EE Times News
Electric Car Makers Need to Appeal to the ‘Other 90%’
Published: October 5, 2026, 5:30 am
Broader appeal for the electric car is a big challenge. Innovation is still the best solution.
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AutoSens 2026: Regulation Drives Automotive Sensing Architectures
Published: October 2, 2026, 3:58 pm
At AutoSens Europe, automotive sensing designs reflected tighter safety standards, advances in AI processing, and growing cybersecurity requirements.
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Continuous Health Monitoring Drives Integrated Wearable System Design
Published: October 2, 2026, 11:29 am
Analog Devices India’s Praveen Jose said device miniaturization is driving higher performance and quality in smaller form factors.
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Qualcomm Doubles Down on Agentic AI at Snapdragon Summit 2026
Published: October 1, 2026, 5:31 pm
Qualcomm introduced two distinct Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 SoCs for high-end smartphones as it expands personal agentic AI across mobile, wearables, and PCs.
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Edge Computing and Security for Access Control Applications: Getting the Best of the Two Worlds
Published: October 1, 2026, 2:01 pm
Join us where attendees will see how on-device processing improves resilience, reduces exposure of sensitive data, counters spoofing, and supports practical deployment across buildings, smart locks, vehicles and appliances.
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Hackaday News
Conveyor Belt GBoard Brings the Keys to You
Published: October 5, 2026, 8:00 am
It must be April in October again, because Google Japan has a new, hilariously impractical reimagining of the keyboard: a conveyor belt. This time it’s on GitHub with firmware, STLs, …read more
It’s GW-BASIC, Jim, But Not as We Know It
Published: October 5, 2026, 5:00 am
Back in the old days the IBM-PC, like most of its contemporary computers, shipped with BASIC in ROM. Even after it stopped living in ROM, IBM-Compatibles shipped with GW-BASIC, and …read more
Upgrading a Benchtop Laser for Megawatt Power
Published: October 5, 2026, 2:00 am
One fascinating thing about a pulsed laser is that, though the average power may be measured in watts or milliwatts, the peak power can easily reach millions of times that. …read more
Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026
Published: October 4, 2026, 11:00 pm
If you’re interested in aerospace, there’s an excellent chance you’ve heard the rumor that NASA is trying to get its SR-71 flying again. Or at the very least, they are …read more
Tearing Down a Heavy Oscilloscope
Published: October 4, 2026, 8:00 pm
When [Thomas] showed his 1960s-era Tektronix 545A oscilloscope in a recent video, it made us both nostalgic and happy. Nostalgic because we miss the days when our oscilloscopes were “mainframes” …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: Adafruit Top 10, Pepper’s Ghost effect, 3D printing Timelapse and more!
Published: October 5, 2026, 12:00 am
ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more. BLOG ⌨️ Adafruit’s Top 10 […]
The Aquabots are Swimming
Published: October 4, 2026, 8:00 pm
MIT engineers developed a soft robot that can flap through water in response to flashes of light. Credits: Photo: Melanie Gonick, MIT via MIT MIT engineers have developed a thin, muscle-powered swimming robot. The engineers showed that the paper-thin bot could swim and swivel through a simple watery maze. At its fastest, the robot can […]
Phyllotaxis: An audio-reactive LED display
Published: October 4, 2026, 5:18 pm
A phyllotaxis describes a distinct arrangement of leaves some plants form. It is one of nature’s mesmerizing patterns and one that maker Jagi Natarajan is particularly interested in. In this project they created spiraling audio-reactive LED display. It has 89 individual cells each lit by an addressable LED. The project has already gone through two […]
Celebrate a NASA Halloween
Published: October 3, 2026, 8:00 pm
Hubble has photographed the “Ghost Nebula,” which has eerie, semitransparent flowing veils of gas and dust. The nebula is being blasted by a torrent of radiation from a nearby, blue-giant star. This animation flips between two views from Hubble. The more colorful image is taken in visible light where the glow of hydrogen gas looks […]
NASA Model Wing Lights Up During First Pressure Sensitive Paint Tests
Published: October 3, 2026, 4:53 pm
Image via NASA NASA is using special paint that glows under ultraviolet light to test airflow and pressure. The paint responds to pressure by glowing brighter. This is first test using the “unsteady Pressure Sensitive Paint” that has been in development for a few years. Via NASA: Unsteady pressure sensitive paint is a specialized […]
Electronics Weekly News
Professor Cyril Hilsum 1925-2026
Published: October 5, 2026, 7:59 am
Professor Cyril Hilsum, physicist and academic has died at the age of 101. Hilsum had a long career and was responsible for introducing III-V semiconductor, semiconductor lasers, Gunn diodes and […]
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BT buys TalkTalk
Published: October 5, 2026, 7:14 am
BT has bought TalkTalk out of administration for £400 million, overriding competition issues to protect vulnerable customers who rely on its support services. ‘Our focus is simple,’ says BT to […]
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Robotaxis acquiring a business case
Published: October 5, 2026, 5:13 am
The global robotaxi fleet is expected to reach 331,000 vehicles in 2031, an average annual growth of 78%, says Yole. Powering the expansion are a 70% reduction in vehicle BOM […]
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SK Hynix chairman to sell shares worth $700m
Published: October 5, 2026, 5:12 am
S K Hynix chairman Chey Tae-Won(pictured) is selling $700 million worth of Hynix stock representing a 2.26% stake in the company. The sale is to finance a divorce settlement in […]
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The best product ever
Published: October 5, 2026, 5:12 am
Tesla is aiming for an Optimus production line of 1,000 robots a week by the end of this year from its Fremont, California factory. The factory, a converted car factory, […]
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