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Watch the DPReview TV Hosts Play a Drinking Game and Crown the Best and Worst Gear of 2019
PetaPixel - 17 Dec 2019 23:06
It’s that time of year again, when Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake of DPReview TV--formerly of The Camera Store TV--play a drinking game while discussing the best and worst gear of 2019. The result is always both infor...
An Early Flu Season, a *Flight Simulator* Revival, and More News
Wired - 17 Dec 2019 00:16
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
Astronomers are spotting so many exoplanets that there's no time to study them all
BGR - 17 Dec 2019 02:07
Today, astronomers have more tools at their disposal than ever before. Technology has reached a point that scientists can finally spot planets outside of our own solar system. That's an incredible achievement, of course,...
Shielding cans cut EMI on PCBs
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2019 19:45
Assisting engineers dealing with EMI/RFI issues in their PCB designs, Harwin has just announced the introduction of three new shielding cans. Supplied in a tape-and-reel format, these cans increase the company's existing...
Why noise-cancelling earbuds are the perfect companion to help you with your new year goals
Pocket-lint - 17 Dec 2019 10:39
Ah, the New Year. A time for reflection, and rejuvenation. But focussing on your goals is never easy, with all the distractions that the modern world can
SpaceX launches satellites to orbit, but misses catching nose cone - CNET
CNET - 17 Dec 2019 05:01
Elon Musk's rocket outfit fails to grab its fairing.
Amazon Prohibits Marketplace Sellers From Using FedEx Ground on Prime Shipments
Gizmodo - 17 Dec 2019 04:35
Amazon has barred third-party stores on its Marketplace platform from using FedEx ground or home shipping for Prime deliveries, the Wall Street Journal reported, saying that the company has performed poorly in getting pa...
FBI busts two illegal streaming sites so massive they dwarf Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu
BGR - 17 Dec 2019 03:09
In spite of the fact that consumers now have an abundance of choice when it comes to streaming video services to pay for, there are still thousands of people, it seems, who would prefer to pay for an alternative to Netfl...
Mars Has Auroras Too, We Just Can't See Them
Universe Today - 17 Dec 2019 23:13
Our eyes can’t see them, but Martian auroras are there, and more commonplace than we once thought. The Martian auroras were first discovered in 2016 by NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. Now some new results are expanding our ...
ATE sockets handle QFN40 packages
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2019 21:36
A new QFN socket design uses high-performance elastomer capable of 60+ GHz and has a low inductance to handle ATE applications. The GTP-QFN-1001 socket is designed for a 5.9×5.9-mm package size and operates at bandwidth...
Acute leukemia patients treated with common therapy have increased risk for heart failure
Science Daily - 17 Dec 2019 21:15
Patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are treated with anthracyclines are at a heightened risk of heart failure -- most often within one year of exposure to the chemotherapy...
Fatty meal interrupts gut's communication with the body, but why?
Science Daily - 17 Dec 2019 21:15
Gut cells that normally tell the brain and the rest of the body what's going on after a meal shut down completely for a few hours after a high-fat meal, a team of researchers discovered in zebrafish. Enteroendocrine cell...
Ancient 'chewing gum' yields insights into people and bacteria of the past
Science Daily - 17 Dec 2019 21:15
Researchers have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years old 'chewing gum.' According to the researchers, it is a new untapped source of ancient DNA.
Disruption of glycine receptors to study embryonic development and brain function
Science Daily - 17 Dec 2019 21:15
Researchers are studying glycine receptors, particularly glycine receptor alpha-4 (Glra4), during development. They demonstrated, in a new study, that Glra4 is not a brain exclusive gene, as was believed, but on the cont...
Heilind Electronics offering TE's connector system featuring an IP67 rating
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2019 21:13
Heilind Electronics introduces TE's SlimSeal miniature connector series. This waterproof, dust-proof solution offers both wire-to-board and wire-to-wire configurations. The SlimSeal system has a robust press-to-release s...
Healthy diet could save $50 billion in health care costs
Science Daily - 17 Dec 2019 21:13
Investigators analyzed the impact of 10 dietary factors -- including consumption of fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, processed meats and more -- and estimated the annual CMD costs of suboptimal diet habits.
Timing and power devices support adaptive compute acceleration platform
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2019 21:08
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced that its power solutions, as well as timing solutions from IDT, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renesas, support the Xilinx Versal adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP) devi...
Accelerometer carries built-in noise filtering
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2019 20:05
Rohm Group company Kionix recently announced the availability of an accelerometer ideal for high accuracy, low power motion sensing applications in the industrial equipment and consumer wearable markets. In recent years,...
TMR sensor ICs optimized for AGV apps
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2019 19:52
MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd. (MDT) has released a new product series of TMR magnetic guide sensors featuring the AGV-TMR360C module that can detect three magnetic marks simultaneously with an ultra-wide 950mm dete...
Differentiating amino acids
Science Daily - 17 Dec 2019 19:40
Researchers develop the foundation for direct sequencing of individual proteins.
How immune cells switch to attack mode
Science Daily - 17 Dec 2019 19:39
Macrophages have 2 faces: In healthy tissue, they perform important tasks and support their environment. However during an infection, they stop this work and hunt down the pathogens instead. Upon coming into contact with...
MOSFET-based SSRs feature 1 pA leakage current
Medical Design Technology - 17 Dec 2019 19:37
OMRON Corporation of Kyoto, western Japan globally released its new MOSFET relay module, the G3VM-21MT. The product is the first electronic component in the world to adopt a T-type circuit structure. With T-type circuit ...