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Smart self-balancing personal transporters are the next Segways
Segway has announced two new self-balancing personal transporters that are going to be added to its consumer product line.The world’s leading provider of electric personal transportation, made the announcement at IFA, and plans to introduce the two new products, the Segway miniLITE and the miniPLUS, to form the new mini-series collection along with its current product the miniPRO.
Attackers use pulse wave DDoS to pin down multiple targets
New research from Imperva Incapsula details the emergence of a new DDoS assault pattern, which has been named Pulse Wave. According to Lead Researcher Igal Zeifman: “Pulse Wave DDoS represents a new attack methodology, made up of a series of short-lived pulses occurring in clockwork-like succession, which accounts for some of the most ferocious DDoS attacks we mitigated in the second quarter of 2017. In the most extreme cases, they lasted f...
Avnet expands ecosystem with Dragon Innovation acquisition
Avnet has acquired Dragon Innovation as it seeks to expand its portfolio of offerings for customers as they move from design to prototype to volume production. Dragon Innovation’s process and deep hardware experience help customers understand manufacturing costs and schedules, find factories and manage production as they scale their businesses.
Kickstarter’s 10 most funded projects
New York-based public benefit crowd funding corporation, Kickstarter, has the mission statement of ‘helping to bring creative projects to life’. Founded in 2009 Kickstarter has so far helped to launch over 350,000 projects and has received pledges in excess of $3bn. That’s a lot of products and a lot of dollars. So, what have been the stand-out projects in Kickstarter’s eight years in existence.
The IoT journey: from prototype to production
At this month’s Hardware Pioneer event, we saw another large group of technology enthusiasts eager to learn about bringing IoT products to market, from prototype to production.Hardware Pioneers, a company that aim to connect and inspire professionals are building a smarter future in IoT, invited Microchip, Cypress Semiconductors and Koobe along to share their knowledge.
Afraid of the dark? There's a smart bulb for that
Since the invention of theincandescent light bulb in 1879, lights have illuminated every aspect of our lives.A supposed breakthrough in the electronic world that connects humans to light is launching its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter on 5th September.Heelight is a digital sound controlled bulb. It needs neither internet nor Bluetooth and iIt can understand digital sound command’s instruction.
Going further and faster with e-scooter range
Two smart, lightweight Ninebot by Segway KickScooters have been introduced by the company to mark the latest expansion of its consumer product lines. The e-scooters will be exhibited at IFA 2017 from 1st-6th September in Berlin, Germany.
Kickstarter success transforms IoT sensor node market
There is an increasing number and variety of IoT devices and forecasts are showing even faster growth in the coming years. Large and small companies are rushing to get their new embedded electronic products on the market. In product development, utilising open-source software projects has been standard procedure for a long time. However, it’s normal to keep the hardware design files secret. Companies with new product ideas must start from s...
SAM MCU families offer extensive connectivity interface options
Microchip has announced the SAM D5x and SAM E5x MCU families. These new 32-bit MCU families offer extensive connectivity interfaces, powerful performance and robust hardware-based security for a wide variety of applications.The SAM D5/E5 microcontrollers combine the performance of an ARMCortex-M4 processor with a Floating Point Unit (FPU). This combination offloads the CPU, increasing system efficiency and enabling process-intensive applications ...
The untruths being told about domestic battery storage systems
It was announced last week by Business Secretary Greg Clark that the first phase of the Government’s plan to kick start the UK’s nascent battery revolution is a £246m boost to develop expertise in battery technology.If the UK is to take centre stage and become a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of electric batteries then a new generation of energy storage products will be required.