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Rambus Ecebs announced a comprehensive mobile ticketing product suite leveraging Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology to securely load virtual smart cards onto smart phones for the public transport industry. From the back office to the consumer, this solution includes an HCE Ticket Wallet Service and Ticketing App that enables transport operators to easily and securely transition from physical to virtual smart cards while maintaining compatibilit...

It is all down to marine design standards that ensure, even in the event of a catastrophic failure, back-up systems are in place to keep a vessel operational.For one European ferry operator, this has enabled them to continue operating safely, despite the failure of an on-board shaft generator.

Passengers taking the Pierce County Ferry in Washington State are not only traversing the lower Puget Sound conveniently, they are also the first in the U.S. to enjoy fully electronic ticketing based on the CIPURSE open standard for electronic fare collection. The operator,HMS Ferries,now enables customers to purchase QR-code tickets on their smartphones, online or at the ticket booth at the Steilacoom Terminal, which speeds up the boarding proce...

Brevini UK were delighted to be chosen by AMCO Engineering to provide technical expertise and to supply the complete drive packages for a major Transport for London (TfL) project, part of the refurbishment and upgrade of the linkspans (loading bridges) at the Woolwich Ferry in London.

A team of 27 robots are zooming around the hallways of the new University of California, San Francisco hospital at Mission Bay. They look a bit like R2D2, dragging a platform around behind them. Instead of drones, think of them more as little flatbed trucks, ferrying carts of stuff around the vast hospital complex - food, linens, medications, medical waste and garbage. And they do it more efficiently than humans.

Liverpool City Region’s (LCR) drive towards creating an eco-friendly environment is being helped by APT Controls, which has completed the installation of 28 of its Evolt EV charge points. Merseytravel, the executive body that provides professional, strategic and operational transport advice to the LCR’s Combined Authority, and the body responsible for coordinating bids and projects, chose Evolt after a full tender process.

The automotive industry was a key focus at January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and a major part of that was the development of autonomous car technology.Many of the major automotive manufacturers, including Audi, Aston Martin and BMW, launched concepts around connected and driverless cars at the event.

The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has initiated the first full-scale trial of e-navigation in Norwegian waters in conjunction with NAVTOR. The test sees the ferry MS Stavangerfjord digitally sharing its routing information with NCA via NAVTOR’s NavStation, the world’s first ‘digital chart table’.

An IEC60945 certified marine PC has been introduced by Axiomtek. Designed with components rated for high temperature and high humidity, the tBOX330-870-FL is equipped with an onboard high performance Intel Core i7 processor and onboard 4GB DDR3-1600 memory to eliminate risk of harm caused by vibration and shock.

Lipp Systems has been chosen to supply its leak-proof double-fold seamed tanking system for a major residual waste treatment and recycling facility currently under construction in Wakefield. Six individual tanks are being supplied to the project, which is being led by Shanks Waste Management Ltd and delivered by a Joint Venture (RRIJV), including Spanish environmental technology firm Ros Roca and UK engineering company Imtech Water, Waste & E...