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The first delivery and installation of SkyX’s xStation charging station for its SkyOne drones has taken place. The xStation is designed to allow SkyOne drones to remotely recharge while monitoring long range infrastructure, then continue its mission. By installing multiple xStations along a route, SkyOne can monitor assets like oil and gas pipelines or railroad tracks that stretch hundreds – and even thousands – of kilometres.

In recent years there's been a huge push to move everything to the cloud. In the process, we've found, that for some applications, a 100% cloud architecture doesn’t always make sense. Recent technological developments such as autonomous cars, drones, IoT sensors and blockchain data distribution networks have showed us that not everything belongs on the cloud. Guest blog by Mark Patrick, Mouser Electronics.

On Thursday 22ndJune Electronic Specifier attended a panel discussion organised by Intel entitled ‘AI and Humans: living happily ever after?’ Led by presenter of ‘The Gadget Show’, Georgie Barrat, the panel was composed of four robot experts: Sam Vincent, Co-creator, Writer and Producer of Channel 4’s Humans, Sabine Hauert, Royal Society Machine Learning Working Group member, Jeremy Wyatt, Professor of robotics &...

With a new technical centre in Shanghai, China,ARCCORE has further expanded its presence in Asia. The software company has been engaged with customers in Far East since 2010, so today ARCCORE provides products and embedded experts in the fields of autonomous driving, infotainment, connectivity and electrical powertrain to several OEMs and suppliers in China.

At the 2017 LogiMAT China exhibition, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS showcased a user-friendly drive electronics innovation - NORDAC LINK field distribution systems, available as frequency inverters and motor starters for interconnected conveyor systems.

At the inaugural TechXLR8 awards vehicle technology specialist Tantalum was recognised, taking the prize for the ‘Innovation in Connected Services’ category. The awards recognise and celebrate excellence in innovation and disruptive technologies, with industry specialists acting as the judging panel.Tantalum is a fast-growing technology innovator connecting consumers and businesses with vehicle related services providing convenience, ...

Autonomous car designers are discovering an interesting problem as they begin to test their vehicles in Australia. The unusual way that kangaroos move confuses the car's animal detection system.Volvo’s 2017 S90 and XC90 models use its Large Animal Detection system to monitor the road for deer, elk and caribou, but the way kangaroos moves completely throws it off.

A Japanese company specialised in innovative products for the mobility industry, WHILL KK, has launched a new wheelchair for personal mobility featuring cloud connectivity based on a 3G cellular module from u-blox. The next-gen WHILL Model C embodies the next-gen of power wheelchairs for enhanced mobility. It is a personal electric vehicle that combines a sleek design with the latest innovative functionalities, enabling users to live an active li...

Semiconductor company, Autotalks has announced an extension to its recent funding round. Autotalks completed its Series D round with about $40m in investments, an oversubscription of $10m.

Materials that assemble themselves and then simply disappear at the end of their lifetime are quite common in nature. Researchers at the TUM have now successfully developed supramolecular materials that disintegrate at a predetermined time – a feature that could be used in numerous applications.Plastic bottles, empty cans, old toys, torn T-shirts and worn-out mobile phones – day for day, mankind produces millions of tons of waste. How...