EE Times News
ABLIC’s Small, Smart, and Simple Strategy for High-Value Analog Semicondutors
Published: November 4, 2026, 5:00 pm
ABLIC’s Satoshi Hanazawa discusses its low-power analog semiconductor strategy, target markets, product innovation and development approach.
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STMicroelectronics Expands STM32 Roadmap for Cloud AI and Physical AI
Published: November 4, 2026, 2:37 pm
Unified STM32 platform adds automotive-grade STM32A and power-focused STM32G5 MCUs.
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Quantum Roadmaps Are Finally Meeting Reality
Published: November 4, 2026, 9:11 am
Quantum computing revenue surpassed $1 billion in 2025, but missed forecasts highlight the gap between commercial expectations and delivery.
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Is There Room for Small-Scale OSATs in India’s Chip Packaging Boom?
Published: November 3, 2026, 11:30 pm
Small OSATs in India can start with ₹1.5–₹2 billion (~$15.8–$21 million), consultant Nitin Dodia said. But anchor customers, skilled staff, and qualification determine who survives.
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U.S. Manufacturing Activity Gains Momentum in October
Published: November 3, 2026, 7:08 pm
Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in October driven by accelerating production and steady gains in new orders.
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Hackaday News
Making a Wax Motor for Micrometer-Level Control
Published: November 4, 2026, 7:30 pm
Although not very glamorous, wax motors are a fairly common type of linear actuator. They use the thermal response of waxes and the resulting volumetric expansion or reduction to create …read more
From Germanium to Diamond: the Many Shapes of Semiconductors
Published: November 4, 2026, 6:00 pm
It seems fair to say that semiconductor technology has been one of the most influential inventions in human history. Practically overnight it turned human technology from being large, cumbersome and …read more
Using a Cheap DC Motor to Make a Go-Kart Go
Published: November 4, 2026, 4:30 pm
Where Archimedes said that he could move the Earth given a large enough lever and a suitable fulcrum, [Current Concept] decided that he could give his own spin on this …read more
Yesterday Has Never Looked This Good: Feast Your Eyes On The 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge Winners!
Published: November 4, 2026, 3:00 pm
If there’s one category among those we see here at Hackaday that has something for everyone, it’s retrocomputing. Spanning everything from relay-based machines that fill a wall through to modern …read more
A Ridiculous Journey to Set the Clock in a 2014 Renault
Published: November 4, 2026, 12:00 pm
As difficult as it may be to believe, it’s not possible to adjust the time on a 2014 Renault Latitude’s in-dash navigation system unless you have an original SD card …read more
Adafruit Blog News
NASA navigation experiment shows promise for planetary landings
Published: November 4, 2026, 7:20 pm
Armstrong Communications reports on NASA’s site that the agency has flown a landing guidance system on a drone over Rogers Dry Lake, near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. An Alta-X drone carrying the Safe and Precise Landing, Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) payload ran simulated lunar descent and landing maneuvers on August 27. […]
Remote Mouse turns your smartphone into a handy PC remote
Published: November 4, 2026, 7:16 pm
Ivan Franco writes at TechSpot about Remote Mouse, an app that turns a phone or tablet into a wireless mouse, keyboard and touchpad for a computer. It runs on iOS and Android, and the helper software it talks to works on Windows, macOS and Linux. Along with the basic pointer and typing, there are panels […]
Using a cheap DC motor to make a go-kart go
Published: November 4, 2026, 7:02 pm
Maya Posch, writing on Hackaday, covers a build from Current Concept that tries to move a go-kart with a $1 brushed DC motor and a very big gear reduction. The trick is a 3D printed compound gearbox with a 1,243:1 ratio, which trades motor speed for torque. The kart itself was a Craigslist find that […]
Googling “Zelda” today offers a glimpse of how search worked in 1998
Published: November 4, 2026, 6:54 pm
Ryan Whitwam at Ars Technica reports that Google has hidden an Easter egg in its search results to mark the remaster of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Search for “Zelda” or “Ocarina of Time” and a normal 2026 results page loads, but an animated Master Sword sits in the lower right corner. It […]
‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ movie prop may sell for over $1 million
Published: November 4, 2026, 6:45 pm
Laura Baisas writes in Popular Science that items from Stanley Kubrick’s personal archive are going up for auction for the first time. Equipment, props, scripts and more come directly from the Stanley Kubrick Film Archives, and they’ll be sold through Bonhams in London. The headline lot is the Star Child from 2001: A Space Odyssey […]
Electronics Weekly News
Sony IMX742 1mm square image sensor serves single-use endoscopes
Published: November 4, 2026, 5:27 pm
Sony has announced its IMX742, a CMOS image sensor for single-use endoscopes. The company highlights it as the industry’s first to support digital output and data transmission through a 5m […]
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Samtec VITA 90 VNX+ for RF backplane, optical, and power connectivity
Published: November 4, 2026, 4:01 pm
Mouser Electronics is stocking Samtec’s VITA 90 VNX+, which combines RF backplane, optical, and power connectivity. It is for harsh or space‑constrained applications. The interconnect product family supports small-form-factor, modular, […]
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AI’s Legacy
Published: November 4, 2026, 12:30 pm
It is often said that war is the greatest accelerator of technology because governments will invest any money in weapons development to get a jump on their enemy, but this […]
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Aircraft demand higher-voltage power
Published: November 4, 2026, 12:00 pm
Developed by Airbus, Daher and Safran, the EcoPulse hybrid-electric demonstrator used an 800VDC system delivering up to 350kW to support six wing-mounted electric propellers (source: Airbus) Silicon carbide power electronics, […]
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Published: November 4, 2026, 10:48 am
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