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Heads up! Automotive MCU integrates dynamic 3D graphics
Advanced embedded system solutions provider, Cypress Semiconductor, has announced a new series in its Traveo automotive microcontroller (MCU) family with more memory to support a hybrid instrument cluster with 3D graphics and up to six traditional gauges, as well as a head-up display. The highly integrated, single-chip devices in the S6J32xEK series include an advanced 3D and 2.5D graphics engine and provide scalability with Cypress’ l...
Torque sensor plays critical role in collecting drone data
Designed to put the next generation of controls for medium altitude long endurance (MALE) drones through their paces, a test rig is being developed by an independent electronics design company on the Welsh borders. Although this rig is being developed just for this project and will be dismantled after use, the precision torque sensor which performs the critical task of collecting data from the rig for analysis will almost certainly be reused...
Scientists may have found a cause of dyslexia
A duo of French scientists may have found a physiological, and seemingly treatable, cause for dyslexia hidden in tiny light-receptor cells in the human eye. In people with the reading disability, the cells were arranged in matching patterns in both eyes, which may be to blame for confusing the brain by producing "mirror" images, the co-authors wrote in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Annual UK Robotics Week returns for third time
The official launch of Robotics Week 2018 has been announced with robotics activities and competitions now open for early registration to schools, academic institutions and industry. The UK Robotics Week programme of activities will be taking place up and down the country from early next year, culminating in a national week of celebration held from 21st–29th June 2018. Now in its third successive year, UK Robotics Week continues to go from ...
Powerful X-rays enable navigational view of the brain
If brain imaging could be compared to Google Earth, neuroscientists would already have a pretty good 'satellite view' of the brain, and a great 'street view' of neuron details. But navigating how the brain computes is arguably where the action is, and neuroscience's 'navigational map view' has been a bit meager. Now, a research team led by Eva Dyer, a computational neuroscientist and electrical engineer, has imaged brains at that map-like or...
Overhead cranes increase productivity in £20m robotics factory
Crane and hoist manufacturer, Street Crane, has supplied and installed overhead cranes at Fanuc UK’s new 107,000ft2 purpose-built headquarters at Ansty Park in Coventry. Fanuc builds around 6,000 robots, 125,000 servomotors, 84,000 servo amplifiers, and 25,000 CNC controllers every month to serve the wave of demand within manufacturing for ‘fourth industrial revolution’ technology.
Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays have extragalactic origin
Researchers participating in the Pierre Auger Collaboration, which runs the world’s largest cosmic ray observatory located in Mendoza Province, Argentina, have discovered that, above a certain energy level, these particles are of extragalactic origin. Cosmic rays include some of the most energetic particles in the universe and constantly collide with the Earth’s atmosphere.
Brain-machine interfaces treat neurological disease
Since the 19th century at least, humans have wondered what could be accomplished by linking our brains – smart and flexible but prone to disease and disarray – directly to technology in all its cold, hard precision. Writers of the time dreamed up intelligence enhanced by implanted clockwork and a starship controlled by a transplanted brain. While these remain inconceivably far-fetched, the melding of brains and machines for treat...
Mutation can supercharge tumour-suppressor
Cancer researchers have long hailed p53, a tumour-suppressor protein, for its ability to keep unruly cells from forming tumours. But for such a highly studied protein, p53 has hidden its tactics well. Now, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have tapped into what makes p53 tick, delineating a clear pathway that shows how the protein mediates anti-tumor activity in pancreatic cancer.
DRG system helps patients battling complex regional pain syndrome
Abbott has announced the U.S. launch of the company's Proclaim DRG Neurostimulator System, a new device designed to deliver stimulation to the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and alleviate pain in patients suffering from complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) of the lower limbs. With the Proclaim DRG system, Abbott has added new, patient-centric benefits to a device capable of delivering the company's sustained and superior pain relief for patient...