An artificial intelligence that is rewarded for exploring unknown situations has played the Atari game Montezuma’s Revenge – learning from mistakes and identifying sub-goals 10 times faster than Google DeepMind, according to RMIT University in Australia, where the algorithm was developed. “A 2015 study showed Google DeepMind AI learnt to play Atari video games like Video Pinball to human level, but ...

ST announces a peak current control synchronous buck dc-dc converter that can idle at 500nA

At this year’s Hannover Messe (1 – 5 April 2019), Schunk will be echoing the theme of human collaboration with robotics with a gripper that, with a gripping force of 600N, is claimed to exceed any other currently available. The company believes that mechantronic grippers that can handle heavier weights will be used in the automotive industry. At the international ...

A Gadget Master has built their own VR motion simulator, powered by an Arduino and using recycled parts from an electric mobility scooter.

Intel has confirmed its interim CEO, Bob Swan (pictured), as its permanent CEO. Swan had served as Intel’s CFO since 2016 and as interim CEO since last June when Brian Krzanich left after being accused of an inappropriate relationship with an employee. “When the board approached me about taking the CEO role, I jumped at the opportunity to remove “interim” from ...

50 years ago last month, when Jobs and Gates were 15 and 14 respectively, a demo dubbed the Mother of all Demos occurred at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco. It showed how a computer could perform everyday functions, how a mouse could control a computer display, and how a display could be controlled by multiple people even ...

Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) of Taiwan, in which TSMC has a major shareholding, is to buy GloFo’s Fab 3E in Singapore for $236 million. The transaction includes buildings, facilities, and equipment, as well as IP associated with GLoFo’s MEMS business. GloFo will continue to operate the facility through the end of 2019, providing a transition period to facilitate technology transfers ...

Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement with Pimoroni, designers and manufacturers of tech accessories for Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and micro:bit boards. Pimoroni offers a selection of Raspberry Pi accessories, ranging from the company’s first product, the Pibow case, to a variety of HATs and pHATs that add almost unlimited functionality to the Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi Zero single-board ...

The microcontroller groups to include high-temperature types for motor-control - 'G' versions of both will operate from −40°C to +105°C.

Infineon adds to its 1200V CoolSiC MOSFET family with the CoolSiC Easy 2B power modules