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Apple to end use of Imagination Technologies' graphics chips
Imagination Technologies has said that Apple will no longer be licensing its technology in less than two years’ time. In a statement, Imagination says that Apple has notified the company that it’s “working on a separate, independent graphics design in order to control its products and will be reducing its future reliance on Imagination’s technology.”
CT inspection advances production of 3D printed medical implants
Lithuanian medical company, Ortho Baltic is the first manufacturer of patient-specific, temporomandibular joint endoprostheses in the Baltic States and one of only three in Europe.The implants replace loss or lack of functionality of jaw movement. To underpin their production, the firm invested in 2012 in Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology and recently acquired CT (Computed Tomography) inspection equipment from Nikon Metrology for quality con...
Tin producers to report on Code of Conduct standards
Specifically designed for global tin mining and smelting operations and addressing the growing expectations of tin users and consumers,ITRI and member companies have developed a new industry Code of Conduct.
USB-C solution chosen for lightweight notebook
LG Electronics has selected CypressSemiconductor’s EZ-PD CCG3 controllers, what the company claims to be the industry’s most highly integrated USB-C solutions, for three new models of its lightweight LG Gram notebook. CCG3 integrates multiple components and supports the new USB-C UCSI connection standard, enabling LG to meet its size and feature requirements. CCG3 is featured in the LG Gram 13”, LG Gram 14” and LG Gram 15&...
Samsung to finally recycle Galaxy Note 7
Yesterday, Samsung officially published its plan to deal with the 4.3 million Galaxy Note 7 devices produced and recalled worldwide following battery faults. This major win comes after nearly five months of campaigning and global protests addressing the environmental impact of the recall.
When two become one – government urged to boost productivity
Urging the Chancellor to maintain his focus on driving up productivity and pressing ahead with infrastructure investment in the forthcoming Budget, British manufacturers are trying to ensure that businesses are teed up for the post-Brexit success.
Making the Industrial Strategy the foundation of our future
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation believes a change can happen in industry if specific policies which support the industrial strategy are driven by a clear cross-government vision and measurable outcomes.The UK’s long-term structural weaknesses must be systematically tackled by the government’s industrial strategy, with a bold, focused and specific set of policy measures, but manufacturers believe it can only be achieved if g...
Advanced diagnostics added to level transmitters
A new Heartbeat Technology has been added to Endress+Hauser’s Micropilot FMR5X free-space radar and FMP5X Levelflex guided radar level transmitters.Heartbeat Technology is an on-board diagnostics and instrument verification system that continuously monitors the status of mechanical, electromechanical and electronic components in the sensor, and sends alerts when it detects a problem.
Handbook published on DO-178C/ED-12C guidance
The publication and immediate availability of a free booklet, AdaCore Technologies for DO-178C / ED-12C, has been announced by AdaCore, which was written by Quentin Ochem (AdaCore) and certification expert Frédéric Pothon.The booklet addresses the DO-178C / ED-12C standards suite – the ‘core’ DO-178C / ED-12C standard and its technology supplements – and explains many of their more subtle aspects in the conte...
Partnership enables real-time estimation of NOx emissions
In order to give local authorities the ability to implement dynamic road charging based on actual vehicle emissions in a smarter, cheaper and fairer way,Tantalum and Imperial College London have begun work to develop real-time NOxemissions estimation capability.“It is our belief that companies, local authorities and citizens all want to help clean up the air we breathe,” said Ozgur Tohumcu, Tantalum’s CEO.