What caught your eye this week? (Micro fan, AMD, Stretchy sensor, RPA)

The Electronics Weekly team share some fingerposts – their picks of the week, in terms of announcements, developments, product releases, quotes, or anything else in the wide world of electronics, that caught their eye…

Caroline Hayes, editor
xMems’ monolithic cooling ‘fan’ is the size of a finger nail (electronicsweekly.com) Its potential for shrinking consumer devices should open up a lot of design possibilities.

David Manners, components editor
What caught my eye this week was AMD demonstrating how important it sees the server market for its GPUs by buying a server manufacturer.

Steve Bush, technology editor
Researchers in Singapore have created a simple stretchy sensor that can be stuck to the skin to detect cholesterol and lactate for health or sports monitoring. It is made with simple screen printing.

Alun Williams, web editor
What caught my eye was SES Space & Defense providing geostationary Ku-band satellite services to support the U.S. Air Force’s remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) training and testing programme….