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X-Microwave Announces mmWave Reference Design Kits X-Microwave, LLC announced two new mmWave reference design kits, XM-RDK-201 (ADMV1013 Up-converter) and XM-RDK-202 (ADMV1014 Down-converter). These ready-to-use solutions include all of the components needed to successfully up-convert and down-convert mmWave waveforms from low frequency IF (800 MHz – 6 GHz) to RF frequencies (22 GHz to 44 GHz). X-Microwave, LLC […]

NXP Supplies Murata with RF Front-end ICs for Wi-Fi 6 ModulesNXP Semiconductors N.V. announced it has collaborated with Murata, a system-in-package integrator for 5G mobile platforms, to deliver the industry’s first RF front-end modules designed with the latest Wi-Fi 6 standards. Together, the companies are delivering a solution that can reduce design times, improve time-to-market and save board […]

Swiss refuse to back down on 5G radiation standards, hampering rolloutOver half the population of the country has concerns about the possible effects that non-ionising radiation emanating from 5G masts could have on their health. In February the Government placed a moratorium on the rollout of the new networking technology while it tried to settle […]

Contact tracing app to be accepted by public in ‘exceptional crisis’, says ministersAccording to health secretary Matt Hancock, the Government will begin to introduce contact tracing at a “large scale” as a way of easing lockdown restrictions. This followed after he told MPs that the UK had “reached the peak” of its Covid-19 outbreak. The […]

Dedicated eBay portal enables NHS to order crucial PPE itemsAccording to eBay, it built the bespoke e-portal “within days” of being enlisted to support the NHS and that the pilot website was at the final stage of testing. The new site uses eBay’s marketplace technology to help primary and social care providers order such personal protective equipment (PPE) […]

‘There’s a whole world of ignorance out there’: Sir Tim Smit, CEO, Eden Project“If you want to know anything about the way I think,” say Sir Tim Smit, “this is where you need to start.” He casts an expansive and proprietorial arm gesture around a dingy, cluttered office not much bigger than a rabbit hutch. […]

How to live when nobody dies“The first ten million years were the worst,” said Marvin. “The second ten million years, they were the worst, too. The third ten million years I didn’t enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.” So opines Marvin, Douglas Adams’ paranoid android, who follows the […]