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Is or Isn’t the U.S. in a Recession? 

As a matter of evolution, we are highly sensitized to signs of trouble over all other signals in our environment. And with the US 2nd quarter US GDP report we got what appears to be a flashing red light when the reported headline number declined for the second quarter in a row signaling, in classical terms, […]

Photonics Startup Rockley Eyes Wearables With Laser Spectrophotometer Chip

The company leverages micro-transfer printing (mTP) for a new high-density laser spectrophotometer chip. One of the reasons smartwatches have thrived in the wearable market (in contrast to, say, AR/VR glasses) is that these devices provide continuous health monitoring. To do this, smartwatches generally rely on optical monitoring techniques such as photoplethysmography and spectrophotometry. Source: Photonics […]

Form Energy raises $450 million funding round

One of the largest funding rounds raised this year by a single tech company came from a sector that won’t surprise longtime Massachusetts tech observers: batteries. Form Energy, a maker of iron-air batteries that can store clean energy for days without incurring in high costs, said on Tuesday it raised $450 million in a late-stage […]

1972: The Year Everything Changed 

“The Godfather” was playing in theaters everywhere, and “American Pie” was riding the FM airwaves. China was completely isolated from the West, and no one could imagine carrying a phone in their pocket. It was 1972, the year everything changed. Source: 1972: The Year Everything Changed – EETimes

Archer Aviation Offers a Glimpse of Air Taxi Operations 

Although developers of electric vertical takeoff and landing eVTOL air taxis have yet to receive certification of their aircraft, a few industry leaders have been thinking ahead to operations and what the experience will look like for passengers as well as pilots. Tom Anderson, Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) COO of urban air mobility, spoke with FLYING […]

Can India’s Emerging Electronics Industry Compete with China? 

The pandemic, last year’s global supply chain challenges, and this year’s conflict in Eastern Europe make the case for why it’s important for a country to diversify the sources of its imports. Now, with a China-Taiwan situation brewing, the U.S. needs more than ever to loosen China’s grip on its electronics market. This move isn’t […]

US Navy’s “Death Star” Destroyer Will Be Armed With Laser Guns And Hypersonic Missiles

The US Navy’s next-generation guided missile destroyer will be armed with directed-energy and hypersonic weapons. Tom Stevens, the director of ground assembly at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works, spoke with AP News about the future of shipbuilding. He said the new class of next-generation guided-missile destroyers (DDG(X)) would replace the service’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile […]

DARPA’s New X-Plane to Make Leaps in Aerospace Tech 

DARPA has a new program, Ancillary, and they hope it will develop and demonstrate new technologies that promise to leap VTOLs, vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, forward. Ancillary, which stands for AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And Recovery X-Plane program (it’s a loose acronym) wants to build a plane that can launch from any environment or […]

Liberty Defense putting ‘ghost guns’ detectors to the test

A Wilmington-based company is putting its system for detecting ‘ghost guns’ to the test at its first beta site. Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. announced it will deploy its technology to detect concealed weapons and other threats at one of the largest Hindu temples in the United States. The company did not disclose the name of the […]

Electroverge to Inventory Flame Detector Evaluation Modules

Electroverge has announced plans to hold inventory of Broadcom’s ezPyro SMD IR Flame Sensing Evaluation Kit in support new OEM design activities in the US region. The Flame Detector Module was originally marketed by PYREOS Limited as part number DPYEFL01 but will now be sold under Broadcom part number AFBR-S6DPYEFLO1. Contact Electroverge through our website […]