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Programmable bridging device resolves interface mismatches
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).
Tunnel for birds may be the future of robotic flight
When David Lentink watches a pigeon dart around a building and land perfectly in its roost, however, he sees the future of robotic flight. Lentink, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford, has been studying birds in flight for years, with an eye toward applying the tricks birds use to navigate changing conditions in the real world to design better aerial robots.
Rogue drones spawning a raft of counter technology
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.
Drawing on the fly: drone is agent of expression
The human-machine interactive experience has been up for a rethink at Cambridge, MA -based Fluid Interfaces group from MIT's Media Lab. These are the innovative champions in thinking up enhanced interactions and systems that can be more responsive to people's actions. One such project is the creation of the "Flying Pantograph." A very simple way of describing it would be that it is a flying drawing machine, but that would hardly scratch the surfa...
Laying the foundations for secure IoT applications
To turn ASIC and SoC designs into fully-secured IoT (Internet of Things) applications, a new IP module has been introduced by Barco Silex. The eSecure module functions as a root-of-trust, guaranteeing the authenticity and integrity of the application’s hardware, software, data and communication. It offloads all security operations to hardware and scales according to the needs of the application. Its cryptographic engine supports all the lat...
'Robird' developed to scare away birds at airports
University of Twente's Robird will make its first flights at an airport location in February. Weeze Airport in Germany, just across the Dutch border near Nijmegen, will serve as the test site for this life-like robotic falcon developed by Clear Flight Solutions, a spin-off company of the University of Twente. The Robird is designed to scare away birds at airports and waste processing plants.
The impact of drones on bird life
A study shows that drones which investigate sensitive water bird species in the wild can be used in a way that has little impact on their natural movement, according to research by the University of New England. Dr Paul McDonald from the School of Environmental and Rural Science said his team wanted to know the impacts drones have on easily disturbed animals.
Will drones soon be answering 999 calls?
The number of drones employed by European emergency services could be on the rise following the European Emergency Number Association’s (EENA) annual conference in Prague, Czech Republic, this week.
'World's first' personal aerial vehicle
The 'world's first' certified Multicopter, e-volo’s Volocopter VC200, marks a step forward in urban mobility. The Volocopter is a personal aerial vehicle designed to be so easy and safe to fly that anyone can drive it. Due to its electric propulsion, it has no tailpipe emissions and is impressively quiet.
Are drone collision risks being exaggerated?
Despite recent reports of near misses involving drones and commercial aircraft, a new study from the George Mason University, based in Virginia, has claimed that the risk of a collision causing damage to an aircraft is minimal.