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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s my wife’s birthday present!
As the variety of applications suited to UAVs and drones has increased in recent years, so has discussion over their use as 21st century postman that are capable of making rapid deliveries to our front doors. However, tight regulations, high profile collisions and some unscrupulous drone users have proved a restrictive barrier to making delivery drones a reality and have made some of the general public very wary of them.
First waterproof, solar powered speaker features voice recognition
LEMON, think the 'Tesla of Audio', has already blown through its Kickstarter goal – the new speaker, California Roll, is the world's first waterproof, solar powered speaker to combine premium sound quality and voice activated technology.
Seica at Nepcon South China
Seica’s theme at Nepcon South China will be the Pilot line and the traditional Compact line of bed of nails and functional testers integrated with Industry 4.0 concept. The Compact and Pilot lines have all of the capabilities needed for implementation in any Factory 4.0 scenario, providing the possibility to plug in any proprietary or third party information system to achieve the desired goals.
University secures EU grant for SMART cities and aeronautical research
The University of Surrey has been awarded more than three-quarters of a million euros in research grants from the European Union since the UK’s electorate voted to leave the 28-country union on 23rd June.Despite concerns that EU research partners and funders have become reluctant to collaborate with UK universities following the Brexit vote, the University of Surrey is open for business and its researchers continue to secure EU funding to t...
Five big ideas that could transform aviation
NASA has selected five green technology concepts that have the potential to transform the aviation industry in the next decade by reducing aircraft fuel use and emissions. The concepts were selected under NASA’s Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program for a two-year study.
De-icing agent remains stable at a million atmospheres
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have combined X-ray diffraction and vibrational spectroscopy measurements together with first-principle calculations to examine the high-pressure structural behavior of magnesium chloride.Magnesium chloride (MgCl2) is well known to be an effective de-icing agent, for example, in the aviation industry.
Water business helps Addenbrooke’s Hospital reduce energy costs
To save on energy, reduce costs and shrink its carbon footprint, world-famous medical research and university teaching centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital is working with Anglian Water Business.The savings follow the installation of 650 LED panels and tubes, as part of a collaborative lighting upgrade programme between Anglian Water Business, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and SaveMoneyCutCarbon.
Infineon chips strengthen security at Korean airports
Strengthening airport access control systems for its personnel, Korea Airports Corporation (KAC) has implemented a new security solution based on the CIPURSE security standard. Infineon Technologies supplies the security chips for the electronic access control cards handed out to the staff at three of the 14 Korean civil aviation airports managed by KAC. Additional airports are to follow successively.
Korean airports upgrade access control with CIPURSE-based security
All around the world, airports and aviation buildings are some of the most protected public environments. To further strengthen airport access control systems for its personnel, Korea Airports Corporation (KAC) has been implementing a new solution based on the CIPURSE security standard.Infineon supplies the security chips for the electronic access control cards handed out to the staff.
Eric Rae re-appointed as president
Scottish campaigning trade body for the electrotechnical industry, SELECT has re-appointed Eric Rae as its president.Eric, of E. Rae & Son in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, has been influential in SELECT activity in Aberdeen and the North-East for many years. Entering his second year of office, he was elected to the post in back in 2015.