EE Times News
Optimizing Electromechanical Hardware for Extreme Defense Environments
Published: July 7, 2026, 5:00 pm
Commercial parts die fast in combat. See how advanced composites, coatings and MIL testing keep defense hardware alive under brutal stress.
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Manufacturing Expands in June Amid Global Unrest
Published: July 7, 2026, 12:30 pm
U.S. manufacturing expanded in June, but Middle East conflict impacted raw materials.
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eSIM Evolves from Subscriber Identity to Device Trust
Published: July 7, 2026, 7:00 am
eSIM turns SIMs into device trust anchors for IoT, cars and AI, letting fleets switch networks and stay secure remotely.
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Canada’s AI Ecosystem Needs More Urgency
Published: July 6, 2026, 10:00 pm
Canada has the AI talent. Now, it’s time to scale its domestic compute and sovereign hardware.
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MIPS on the RISC-V Shift: ‘Physical AI Is Agentic AI at the Edge’
Published: July 6, 2026, 5:00 pm
MIPS bets RISC-V and ARC AI will power physical AI in cars and factory robots. Watch the interview and learn more.
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Hackaday News
Reverse Engineering and Self-Hosting the OBI Smart Energy Tracker
Published: July 7, 2026, 8:00 pm
Sold by German DIY store OBI, the OBI Energy Tracker is a €15 set of two devices, one of which you essentially stick on top of your existing electricity meter. …read more
When An Engineering Education Doesn’t Teach You How To Really Make Anything
Published: July 7, 2026, 5:00 pm
In the sweltering temperatures of an unusually hot European heatwave, I found myself having a chat with a friend of mine from my university days. After discussing the health of …read more
SB Mini II is a Homebrew Apple II Clone
Published: July 7, 2026, 3:30 pm
On the one hand, the original Apple II has been copied over and over again since at least the early 80s, so maybe this hack is old hat to the …read more
Is Now the Time for Volumetric 3D Printing?
Published: July 7, 2026, 2:00 pm
Of all innovations adopted by the maker community within the past couple of decades, one stands among the rest on top for anything regarding manufacturing. It goes without saying here …read more
An Interactive Tomato Farm Overseen by AI
Published: July 7, 2026, 11:00 am
Oh, the farming lifestyle…living off the land, fending for yourself. But who’s got time for all that? For the modern hacker, the best option in the garden space may be …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Dua Lipa Opens Banned Book Library #Censorship
Published: July 7, 2026, 7:09 pm
Inside The Manifesto Library: Service95 Book Club’s Permanent Collection At Livraria Lello, Porto, img via Service95 Dua Lipa has been advocating for books and reading for a few years now. In 2023 she started a book club through her culture and lifestyle site Service95 and is now opening a physical library. The Manifesto Library […]
Glowing Fireplace Insert with Edge-Lit Acrylic and WLED #LED Strips #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
Published: July 7, 2026, 7:08 pm
Check out the latest project from Erin St Blaine: build a 3 dimensional LED fireplace light system insert that turns your unused fireplace into a beautiful flickering fire that you can turn on and off using Alexa or any web browser. Create custom colored flame animations with a few clicks and sliders and save them […]
JP’s Product Pick of the Week — 4pm Eastern TODAY! 7/7/26 @adafruit #adafruit #newproductpick
Published: July 7, 2026, 5:53 pm
Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week ! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY! Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a BEEEG DISCOUNT during the show! Tune […]
Designing a personal Pebble watchface
Published: July 7, 2026, 4:14 pm
Jonas Hietala recently got a Pebble Time 2 and wanted to create a custom watchface for his specific problems. It took more effort to design the watch than I had anticipated and there’s a deceptively large amount of thought that has gone into some of the features here, so I thought it’d be interesting to […]
Visual Basic on the PC with Windows 3.1
Published: July 7, 2026, 3:54 pm
Christopher Drum on the Stone Tools blog takes a look back at Visual Basic on the PC using the Windows 3.1 operating system. A while back, I dug into Apple’s HyperCard. Visual Basic gives us an interesting opportunity to look at a similar first-party, visual programming solution from Microsoft’s perspective. Like HyperCard, Visual Basic had its own dedicated magazine, and inspired legions of developers […]
Electronics Weekly News
Nexperia’s 1200 V SiC MOSFETs in QDPAK packaging
Published: July 7, 2026, 3:28 pm
Nexperia is releasing 1200 V silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs in QDPAK packaging, as part of its wide-bandgap (WBG) portfolio. They feature a top-side cooled surface-mount package optimised for high-power density ...
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Q-Tech targets rad-hardened MCXOs at Space applications
Published: July 7, 2026, 2:07 pm
Q-Tech is expanding its QT2020/QT2021 series of microcomputer compensated crystal oscillators (MCXOs). The new MCXOs are designed to withstand radiation levels of 50kRad(Si) TID, highlights the company. The oscillator specialist ...
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Who Has AC?
Published: July 7, 2026, 1:30 pm
An estimated 2.4 billion people living in hot climates are expected to lack access to cooling systems by 2030, according to projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Data from ...
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Picture of the day: MTG-I2 is pushed into place for final tests
Published: July 7, 2026, 11:19 am
Amid the high-tech world of satellite testing, there's also old fashioned grunt work... The ESA satellite MTG-I2 is pushed into place for final environmental tests.
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AI takeoff meets the grid
Published: July 7, 2026, 11:00 am
Barry Mansfield explores how hyperscalers, engineers and chip architects are powering AI’s unprecedented demands on electrical infrastructure. Hamina Finland datacentre, source Google Today, a single frontier AI datacentre can require ...
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