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Vishay Intertechnology has introduced an infrared (IR) sensor designed to provide fast, low-cost proximity sensing in a variety of systems. The Vishay Semiconductors TSSP4056 is the industry's first fixed-gain sensor containing a band-pass filter tuned to 56kHz to feature a monotonic sensitivity vs. frequency response curve from 30 to 54kHz.

A new report by a London-based think tank has warned that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones, could potentially be utilised by terrorist groups as simple and effective airborne explosive devices, and as such has stressed that a number of measures should be introduced to mitigate that risk.

America stands on the cusp of a new era in aviation that’s dramatically cleaner, quieter, and even faster. The details of NASA’s plan to get from here to there are spelled out in President Obama’s recently released federal budget request for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2016. If approved, next year will be the first in a bold 10-year plan by NASA Aeronautics to achieve huge goals in reducing fuel use, emissions, and noise b...

A new study from Juniper Research has found that annual revenues from commercial drones sales are expected to reach $481m this year, up by 84% on last year’s figure of $261m. Drones: Consumer & Commercial Applications, Regulations & Opportunities 2015-2020 found that a low price point had significantly reduced the barrier to entry in many sectors, with high performance models now available for less than $3,000.

Now supporting Galileo, in addition to GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS and SBAS, u-blox has released a new firmware, FW 3.01, for its M8 concurrent multi-GNSS platform. It can track up to three constellations concurrently and makes use of all SBAS and QZSS augmentation systems at the same time.

The remote nature of drones means that their rise to prominence has coincided with an increase in security risks. Thieves, spies, smugglers and terrorists are now able to pilot their drones over perimeter walls and into properties not visible from public roads – and all this from a relatively safe and risk-free distance for the criminal.

Expanding its range of flexible FPC antennas, Antenova has announced two positioning antennas: Bentoni and Asper. Bentoni is a positioning antenna for GPS, GLONASS, Beidou and GALILEO, while Asper integrates a 1559-1609MHz antenna with a 2.4-2.5GHz antenna for positioning applications with wireless connectivity. Both antennas offer high performance and maintain good isolation in situ within a device.

When I was a kid, my father used to take me to our local cinema once a week to see whatever movie was on at the time. One evening, we walked into the theater and I saw the poster for Terminator 2: Judgement Day; two hours later, I walked out of that screening completely blown away by what I had just seen.

Disney Research Zurich and Swiss technology institute ETH have developed a four-wheeled robot with integrated propellers that allow it to scale vertical surfaces. VertiGo is driven by a user like a remote-controlled car, but adjusts its propellers automatically in response to changes in the surrounding surfaces.

The concept of ubiquitous computing dates back to 1991, only two years after Marty McFly supposedly travelled to 2015 in Back to the Future Part II. The concept was first described by scientist, Mark Weiser who said: "The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it."