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Welcome to the the darkside of IoT
Even though they differ greatly, what analyst and vendor projections all agree on is that the number of connected internet of things devices will essentially go through the roof over the next couple of years. Estimates range anywhere from 20 to 50 billion connected IoT devices by 2020 - with Gartner, for example, projecting 20 billion devices as more a 'conservative' estimate, if there ever is a conservative view in light of these stunning figure...
Giant magnetic fields in the universe
Astronomers from Bonn and Tautenburg in Thuringia (Germany) used the 100-m radio telescope at Effelsberg to observe several galaxy clusters. At the edges of these large accumulations of dark matter, stellar systems (galaxies), hot gas, and charged particles, they found magnetic fields that are exceptionally ordered over distances of many million light years. This makes them the most extended magnetic fields in the universe known so far.
Rapid lighting payback for Yorkshire food producer
Quorn Foods, a producer in meat alternative produce, has replaced the fluorescent tubes at its Stokesley manufacturing site in North Yorkshire with energy efficient T8 LED tubes from LED Eco Lights’ Goodlight range.Quorn Foods achieved a payback on the installation of the Goodlight T8 LED tubes in just eight months, significantly reducing their carbon footprint. The Stokesley site is its principal manufacturing site with 600 staff operating...
GNAT Pro 17 Development Environment developed for SYSGO’s PikeOS RTOS
The release of the GNAT Pro 17.1 development environment for SYSGO’s Real-Time Operating System PikeOS has been announced by AdaCore.With GNAT Pro 17.1, Ada users targeting PikeOS will see a number of product enhancements, including upgrades to the underlying code generator and debugger technologies (to GCC 6 and GDB 7.10, respectively), better elaboration order handling, improved stubbing in GNATtest, and enhanced debugger support in the G...
Flying around fighting crime is all in a hard day's work
A round-the-clock drone unit has been launched by the Devon and Cornwall police force, to help them tackle and keep down crime.A ‘drone team manager’ was advertised for by nine policing centres across the two counties and Dorset, to come and set up and manage an ‘operational and dynamic drone response’.
Gel material could help control movements of soft robots
A material that naturally adapts to changing environments was inspired by the strength, stability, and mechanical performance of the jaw of a marine worm. The protein material, which was designed and modeled by researchers from the Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics (LAMM) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), and synthesised in collaboration with the AFRL expands and contracts based on changing pH levels a...
Maintenance: in-house or outsource?
In industrial plants, automation systems are becoming commonplace as companies compete on speed of production and cost.The need for fast turnaround and wider product offerings means that carrying out tasks manually is becoming a disadvantage to companies. Automation brings the ability to control, process, track and manage production in real time, while reducing labour costs and increasing efficiency and accuracy.
Disruptive approach to cyber security testing at MWC
Unveiling anew, disruptive approach to product cyber security testing, Bureau Veritas are working in partnership with CEA-Leti at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.The company will also launch its new suite of Smart Wear testing solutions for products including Trackers, VR Headsets and Smart Clothing in cooperation with 7layers.
What happens when vintage meets IoT?
LEGIC will be presenting its innovative technology at embedded world Exhibition & Conference in Nuremberg, 14-16th March 2017. Safety in IoT applications will be the focus.
TinyLogics Memo Box Mini launched on Kickstarter
The goal of every effective consumer medical product is to be that perfect balance of attractiveness, simplicity, and practicality. Even modernising something as basic as a pillbox requires seamless integration and minimal distraction to effectively and consistently improve medication adherence.TinyLogics, a company out of Cambridge in the UK, thinks they’ve hit that sweet spot with a tiny new version of their smart pillbox that launched on...