including Insteon, AiroCorp, TE Connectivity, and Factory Automation Systems, to announce an exciting new Home and Factory Automation Series. The new Home and Factory Automation Series is part of…
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Bannockburn, IL — Effective July 1, IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries, has promoted Philip Carmichael to IPC President of Asia. Carmichael has served as president of IPC Greater China since January 2013 and will now expand his responsibilities to include member acquisition and support in Japan, Korea and ASEAN member states including Cambodia, Indonesia,…
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LaFox, IL, – Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RELL) announced the launch of a new business group, Power & Microwave Technologies (“PMT”). The PMT group encompasses Richardson Electronics' existing Electron Device Group (“EDG”) and adds new technologies and engineered solutions for the power conversion and RF and microwave markets. “The PMT group will focus on adding…
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A new report by Allied Market Research, titled, “World Anti-Counterfeit Electronics and Automobiles Packaging – Market Opportunities and Forecasts, 2014 -2020”, forecasts the global anti-counterfeit electronics and automobiles packaging market to grow at a CAGR of 10.1% from 2015 to 2020.
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The global semiconductor industry overcame lingering macroeconomic uncertainty to post solid year-to-year growth in May, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $28.2 billion for the month of May 2015, an increase of 5.1 percent from May 2014 when sales were $26.8 billion, the SIA said. Global sales from May 2015…
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LONDON — Cricket Semiconductor, a company set up with the purpose of building and operating $1 billion analog and power semiconductor wafer fab in India has been in talks with state government of Telangana, according to a report in the New Indian Express. The report quoted KT Rama Rao, the state's Minister of IT &…
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For the second year, ThomasNet and Institute for Supply Management (ISM) are searching for the millennial workers who are making a big impact on the supply chain management profession in North America. Last year, the electronics industry was well represented, underscoring the opportunities in the sector. “Our first group of '30 Under 30 Rising Supply…
DetailsElectronic systems and digital services will drive as much value creation for the auto industry as horsepower , said an Audi executive at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Shanghai. “By 2020, 50% of value creation will be based on apps, software, electronic systems and digital services,” Luca de Meo, Audi's sales chief, said in…
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I've been thinking about buying (or building) a drone for quite a while now, but I want something substantial like a hexacopter that can carry a decent camera with gimbals and auto-stabilization and suchlike, but they are still a tad expensive so I keep on saying to myself “Maybe next year.” [Drone talk: Register now…
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