Infineon has announced the formation of a new business unit to drive the company’s growth in the area of sensors by combining the existing Sensor and Radio Frequency (RF) businesses into one dedicated organisation. The new business unit SURF (Sensor Units & Radio Frequency) will be part of the Power & Sensor Systems (PSS) division and include the former Automotive and Multi-market Sense & Control businesses.
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No-display AI smart glasses redefine the future of wearables with an estimated 15 million shipments in 2030 according to ABI Research
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses have spurred interest in Augmented Reality (AR) over the past year, potentially becoming a stepping stone to the adoption of more robust and visually capable AR devices. ABI Research has noted this shift in interest and forecasts no-display smart glasses shipments will grow from 679,004 in 2024 to 15 million in 2030 – a CAGR of almost 68%. No-display smart glasses will be impactful not just for consumer use, which will be the largest vertical to adopt the tech, but also for enterprise verticals. The latest published market data forecasts from ABI Research now include No-Display smart glasses to quantify this new device category and track expansion in the broader Extended Reality (XR) ecosystem.
DigiKey debuts supply chain transformed Season 3
DigiKey has announced the release of Season 3 of the Supply Chain Transformed video series, sponsored by Omron Automation and onsemi. The new season will focus on innovative technologies, including IoT, that are fuelling the future of the logistics industry.
BCI innovations for the “quantified self” to drive wearable market growth
Wearable technology has long been an enabler of the ‘quantified self’ movement. Fitness trackers and smart watches now offer users a wealth of continuous data streams, from step-count to heart rate, calories burned to blood oxygen. As smart-watch popularity has grown, demand has intensified to utilize these wearables as healthcare tools. They can now be integrated within remote patient monitoring schemes and virtual wards or utilized for decentralized clinical trials.
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