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Samsung Wins 46 CES 2023 Innovation Awards From the Consumer Technology Association
Samsung announced today that 46 of its new products and service innovations have received CES 2023 Innovation Award honors, including three Best of Innovation Honorees from the Consumer Technology Association. The annual program honors outstanding design and engineering across a multitude of consumer technology product categories. Samsung was honored across multiple categories, reinforcing the company’s…
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Panasonic Commercializes R35K Series Board to FPC Narrow Pitch Connectors for Wearable Devices
Panasonic’s Industrial Solutions Company has commercialized the R35K Series of Board to FPC Narrow Pitch Connectors for use in wearable devices and will launch full-scale mass production in December 2020. The new connectors reduce the board mounting areas and are configured to be highly resistant to vibrations and impacts, contributing to reducing the size and…
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The best wearable technology in 2017
Wearable technology, as in devices and gizmos that can travel with you rather than being parked in one place, has truly captured the imagination of early adopters, fans of innovation, and gadget lovers everywhere. Statistics indicate that the increasing popularity of wearable technology is likely to endure, with the number of “connected” wearable devices across…
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Huawei Reveals Quick Charging Lithium-ion Batteries that can be charged to Half Capacity in Few Minutes
Watt Lab, which belongs to the Central Research Institute at Huawei Technology, unveiled their new quick charging lithium-ion batteries at the 56th Battery Symposium in Japan. Using next generation technology, these new batteries have achieved a charging speed 10 times faster than that of normal batteries, reaching about 50% capacity in mere minutes. Huawei presented…
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STMicroelectronics Introduces World’s First Customizable Wireless Battery Charger Controller
The STWBC digital controller for wireless battery charger (WBC) transmitters from STMicroelectronics offers the most flexible and efficient solution for controlling power transfer from a WBC transmitter (TX) to a receiver (RX) in WBC-enabled phones, wearables, and other battery-powered devices that use electromagnetic induction for re-charge. The STWBC performs all the essential functions for transmitter…
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JDI Launches Memory-in-Pixel Reflective-type Color LCD Modules for wristwatch-type wearable devices
Japan Display today announced the start of sales of a standard line-up of memory-in-pixel (MIP) reflective-type color LCD modules for wristwatch-type wearable devices which realize ultra-low power consumption. Power consumption of these reflective-type LCD modules is less than 0.5% that of transparent-type LCD modules. In addition, the optimized optical design contributes to bright and crisp…
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Fujitsu develops world’s most compact and slim RFID tag
Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a compact and slim RFID tag that can be affixed to ID cards, wearable devices, metal parts, and other objects that have limitations with regard to signal reception. Until now, it was difficult to make RFID tags compact and slim enough to be affixed to metals or ID…
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Panasonic Announces World’s Smallest Pin Shaped Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery
Panasonic has developed a Pin Shaped Lithium Ion Battery (CG-320, nominal capacity 13mAh) with a diameter of 3.5mm and a weight of 0.6g suitable for powering small devices such as wearable devices. This product, on top of being the industry’s smallest cylindrical shaped rechargeable Lithium Ion battery, features the high reliability and high output required…
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Panasonic Launches Worlds Thinnest Battery Connector Corresponding to 6 Ampere High Current Capacity
Panasonic announced today that it has developed a battery connector to FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) board corresponding to high current capacity and boasting industry’s thinnest profile of 0.6 mm and a high electric current capacity of 6A thickness. By realizing a high retention force for powerful connection reliability, despite being compact and thin, this product…
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LG Display Starts Mass Production of World’s First Circular Plastic OLED Display
LG Display has started mass production of the world’s first circular Plastic OLED (P-OLED) display. With a 1.3-inch diameter, the new innovative display is perfectly round and allows the LG G Watch R to have a full watch face, while promoting ease of use since the screen area is 57 percent larger than that of…
