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VisIC and ZF partner on R&D effort to develop EV inverter based on GaN semiconductor technology; focus on 400V

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ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Israel-based VisIC Technologies Ltd., D 3 GaN technology has been shown to reduce the power losses by at least 50% while benefiting from the high-yield, low-cost proprietary design of GaN transistors. It also simplifies the system solution and enables high-efficiency and affordable power train solutions.

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Celebrating the Life of University of Texas Professor Mo-Shing Chen

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Mo-Shing Chen , a world-renowned power engineering educator and researcher, died on 1 May at the age of 91. program in electrical engineering in 1969, and it quickly became one of the nation’s largest and top-rated graduate programs in power systems engineering. as a power engineer in Wulai. Chen created UTA’s first Ph.D.

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Adgero signs €3.5M deal with ultracap manufacturer Skeleton for road freight KERS

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million (US$4-million) distribution agreement to ensure modules from ultracapacitor manufacturer Skeleton Technologies, are part of its Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) for road freight. Adgero has signed a €3.5-million Earlier post.)

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

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But for the most part, the price is right: China’s DJI Mavic 3 , used by both Russia and Ukraine for surveillance and for delivering bombs, goes for around $2,000. Greico, Stimson Center Back in 1981, Israel sent modest contraptions sporting surveillance cameras in its war against Syria, to some effect. says it will defend.

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Economics Drives Ray-Gun Resurgence

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General Atomics , a military contractor in San Diego, is also developing a laser of this power for the Army based on what’s known as the distributed-gain design , which has a single aperture. The old standby for powerful lasers employed chemical reactions in flowing gas. Both systems offer the prospect of being inexpensive to use.

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