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August 30, 2022

Test and Measurement

New Battery Could Be Made From Abundant Low-Cost Materials

MIT engineers, as well as associate researchers from a number of sources, both industrial and academic, have designed a battery from abundant low-cost materials. The end result is low-cost backup storage for renewable energy sources. This new battery’s architecture uses aluminum and sulfur for the two electrodes with molten salt electrolyte in between

InnovationLab’s Battery Management Solution BaMoS Uses Printed Sensors to Monitor Battery Function and Extend EV Range

In an electric vehicle (EV), the battery is the fuel for the engine, the most vital part of the system. Despite all the research on how long batteries last, there is little known about how batteries react in stress tests in the instances of pressure and temperature. For that matter exactly what takes place during the charging cycle? This is mainly an issue due to the inaccessibility of the interior of a battery, during use.

The RAAD Detects Biological Agents With Accuracy

The researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory believed that the world at large was vulnerable to airborne biological agents. Whether it was in an enclosed space, or open, these silent, nearly invisible bioagents can sicken or kill living things before steps can be taken to mitigate their effects effectively.

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The Test and Measurement Industry is Seeing Transformative Movement

The landscape for the testing and measurement (T&M) sector is being transformed. The different operational platforms are changing rapidly. The main forces in the sector are the Internet of Things (IoT), the mm-wave frequencies (millimeter-wave), and 5G connectivity. These forces are causing substantial changes in testing equipment requirements as well as making inroads to vendors.

The T&M industry is explosive right now, generating around $28.13 billion in 2021. The advent of such technologies as printed cells in batteries and the foil printed sensors to help regulate temperature and pressure inside the battery while in use, are running away with the market.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been working on a detector that can rapidly identify biological agents. Named, The RAAD it is a portable biological agent detector. It can let the operator know almost immediately with an alarm if there is a threat-like particles in the air.

There are food-borne illness detectors, and sensor measurements of large amounts of physical data, including images through cameras in IoT systems, and the transfer of that data through 5G super-fast networks.

The need to design equipment that can keep up with the rapidly changing landscape of technology is paramount. It is opening doors for vendors, and buyers who want to enhance the industry. The markets are reacting with a full-blown transformation, in areas that have often time seen little or no change or recognition.

Innovativelab, and Perdue University, are both coming forward with extensive transformative measurement systems in the areas of healthcare and automotive innovation.

In 2015, the T&M industry globally was at $2 billion, and projected $2.4 billion for the global industry for 2021. The reality today is that in 2021, the industry was at $28.13 billion and the CAGR for the global measurement and test equipment industry is 5.2%, growing to $46.64 billion by 2031. This forecast could be lower than the actual revenue increase from 2021 to 2031.

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Pine64 reveals the Star64 RISC-V-based Single Board Computer

Yesterday, Pine64 made an announcement about the Star64 Single Board Computer (SBC) prototype. The company mentioned this SBC will be powered with the RISC-V based StarFive JH7110 64-bit processor.

The processor integrated on the Star64 is the same one found on the recently launched StarFive VisionFive 2 board.