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U.S. Startup Fields Quantum Sensors to Reduce Reliance on GPS
Published: August 10, 2026, 1:14 pm
GPS spoofing is a sitting duck; Dirac’s quantum sensors aim to navigate air, sea, and tunnels without satellites.
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Leading-edge AI IC designs demand comprehensive HAV methodologies
Published: August 10, 2026, 1:00 pm
Learn how comprehensive hardware-assisted verification helps AI SoC teams accelerate RTL, software development and system validation.
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Can AI Command Earth-to-Orbit Operations?
Published: August 10, 2026, 8:00 am
The aerospace and defense sector is facing a confluence of geopolitical instability, rapid technological advances, evolving security requirements, and complex global supply chains.
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After Seven CEOs in 10 Years, Imagination Is Sticking to Its Strategy
Published: August 7, 2026, 10:00 pm
Imagination dumps CPU/NPU dreams, doubles down on GPUs and China under CEO No. 7.
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ROLEC’s technoPLUS: IP-rated Pole-mount Plastic Enclosures for IoT/IIoT and Factory Automation
Published: August 7, 2026, 4:15 pm
IoT/IIoT and factory automation are driving demand for ROLEC’s updated pole-mountable technoPLUS (IP 66, IP 67, IP 69K) plastic enclosures. Electronics designers specify them for ‘close-to-the-process’ devices that must survive dust, moisture and regular washdowns. Compact technoPLUS provides robust protection – allowing industrial electronics to be mounted directly on machine frames, production-line supports, conveyor structures […]
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Hackaday News
Functional Jumping Pokéball from an Ancient Pokémon World
Published: August 10, 2026, 3:30 pm
When playing a game about Pocket Monsters, there’s one thing you can’t avoid using no matter what you do, and that’s a pokeball. Whether it’s a new or old game, …read more
The Physics of Keeping Thermal Power Stations Cool
Published: August 10, 2026, 2:00 pm
Recently thermal power stations have been in the news quite a bit, mostly in the context of them being throttled back or shut down due to the river water used …read more
Triggering Lightning with a Rocket
Published: August 10, 2026, 11:00 am
Lightning, despite being a common and readily-detected phenomenon, is nevertheless difficult to study. One reason is the difficulty of predicting when and where lightning will strike; tall structures do attract …read more
Even on the Red Planet, Hexagons are the Bestagons
Published: August 10, 2026, 8:00 am
Though their pure Platonic Forms may only exist in the world of ideas, certain regular shapes can’t help but keep falling out of natural processes– case in point, the six-sided …read more
Creating a Supersonic Trebuchet
Published: August 10, 2026, 5:00 am
As awesome as trebuchets are, the fact that medieval engineers didn’t create versions capable of launching supersonic projectiles is a bit of a bummer. Fortunately it’s possible to correct this …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Code for forward error correction for SDR, space, and satellite applications
Published: August 10, 2026, 2:53 pm
fec provides forward error correction for SDR, space, and satellite applications. fec implements two error-correcting codes that show up throughout software-defined radio and spacecraft links: Convolutional codes with a Viterbi decoder (hard and soft decision), including the common rate-1/2 k=7, rate-1/2 k=9, rate-1/3 k=9, and rate-1/6 k=15 codes. Supports any rate from 1/2 to 1/8 and any […]
ESP RainMaker Neo may be your next IoT cloud
Published: August 10, 2026, 2:42 pm
ESP RainMaker Neo is a serverless, open-source IoT cloud for ESP devices that you deploy into your own AWS account. It scales with your fleet and is pay-as-you-go. Devices connect over MQTT through AWS IoT. Phone apps, the admin dashboard and voice assistants reach the same backend over REST APIs and MQTT. See this Apache-2.0 […]
A MicroPython experimental port for the Dabao
Published: August 10, 2026, 2:33 pm
The Dabao is an awesome RISC-V evaluation board built around the Baochip-1x SoC, both created by @bunnie. @andrewleech and @mattytrentini have been working on a port for MicroPython for Dabao, building on @ArmstrongSubero‘s daobao-sdk. The port is still experimental, but if you have a Dabao, Matt would love some testers! The DEFCON 34 badge may also work, […]
The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
Published: August 10, 2026, 2:10 pm
The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no […]
Make a Voice Clock with MicroPython
Published: August 10, 2026, 2:00 pm
image via ndenki, hackster.io Hackster.io user ndenki made a clock that sparkles, speaks the time, and to help beginners learn about async/await: While the device itself is a practical daily tool, I built it with a secondary, hidden purpose: to create a real-world tutorial for MicroPython’s async/await. Learning programming syntax from a textbook can […]
Electronics Weekly News
Startup reinvents digital simulation to match chip size increases
Published: August 10, 2026, 2:31 pm
One of the most intriguing startups at DAC 2026 was the Israeli, deep-tech EDA company, Hiveware. Its headline was that it is emerging from stealth mode with $24m in funding […]
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Europe’s Iris² satellite constellation to expand
Published: August 10, 2026, 2:08 pm
The European Commission and the commercial SpaceRISE consortium have agreed to roll out an expanded IRIS², the EU’s flagship satellite constellation. It will add 66 LEO satellites to the programme, […]
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Starlink – Elon’s Cash Cow
Published: August 10, 2026, 1:23 pm
SpaceX has significantly boosted its EBITDA driven primarily by its Starlink satellite internet service. In the second quarter of 2026, the company posted an unadjusted profit of $3.5 billion, up […]
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Intel to raise $15bn in share sale
Published: August 10, 2026, 12:51 pm
Intel today announced a $15 billion underwritten public offering of common stock. Intel shares have risen from around $20 to around $100 since LIp-Bu Tan took over in March last […]
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Lane Electronics distributing Cinch-Fibreco JCON series beam adapters
Published: August 10, 2026, 11:30 am
The newly released Cinch-Fibreco JCON series, the JCON Junior Bulkhead Expanded Beam Adapter, is now available from Lane Electronics. The design of the adaptor is to simplify panel-mount fibre-optic connectivity […]
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