The evacuation of bulk electrical power over long distances can be done mainly by high voltage alternating current (HVAC) ...
Over on YouTube [Lockdown Electronics] reviews an old bit of kit known as the Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR). Invented in the 1950s the SCR is a type of thyristor and they were popular back in the ...
A new report out today from mobile security platform provider Zimperium Inc. is warning of a new strain of Android malware that can give attackers the ability to seize near-total control of infected ...
Mr. Zamost is a tech communications consultant and former head of communications, policy and people at Square. While working at YouTube in an era when a wedding dance and a 7-year-old hallucinating on ...
Electrically controlled silicon photonic devices use carbon nanotube heaters to modulate and filter terahertz waves on chip with stable performance, enabling compact tunable components for high ...
Every so often, a semiconductor startup emerges claiming to have cracked a problem the industry’s biggest players have wrestled with for decades. Most fade quietly, but occasionally, one arrives that ...
NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - "I'm a warlord now, bitch!" Steven Simoni, wearing a $4,000 Celine track suit unzipped to reveal a bare chest and a silver chain, was holding court at a recent film ...
The chips that datacenters use to run the latest AI breakthroughs generate much more heat than previous generations of silicon. Anybody whose phone or laptop has overheated knows that electronics ...
Historically, making a thin phone meant trading the usual battery for one that's slimmer and less robust. And what good is a thin phone with poor battery life? Up-and-coming silicon-carbon battery ...