50 The PCB Magazine • February 2017
Seeing the Quantum Future…Literally
Sydney physicists have demonstrated it is possible
to overcome the most significant hurdle to building
reliable quantum technologies, in a major technical
achievement. The research is published in Nature
Communications.
Globalization and Cloud Computing
Usher in New IoT Realms
Leaders of the global internet of things market in
2015 included the likes of Google, Inc., Apple, Inc.,
Microsoft Corp., Amazon, Intel Corp, and Cisco Sys
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tems. As seen, a lot of the key players in the global
internet of things
market are predominantly from
consumer electronics or ICT fields, and a majority
of the market leaders are headquartered in the U.S.
Laying the Foundation for UAE's Advanced
Communications Infrastructure
Masdar Institute has launched two research centers
aimed at accelerating development of the UAE's
communications infrastructure and preparing the
country for the next generation of wireless commu
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nications networks, known as 5G wireless.
Growing Need for Automation to Lead to
Mass Deployment of Industrial Robots
The global market for industrial robotics is extreme
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ly fragmented in nature, states Transparency Market
Research (TMR) in a research
report. The competi-
tion among the players is expected to intensify over
the next couple of years as the degree of product
differentiation is extremely low and the barrier to
entry for new participants is also flexible.
IoT,
Automotive Electronics Driving
FPCB Industry Growth
Flexible Printed Circuit Boards Market report, pub-
lished by Allied Market Research, forecasts that the
global market is expected to garner $27 billion by
2022, growing at a CAGR of 10.4% from 2016–
2022.
Additive Manufacturing: A New Twist
for Stretchable Electronics?
Electronic components that can be elongated or
twisted—known as "stretchable" electronics—
could soon be used to power electronic gadgets,
the onboard systems of vehicles, medical devices
and other products.
Over 69 Million Automotive LiDAR
Sensors Will Ship in 2026
Critical autonomous driving functions, including
obstacle detection and simultaneous localization
and mapping (SLAM), will drive the automotive in-
dustry's adoption of LiDAR sensors.
Share of In-Cell Solutions in Smartphone
Display Market to Reach 29.6% in 2017
The latest resear
ch on touch display solutions by
WitsView,
a division of TrendForce, finds that the
share of In-Cell products in the global smartphone
display market will expand to 29.6% by the end of
2017.
A Remedy for Bad Altitude
"Taking control over an airplane isn't as easy as fly
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ing a drone; an attack is more likely going to be
simulating malfunctions so a pilot loses trust in his
or her aircraft," said Mike Worden,
a Raytheon en-
gineering fellow and the company's principal inves-
tigator for cyber hardening projects.
A Flexible, Stretchable, Self-Healing
Ionic Conductor
Scientists, including several from the University of
California, Riverside, have developed a transparent,
self-healing, highly stretchable conductive material
that can be electrically activated to power artificial
muscles and could be used to improve batteries,
electronic devices, and robots.
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