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Challenge encourages new ways to resupply front line troops
In the next stage of the Innovation Autonomy Challenge, £3m has been invested through the Defence and Security Accelerator as part of the MOD’s Innovation Initiative. Focusing on the challenging 'last mile' of support, this Challenge aims to find innovative new ways of resupplying troops on the front line, and will be led by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
Cable designed for long-travel crane installations
Developing the new chainflex medium voltage cable, the CFCRANE.PUR, igus has designed the cable to be suitable for very long travels of up to 1,000m such as those found in crane installations.Motor cables of this series are highly flexible, flame retardant, and oil and UV resistant. As a retrofit solution or for special projects, they are now available to order from stock.
Instant prototyping service for packaging finishing
Leonhard Kurz is to present Kurz Instant Prototyping at Interpack in Düsseldorf from May 4th. Via Kurz’s expertise in stamping foil finishing, the instant prototyping service will be able to provide customers with custom decorated packaging or label samples – if necessary, within a single day.
Placebo effect can soothe heartache
Feeling heartbroken from a recent breakup? Just believing you're doing something to help yourself get over your ex can influence brain regions associated with emotional regulation and lessen the perception of pain.That's the takeaway from a University of Colorado Boulder study that measured the neurological and behavioral impacts the placebo effect had on a group of recently broken-hearted volunteers.
3D stacked memory can help render video game graphics
When Shuaiwen Leon Song boots up Doom 3 and Half-life 2, he does so in the name of science. Song studies high performance computing at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with the goal of making computers smaller, faster and more energy efficient. A more powerful computer, simply put, can solve greater scientific challenges. Like modeling complex chemical reactions or monitoring the electric power grid.
Autonomous aerial vehicles test dogfighting skills
Aerial dogfighting began more than a century ago in the skies over Europe with propeller-driven fighter aircraft carried aloft on wings of fabric and wood. An event held recently in southern California could mark the beginning of a new chapter in this form of aerial combat.
Readable displays with low-power consumption
Distec has announced and added the high-quality ORTUSTECH TFT displays to its product range. Ortus Technology was founded in 2010 by merging the display units of CASIO and TOPPAN and offers a variety of different TFT displays in sizes from 2.2-9.6" (5.588-24.384cm).
Inline test system short set-up time cuts costs
The Leon Inline Tiny from Konrad Technolgies is a cost effective, high volume manufacturing inline test system for In-circuit Test, Functional Test, Boundary Scan with up to 1500 test points. This high-volume manufacturing inline test system integrates well with high standard board handling equipment, including conveyors and short stations and is suitable for straightforward integration into production or testing lines.
Maximising machine efficiency with new IoT technology
An Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled condition monitoring device has been developed by a wireless sensor company to help engineers more effectively observe changes in machinery.The sensor, named BluVib, which was developed by Sensor-Works with assistance from CENSIS, the Scottish Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems, can be fixed to rotating equipment to record vibration and temperature data wirelessly via the IoT.
Indoor base stations awarded to help bring IoT apps to market
Kerlink has announced the winning applications in the recent Tele2 IoT Challenge underscore both the practical benefits of the LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) LoRaWAN network and the freedom it gives makers to create new applications.The company also presented the three winners its LoRaWAN iFemtoCell indoor base station to speed their entry in the fast-growing, worldwide LoRaWAN ecosystem.