Physorg January 19, 2018 In energy-quality scaling, the trade-off between energy consumption and quality in the extraction of features is adjusted. It mimics the dynamic change in the level of attention with which humans observe the visual scene, processing it with different levels of detail and quality depending on the task at hand. Researchers in Singapore used this concept to develop EQSCALE, a microchip that can perform continuous feature extraction at 0.2 milliwatts. This translates into a major advancement in the level of miniaturization for smart vision systems. It paves the way for cost-effective IoT applications… read more.
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Fully screen-printed monoPoly silicon solar cell technology
Source: Phys.org, December 14, 2017 The technology developed by researchers in Singapore is applicable on both p-type and n-type silicon wafers, features homogenous junctions and standard fire-thorough screen-printed metal contacts with grids on both sides, resulting in a high-efficiency bifacial solar cell. It uses an advanced tunnel oxide and doped silicon layers, enabling excellent surface passivation in the non-contact cell regions along with very low-resistance and low-recombination screen-printed contacts. Using commercially available large-area Cz-Si wafers they recorded an average cell efficiency of 21.5%… read more.