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On 22nd June at the AUTOMATICA trade fair, a new non-rotating simultaneous multi-axis scanner and an intelligent robotic suitcase were named the best startup innovations of 2016 in the categories industry automation and service robotics. Trade fair visitors can still experience these and other outstanding products in the STARTUP WORLD at AUTOMATICA in Munich until 24th June.

Browsing through internet news in the recent months, one recurring theme has been the rise in medical technology and advancements that will propel the medical field to new, unimaginable heights, as Nicolette Emmino explains.

Acal BFi has signed a Pan European supply agreement with FLIR to offer the latest thermal camera cores and will launch the FLIR Boson thermal core. “We are thrilled to bring FLIR into our product portfolio and we are already seeing very positive sales activity across Europe for the world-leading FLIR thermal cores inlcuding Tau 2, Quark 2, PathFindIR II and Vue.” says Alex Schneider, Business Development Director of Acal BFi’s...

The drones and robots market is expected to grow at CAGR of 9.4% between 2015 and 2021, reaching a total revenue of $46bn by 2021. In its latest report, Yole Développement (Yole) highlighted that: “More and better sensors means more and better robots.”

Philippa Oldham, Head of Transport and Manufacturing at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, said in response to today’s Queen’s speech:

NXP Semiconductors has debuted the potential of secure, vivid and interactive interfaces powered by next gen i.MX 8 applications processors. NXP also introduced a multisensory enablement kit (MEK) based on i.MX 8, a multisensory processor family that promises to transform everyday interactions by advancing multimedia and display interfaces across demanding compute and media-intensive applications.

Lattice Semiconductor has announced the industry’s first Lattice CrossLink programmable bridging device that supports leading protocols for mobile image sensors and displays. The CrossLink device combines the flexibility and fast time-to-market of an FPGA with the power and functional optimisation of an ASSP to create a new product class called programmable ASSP (pASSP).

STMicroelectronics has announced the second generation of its FlightSenseTime-of-Flight ranging sensor technology, now available in the VL53L0X laser-ranging sensor.The VL53L0X extends the ToF measurement range to 2m, and is accurate to within ±3%. It is also faster, measuring the distance in under 30ms, and highly energy-efficient, consuming only 20mW in active ranging mode and drawing 5µA in standby.

There have been several high profile incidents of UAVs, or drones, entering into areas where they shouldn’t be – leading to concerns that they could be employed by criminal or terrorist groups.Whether that threat is real or whether there is an element of scaremongering going on, there is no doubting the rapid rise in the number of commercial drones taking to the skies.

ESA unveiled the first Sentinel-1 satellite images sent via the European Data Relay System's world-leading laser technology in high orbit.The two images were taken by the radar on the Copernicus Sentinel-1A over La Reunion Island and its coastal area. The first was scanned in a high-resolution mode, the second in a wide-swath mode that provides broad coverage of surrounding waters, and used in particular for maritime surveillance.