VueReal in Canada has raised US$40.5 million to scale up its microLED assembly technology, CEO Dr Reza Chaji talks to Nick Flaherty of eeNews EuropeThe Series C funding will be used to build its production line, starting with automotive displays and moving...
Published on: January 31, 2025
The European Commission has approved a €48 million grant for a second battery gigafactory in France to supply car maker Renault.The measure supports the battery gigafactory by Envision AESC France alongside Renault’s electric car plant in Douai. Envision has already received €450m of...
Published on: January 31, 2025
Welcome to 2025. The western New Year saw some key shifts in the electronics market, not least with a new administration taking over in the US and talking about chip tariffs as high as 100%. There are also structural shifts in Europe,...
Published on: January 31, 2025
The European Commission has approved a €48 million grant for a second battery gigafactory in France to supply car maker Renault.The measure supports the battery gigafactory by Envision AESC France alongside Renault’s electric car plant in Douai. Envision has already received €450m of...
Published on: January 31, 2025
Nisshinbo Micro Devices has developed a dual channel H-bridge driver with a boost converter to drive piezo actuators for camera modules and haptic devices.The ND1130 is built in a BiCMOS process to provide up to 40 V from a single-cell Li-ion battery...
Published on: January 31, 2025
A fashion designer in London has worked with datacentre operator Equinix to create a dress entirely from data cables.Unlike smart wearable materials, the dress uses non-functioning Cat 5 Ethernet cables and optical fibre cables from an Equinix datacentre, crocheted into a dress...
Published on: January 31, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US has found cybersecurity vulnerabilities including a backdoor, in a medical patient monitor.The backdoors in the CMS8000 patient monitor and its re-badged version, the Epsimed MN-120, may put patients at risk after being connected...
Published on: January 31, 2025
In a paper, Engineers from the University of Glasgow have described a new wireless tag that is able to identify objects and measure temperature without relying on integrated circuits.Inexpensive coils and a sensing material made from a form of silicon rubber called...
Published on: January 31, 2025
STMicroelectronics is planning temporary closures of multiple fabs as inventory and weak markets hit its 2024 results.“2024 turned out to be one of the worst years in many decades for the industries we serve, particularly in Industrial and Automotive,” said Jean Marc...
Published on: January 31, 2025
An AI-powered camera monitor system (CMS) from Gauzy in Israel is being deployed by Ford Trucks in the US.The Smart-Vision CMS from Gauzy uses the CV2FS AI SoC, from Ambarella to replace traditional side and/or rearview reflective-glass mirrors with high-resolution cameras mounted...
Published on: January 31, 2025