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Stereo vision 3D camera for AMRs and robotic arms

Stereo vision 3D camera for AMRs and robotic arms

The latest addition to the Gemini 330 series, the Gemini 335Lg stereo vision 3D camera Orbbec utilizes the advanced Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link 2 (GMSL2) and a FAKRA connector, ensuring secure and reliable connectivity for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in fulfillment centers,...

Published on: October 21, 2024

Digital control algorithm tops 99% AI data centre efficiency

Digital control algorithm tops 99% AI data centre efficiency

Navitas has developed a patented digital control for power supplies that use both GaN and SiC devices for peak efficiencies of 99.3% in AI data centre designs.The Navitas Intelliweave digital control algorithm works with GaNFast gallium nitride (GaN) and GeneSiC silicon carbide...

Published on: October 21, 2024

e-Flower records neuronal activity with electronic petals

e-Flower records neuronal activity with electronic petals

EPFL researchers have developed a novel neural recording device called the “e-Flower” that gently wraps organoids in soft petalsNeural spheroids — 3D clusters of brain cells — are emerging as essential tools for understanding neural networks and studying neurological diseases in the...

Published on: October 21, 2024

The Netherlands Seeks Innovative Smart Grid Solutions for the Energy Transition

The Netherlands Seeks Innovative Smart Grid Solutions for the Energy Transition

Dutch, U.S. experts to share smart grids expertise and discuss investment opportunities with innovation missionThe Netherlands is pursuing solutions to make energy grids smarter, more sustainable and more resilient, as part of the country’s efforts to accelerate the global energy transition. In...

Published on: October 21, 2024

Startup in funding to reduce energy consumption in AI data centres 

Startup in funding to reduce energy consumption in AI data centres 

Oriole Networks — a startup using light to train Large Language Models with a fraction of the usual AI energy consumption — has raised an additional $22 million from leading investors to further scale its “super-brain” offering. The round was led by Plural...

Published on: October 21, 2024

BeDimensional gains €20 million to make 2D materials

BeDimensional gains €20 million to make 2D materials

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has offered BeDimensional SpA (Genoa, Italy), €20 million to help it scale up its manufacturing of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride.The funding comes in the form of venture debt financing and BeDimensional said it would expand production...

Published on: October 20, 2024

US adds $2bn for grid projects

US adds $2bn for grid projects

The US government has allocated an additional $2bn for 38 projects to boost the capacity and resilience of the electricity grid.The projects will upgrade nearly 1000 miles of transmission lines across 42 states for an extra 7.5GW of capacity, demand is still...

Published on: October 20, 2024

AI power curve prompts hyperscalers to go nuclear

AI power curve prompts hyperscalers to go nuclear

Two leading hyperscalers – Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS) – have announced plans to purchase electrical energy from nuclear sources to power their data centers.Google has said it has signed a contract to purchase energy from multiple small modular reactors (SMRs)...

Published on: October 20, 2024

India’s chip market set to surpass those of Europe, Japan

India’s chip market set to surpass those of Europe, Japan

The Indian chip market is likely to be larger than that of Japan and of Europe in 2024 to judge by a recent market research report and sales trends.The Indian chip market was worth US$45 billion in 2023, according to research from...

Published on: October 19, 2024

Litho equipment vendor ASML trims sales forecast on fab push-outs

Litho equipment vendor ASML trims sales forecast on fab push-outs

Lithography equipment supplier ASML has trimmed its forecast for sales in 2025 because of cautiousness among some chip makers and “specific competitive issues in the foundry business.”ASML Holding NV (Veldhoven, The Netherlands) is the dominant supplier of lithography equipment for making chips...

Published on: October 19, 2024