Chip Forecast Rises Through 2017

International Business Strategies updated its semiconductor forecast to growth through 2017, in part due to rising memory prices and sales.

from EETimes: http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1330787&_mc=RSS_EET_EDT

NXP Drives Truck Platooning

NXP believes there's no better place than truck "platooning" to demonstrate the merits of autonomous driving, as it can showcase its latest advances in autonomous technology in a realistic application.

from EETimes: http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1330786&_mc=RSS_EET_EDT

IEEE Sensor 2016 Exhibits MEMS

The IEEE Sensor 2016 conference featured 614 presentations plus a room full of exhibitors hawking everything you need to fabricate, package, manufacture and test both microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and conventional sensors.

from EETimes: http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1330784&_mc=RSS_EET_EDT

Kickstarter Offers Novel Way of Presenting Electronic Components

This way of presenting electronic components could be incredibly useful for high schools and electronics kits targeted at kids and young adults.

from EETimes: http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=216&doc_id=1330785&_mc=RSS_EET_EDT

Google Fiber Hits Pause—What Does It Mean?

Timothy Johnson

• Systems

On October 25, Google announced it would "pause" development of Google Fiber. In addition, the division’s CEO, Craig Barratt, resigned, and the division was rumored to be laying off about 9 percent of its staff. Launched in 2010, Google Fiber was the shining light of hope for modern broadband internet service in the United States. It began with the goal of demonstrating gigabit internet on a fiber optic infrastructure, and Google intended it to spur development by others. What happened?

from EC Mag - Power and Integrated Building Systems Magazine http://www.ecmag.com/section/systems/google-fiber-hits-pause%E2%80%94what-does-it-mean

St. Louis Training Center Opens Book on Drone Certification

Matt Kraus

• Your Business

As drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), continue to see increased use in commercial applications, more industries—including electrical construction—are looking to see what all the fuss is about. Now, it’s becoming easier to get in on the action.

from EC Mag - Power and Integrated Building Systems Magazine http://www.ecmag.com/section/your-business/st-louis-training-center-opens-book-drone-certification

Electric Cars Plug in Flow Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries will dominate the automotive scene, but flow batteries are playing an interesting wild card.

from EETimes: http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1330783&_mc=RSS_EET_EDT