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Philips settles US medical recall for $1.1bn
Philips settles US medical recall for $1.1bn
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Royal Philips has settled its Respironics medical equipment recall case in the US for $1.1bn. The first quarter results for…
Second cohort for Intel Ignite London
Second cohort for Intel Ignite London
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Intel Ignite is launching its second cohort of startups in the United Kingdom The second UK cohort for Intel Ignite,…
Ultrasound eye gaze and expression detection in smart glasses
Ultrasound eye gaze and expression detection in smart glasses
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Researchers in the US have developed two technologies that track a person’s gaze and facial expressions through ultrasound sensing.  The…
Call for papers for DVCon Europe
Call for papers for DVCon Europe
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The Design and Verification Conference (DVcon Europe) is accepting submissions of industrial and academic papers, tutorials, and panels with highly…

Self-powered wearable patch enables AI speech synthesis
Self-powered wearable patch enables AI speech synthesis
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Engineers in the US have invented a flexible self-powered device that sticks to the neck and translates the muscle movements of the larynx into audible speech. The AI speech synthesis…
Ultrahuman raises $35m for smart ring
Ultrahuman raises $35m for smart ring
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Ultrahuman in Bangalore, India, has raised $35m in equity and debt for its range of smart ring and wearable monitoring devices. In addition to their smart ring called Ring Air, the…
Report tackles bias in medical electronics
Report tackles bias in medical electronics
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An independent review in the UK has highlighted areas of bias in medical electronics, particularly in AI. The independent review was set up by the Secretary of State for Health…
Paper-based AI health sensor
Paper-based AI health sensor
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Researchers in Japan have developed a disposable, wearable paper-based AI sensor for health monitoring. A team at Tokyo University of Science (TUS) have developed the flexible paper-based AI health sensor…
Stacked solar cell to power the eye
Stacked solar cell to power the eye
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A researcher in Australia is developing a stacked solar cell that can be implanted into the eye to provide power to implants. The focus for the solar cell is on…
EIC backs 27 startups to scale up
EIC backs 27 startups to scale up
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The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected 27 projects for follow on funding to scale up key quantum, health and measurement technologies. The 27 were selected from 257 eligible submissions…
US approval for first ADI heart monitor system
US approval for first ADI heart monitor system
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the first heart monitor system developed by Analog Devices (ADI). The Sensinel Cardiopulmonary Management (CPM) system is a…
In-cabin monitoring detects early onset dementia
In-cabin monitoring detects early onset dementia
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Researchers in the US are using open source in-cabin monitoring with AI in vehicles to assess drivers for their risk of dementia. Nursing, engineering and neuropsychology researchers at Florida Atlantic University…
Low power integrated pH sensor in a ISFET
Low power integrated pH sensor in a ISFET
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems in Germany has developed a sensing layer for chip-based pH measurement has and successfully integrated it into an ion-sensitive field-effect transistor (ISFET). An ISFET…
Ultra-thin wireless pacemaker is powered by light
Ultra-thin wireless pacemaker is powered by light
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Researchers at the University of Chicago has developed a lightweight wireless temporary pacemaker that can be powered by light. The wireless pacemaker uses a one micron thick membrane that can…
Beam steering ultrasound for wireless power to medical implants
Beam steering ultrasound for wireless power to medical implants
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Belgian research lab imec has developed a new technique for wireless power beam steering to medical implants using ultrasound. The wireless power proof-of-concept developed by imec and Delft University of…
Pilot line boost for soft electronics
Pilot line boost for soft electronics
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Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has set up a pilot line for rapid prototyping ultrathin and stretchable electronics. The systems developed in the lab at NTU detect bioelectric signals from…
€34m collaboration for SwissChips research
€34m collaboration for SwissChips research
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Switzerland has launched a €34m collaboration between its major research labs for semiconductor development. The SwissChips Initiative over the next two years is a collaborative effort launched by CSEM, EPFL,…
€1.5m for photonic chip heart monitor
€1.5m for photonic chip heart monitor
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Amazec Photonics in the Netherlands has raised €1.5m to develop a new generation of heart monitor based on its photonic chip. The Amazec photonic sensor can measure temperature changes to…
Flexible cable to safely power heart pumps
Flexible cable to safely power heart pumps
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Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a flexible power cable with craters on the surface to prevent inflammation and infection in the pumps that drive hearts. The design of the…
X-Fab to drive global fab expansion after bumper year
X-Fab to drive global fab expansion after bumper year
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European chip maker X-Fab Silicon Foundries has seen a bumper year with turnover up 23% to $908m and profits nearly doubling to $245m with global capacity expansion plans. The core…
Displays integrate Android 13 on Raspberry Pi module
Displays integrate Android 13 on Raspberry Pi module
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FORTEC Integrated in Germany has developed a series of panel PC touch displays with the Android 13 operating system. The POS-IQ-PRO panel PCs from Distec were developed with Android specialist…
AI boost for image compression
AI boost for image compression
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Researchers in Switzerland have used a machine learning digital twin to compress image data with greater accuracy than learning-free computation methods. The AI image compression technique developed at EPFL has…
AMD combines embedded processor and FPGA in edge AI architecture
AMD combines embedded processor and FPGA in edge AI architecture
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AMD has combined its Ryzen Embedded processors with its Versal FPGAs on a validated board design for edge AI applications. The Embedded+ architecture combines the AMD Ryzen Embedded processors with…
CSEM splits its systems business in two
CSEM splits its systems business in two
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Swiss research group CSEM has restructured, splitting its systems unit into separate businesses for medtech and instrumentation. The move aims to address the increasing demand for precision instruments and the…
40V power inductor in a 0806 package
40V power inductor in a 0806 package
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Murata has launched a series of power inductors specifically designed for automotive powertrain and safety equipment. The DFE2MCPH_JL 40V automotive-grade metal alloy power inductor series has values of 0.33µH and…
First human receives brain-computer interface from Neuralink
First human receives brain-computer interface from Neuralink
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Elon Musk, the founder of automobile company Tesla, has announced his Neuralink company has inserted a brain-computer interface chip into a human patient for the first time. “The first human…
Philips agrees US recall deal, orders fall
Philips agrees US recall deal, orders fall
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Philips has agreed a deal with US regulators on a recall of medical equipment as it shows growth of 7% in 2023. However the company made a loss on the…
QDI Systems gets funding to scale quantum dots for imaging
QDI Systems gets funding to scale quantum dots for imaging
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QDI Systems is revolutionising medical imaging by applying cutting-edge nanomaterial quantum dots in medical imaging processes such as X-ray imaging.


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