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CONTENTS VOL 53 NO 08
COMMENT 5
Despite the ongoing COVID-19
crisis going forward there will
always be technology winners
and losers
NEWS
Researchers develop a hybrid
material that improves the
performance of silicon in
Li-ion batteries 6
UltraSoC and Agile Analog
collaborate on a comprehensive
hardware-based cybersecurity
infrastructure 7
Scientists have discovered a
critical vulnerability hidden
inside Field Programmable
Gate Arrays (FPGAs) 8
6SigmaET’s Chris Aldham
talks to New Electronics
about the Thermal Focus
research project 9
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COVER STORY 10
Battery health & safety
Research into how lithium batteries age is
throwing up some interesting findings and
developments, as Neil Tyler discovers
SECTOR FOCUS 14
Paging Dr Beep
As we move from episodic to continuous
monitoring, wearables will have an important
role to play in healthcare. By Chris Edwards
ANALOGUE DESIGN 16
Delivering a biomedial all-rounder
Delivering one main signal chain is a critical
requirement when it comes to wearable
mulitparameter monitoring devices
SYSTEM DESIGN 18
Raising the game
Wearable technology is being used to change
the way in which performance analysis is carried
out in football, as New Electronics discovers
DESIGN PLUS 20
Squeezing every drop
Research into new power management
architectures looks set to shake-up the world
of energy harvesting, reports Mike Serenin
POWER MANAGEMENT 22
Cloud access
How to deliver reinforced current and power
measurement for IoT related devices. By
Hans-Günter Kremser of Texas Instruments
PROGAMMABLE PLATFORMS 25
You’re not on your own!
What tools and platforms are available to
design engineers when designing for the IoT
space? By Robbie Paul
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