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5.84″ INCH E-PAPER ANDROID SMARTPHONE PROMISES UP TO 10-DAY BATTERY LIFE

A number of smartphone manufacturers have, for a while, been experimenting with E-paper displays with phones like the Hisense A2 and Yota’s Yotaphone 1 and 2 implementing an e-paper based display as a secondary screen. While the use of e-paper displays brought advantages like extended battery life, and reduced pressure on the eyes in bright lights, for phones like […]

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MURATA ANNOUNCES SMALLEST PTC THERMISTORS FOR SMARTPHONES AND WEARABLES

Murata has successfully commercialized the world’s smallest PTC thermistor (resettable fuse) with part number PRG03BC181QB6RL, in a 0201-inch size (0.6 x 0.3 x 0.3mm) package targeted for mobile devices. With an operating temperature from -20 deg C to 60 deg C the new PTC can provide excellent long term stability in high-temperature environments. They has succeeded in commercializing the

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INSTALLING LINUX LIKE IT’S 1989

A common example of the sheer amount of computing power available to almost anyone today is comparing a smartphone to the Apollo guidance computer. This classic computer was the first to use integrated circuits so it’s fairly obvious that most modern technology would be orders of magnitude more powerful, but we don’t need to go

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SELPIC S1+ THE HANDHELD, ANY-SURFACE QUICK PRINTING SOLUTION

SELPIC 1+ is a palm-sized handheld Inkjet printer that is currently on a Kickstarter fundraiser campaign well exceeding its targeted goal. This printer allows the user to print on any surface and any material. It can print any text, image, QR code, barcode by simply moving the device across the printing surface. The printing surface can be anything such as paper,

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TURN YOUR SMARTPHONE TO A DSLR WITH THE PICTAR PRO

Mobile photography is fast growing beyond a hobby or a way for people to capture important moments. Thanks to the week-on-week breakthroughs and improvements being made on the camera by the phone manufacturers, it is now becoming a mainstream method of documenting visual information, with both professionals (from Journalists to Magazine Photographers) and Semi-professionals (like

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AK09970D ULTRA-SMALL TRI-AXIS MAGNETIC SMART SWITCH

AKM’s AK09970D has 1/5 of the packaging area of the conventional AK09970N AKM’s AK09970D is a device with a much smaller overall footprint than its conventional tri-axis magnetic smart switch sensor, the AK09970N. Mobile devices, such as smartphones and various wearable devices, can be equipped with this sensor that requires low power consumption and a high degree

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BABY YODA BECOMES PERSONABLE ROBOT

Baby Yoda has been a hit character in Disney’s The Mandalorian, but does not actually exist in real life as far as we know. Instead, [Manuel Ahumada] set about building a robotic replica, complete with artificial intelligence. (Video, embedded below.) The first step was to build a basic robotic simulcra of Baby Yoda, which [Manuel] achieved by outfitting a

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NEURAL COMPUTING KIT COMBINES ATOMIC PI SBC WITH INTEL’S NCS2

Following the success of their last product; the Atomic Pi SBC which sold for only $34 and sold out multiple times, Team IoT, has returned with another successful Kickstarter project for a Neural Computing Development Kit that combines the Intel Cherry Trail-based Atomic Pi SBC with a 2GB RAM and 16GB eMMC, with Intel’s Neural Compute Stick

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SM@RTDOCK 15 TOUCH IS A 15″ 2-IN-1 LAPTOP DOCK FOR SAMSUNG DEX DEVICES AND SMARTPHONES WITH A USB-C PORT

Laptop Docks for smartphones are becoming quite the real deal. For those who are not yet familiar with them, the docks serve as hosts for turning smartphones into laptops. As their popularity grows, the market is awash with several types of laptop docks with some top performers like the NexDock 2 and AFAICR, both of which come with a full

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OPEN THERMAL CAMERA IS THERMAL IMAGING FOR THE REST OF US

One application of thermal imaging which has been experiencing a surge in recent times is the application of thermal imaging in the detection of faults in circuits. While this has proven a very interesting and reliable way for evaluating Circuit boards before committing to mass production, the cost of the standalone solutions and even the

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