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Federal researchers returning from a 30-day expedition to study whales and dolphins around the Hawaiian Islands said they are looking for clues to help sustain healthy populations of the marine mammals.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists told reporters that gathering data on the animals is often difficult, especially around the windward coasts of the Hawaiian Islands.

Enabling greater colour expression and improved design freedom, ROHM Semiconductor has announced the addition of 7 colours to its PICOLED series of low-profile, ultra-compact chip LEDs optimised for wearables, drones and portable devices.

Specialising in precise location and connectivity applications, DecaWave has reached a milestone for its micro-location, Impulse Radio Ultra-Wideband (IR-UWB) technology, surpassing one million Decawave chips shipped. This achievement reflects the increasing demand for accurate micro-location solutions from end users and customers within IoT, consumer and industrial markets. As more and more solutions are entering production, the growth is expone...

As the variety of applications suited to UAVs and drones has increased in recent years, so has discussion over their use as 21st century postman that are capable of making rapid deliveries to our front doors. However, tight regulations, high profile collisions and some unscrupulous drone users have proved a restrictive barrier to making delivery drones a reality and have made some of the general public very wary of them.

Fishing is one of the most popular recreational activities in the UK, with one in five of the population participating, according to figures from the Environment Agency. Much of its attraction is the almost primal format on which the ‘sport’ is based. Many an angler will wax lyrical about the attraction of a deserted river bank, and the ancient battle between man and beast.

Astronomers at Nottingham Trent University have developed a light, low cost system, deployable on a drone, that could help everyone monitor and control light pollution. The team, led by undergraduate student Ashley Fuller, present their work at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Nottingham. Excessive light is a pollutant in its own right, as is the energy, and carbon footprint, needed to generate it.

Rockchip, a fabless semiconductor company from China, has licensed the CEVA-XM4 imaging and vision DSP to enhance the imaging and computer vision capabilities of its’ SoC product lines targeting smartphones, ADAS, drones, robotics and other smart camera devices.

The VL53L0X laser-ranging sensor from STMicroelectronics is now being shipped by Mouser Electronics. The time-of-flight (ToF) sensor integrates a leading-edge single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array and the second generation of ST’s FlightSense technology to extend the measurement range up to two meters.

The launch of Tara, a USB 3.0 Stereo vision camerahas been announced by e-con Systems. Tara is based on the 1/3-inch MT9V024, a WVGA Global shutter monochrome CMOS image sensor from OnSemi. The Tara supports Stereo WVGA (1504x480) at 60fps over USB 3.0 in uncompressed format.

Nearly 100 researchers and students from four universities, including the University of Kentucky, converged in Stillwater, Oklahoma, recently to do what they do best—fly UAS, otherwise known as drone systems. The groups from UK, Oklahoma State University (OSU), the University of Oklahoma (OU) and University of Nebraska-Lincoln were conducting their first flight campaign for CLOUD MAP, the $6 million NSF-funded project focused on using drone...