5.55 million vehicles were sold in August – up almost 1% on July – says TrendForce. The rankings of the top 10 car brands for August remained the same compared with July. The top three brands  were Toyota, Volkswagen, and Honda. Compared with July, Toyota posted a decline of 2.6%, whereas Honda posted a slight increase of 0.8%. BYD overtook ...

The University of Birmingham has found a new reason why ball-milling, a technique over 100 years old, makes high-capacity Li-ion electrode materials. The use of ball milling has been a huge area of growth in the lithium-ion battery space, according to the university. It involves rotating precursors to the desired electrode material in a barrel along with hard heavy balls ...

Using Arduino’s recently introduced Giga R1 WiFi CPU board and need a human interface? The Giga Display Shield (plug-in board) might fit the bill. It adds a 3.97inch 480 x 800 RGB touchscreen, digital microphone (MP34DT06JTR by ST), six-axis IMU (Bosch BMI270 inertial measurement unit), an RGB LED and a camera connector. Touch on the display is five-point + gesture, ...

Ten years ago there was scepticism over the role of VCs.  VCs are no longer the go-to source for start-up capital, it was said at the GSA’s Entrepreneurship Conference at the British Museum in 2013. A presentation from the Dublin start-up DecaWave, which has a technology which can locate indoor objects to a precision of 10cm, said that the company ...

Standex Electronics has announced two series of high-voltage power reed relays, one surface-mount and one axially leaded. MHV series of miniature high voltage reed relays are surface mount and measure 17.2 x 10.5 x 8.5mm. They can switch up to 1kVdc (or ac peak) and withstand a minimum of 3kVdc. “Off-state leakage current is in the nanoampere range, and dielectrics ...

There's the first high-energy laser weapon system to be tested and integrated in the UK, Open-source hardware, the No.1 semiconductor company for revenue this year, China building a huge particle accelerator for advanced IC lithography, and Arm share price developments...

TSMC could be putting back its 2nm process until 2026, says the Taiwanese news source TechNews, which means Intel has a better chance to overtake it. Intel says its 18A process – its version of 2nm – will be ‘manufacturing ready’ in H2 2024 and be in production in 2025. 18A will be Intel’s second process using GAA transistors – ...

Melexis is sampling two Hall effect switches with 1 microwatt power consumption and narrower tolerances which lead to a predictable power budget, helping to extend battery runtime. These magnetic devices detect open or closed positions, replacing traditional reed switches in IoT, industrial and white good applications. The 3-wire MLX92216 and MLX92217 monolithic magnetic switches claim to deliver accuracy, consistency and ...

Sierra Space – the developer of the Dream Chaser space plane – has highlighted the completion a fifth, sub-scale test of its inflatable LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) module. This is part of its commercial space station development, planned for use in low-Earth orbit (LEO). The company – a space spin-off from Sierra Nevada Corporation – said that this latest ...

SEEQC, the  quantum computing specialist,  and Nvidia are developing  a chip-to-chip link between quantum computers and GPUs. The link is intended to integrate quantum and classical computing. SEEQC says the link will enable it  to develop a full-stack quantum computing architecture that can enable hybrid quantum AI and ML programs, as well as scalable real-time error correction — powered by ...