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Imminent legislation targets safety for pedestrians around EVs
From 1stJuly, all new private and commercial electric and hybrid vehicles with four or more wheels must have an Acoustic Vehicle Alert System (AVAS) fitted. The EU ‘Regulation on the Sound Level of Motor Vehicle’ (EU 540/2014) in combination with EU Requirement ECE R138, will ensure such vehicles are more easily heard by pedestrians, cyclists and vulnerable groups and follows more than a decade’s worth of campaigning by groups s...
Software designed to utilise hardware accelerators in R-Car V3H
Renesas Electronicscontinues to accelerate the development of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) systems with a new Perception Quick Start Software based on its R-Car V3H System-on-Chip (SoC). The solution delivers reference software for Camera Obstacle Detection (COD), LiDAR Obstacle Detection (LOD), and Road Feature Detection (RFD) - three key recognition areas for sensor-based Level 2+ autonomous vehicle systems.
National Cyber Security Centre returns to Infosecurity Europe
Infosecurity Europe hasannounced that it shall once again bring the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to the keynote stage to discuss ‘Defending the UK: The NCSC Vision for a more Secure UK’.NCSC will be joining Kate Adie, the BBC’s former Chief News Correspondent, Jamie Bartlett, Senior Fellow and former Director of Demos and Dame Inga Beale, Former CEO, Lloyds of London.
Could the answer to fake profiles be a simple selfie?
Fake profiles are an issue encountered by almost all social media users – it may be as benign as a Facebook friend request from somebody you’ve never heard of, or as sinister as a Twitter troll that seeks to humiliate or even defame. By Rene Hendrikse, Vice President, Managing Director EMEA, Mitek
Software AG: Touching the lives of millions for half a century
It was 49 years and 364 days ago, on 30th May, 1969. Six young men - all employees at the consulting firm AIV (Institut für Angewandte Informationsverarbeitung) - established Software AG in Darmstadt as a startup. Today, Software AG is one of the biggest software companies of the world, helping to run the world with precision for 50 years, in robust health and actively promoting independence and interoperability - with software from any vend...
System-on-Module opens broad access to FPGA technology
With the FPGA-based System-on-Module (SoM) ‘SpiderSoM’, ARIES Embedded, specialist for embedded services and products, has presented a basic module for getting started with FPGA programming. Similar to its industrial upgrade MX10, the SpiderSoM is a programmable, non-volatile board based on the Intel MAX10 FPGAs.
Entrepreneurs graduate from the CRL accelerator program
With its fifth cohort now graduating, the Central Research Laboratory (CRL) has established itself as a hive of entrepreneurial and engineering endeavour. I have attended several of its Demo Day events over the past couple of years, and have been lucky enough to meet some very impressive startups as a result. By Mark Patrick, Mouser Electronics
Electric cars buck the downward trend in car sales
Despite the news that March car sales in the UK fell once again, by 3.4% compared to last year, there is a growing force behind electric vehicles bucking this trend. EV sales doubled in February compared to 2018 and there were over 125,000 electric and hybrids bought throughout Europe in March. However, this remarkable growth surge is despite government policy, according to employee green car scheme specialists Fleet Evolution.
Enabling automotive proximity sensing with ultrasonic sensors
An overview of the ultrasonic journey of a vehicle through a parking garage.
Anti-theft car key case keeps thieves away
Men’s luxury fashion brand, Vanacci has launched a solution to the recent rise in car key thefts. The firm’s brand-new product, KeyBlock, uses RFID-blocking technology to prevent thieves from gaining access to a car without a key.Its Kickstarter campaign surpassed its campaign goal of £1,000 by more than 300% in 24 hours.