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Radar sensor helps enhance vehicle safety systems
DENSO has announced that it has developed a 24GHz submillimetre-wave rear and side radar sensor to help enhance vehicle safety systems. The sensor is used in the 2018 Toyota Camry released this past July.
Digitalisation is the key theme at EMO Hannover 2017
If Industry 4.0 was merely the generic term for a new photo or TV application, the publicity slogan for the EMO Hannover 2017 might perhaps be ‘Industry 4.0 – the wish list’ or ‘Industrial Internet of Things – because I’m not stupid’. The fair’s keynote theme of ‘Connecting systems for intelligent production’ is more complex, but has nonetheless been well received among exhibitors.
Infrared laser to be at the heart of the industry in coming years
Manufacturers are looking for new opportunities to increase their revenues and margins. In this context, the IR LED market is perceived as a potential new ‘blue ocean’ with attractive opportunities for those players.
Nanomaterials for A.I. retina receive $7 million grant
A future android brain like that of Star Trek’s Commander Data might contain neuristors, multi-circuit components that emulate the firings of human neurons.Neuristors already exist today in labs, in small quantities, and to fuel the quest to boost neuristors’ power and numbers for practical use in brain-like computing, the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $7.1 million grant to a research team led by the Georgia Institute of Te...
Why vehicle and parts makers are now targeting buses
The new IDTechEx Research report 'Electric Buses 2018-2038'is about hybrid and pure electric buses, often in many new forms, powering up to be a massive $500bn market. By Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx.
Drones must now be government registered in the UK
The global drone market is worth over £102bn. The UK government has announced new changes to drone legislation, including plans to introduce drone registration and safety courses for UAV owners. In a move to improve accountability and encourage owners to act responsibly, drone registration will be obligatory for anyone in possession of an aircraft weighing more than 250g.
First neonatal MRI device receives FDA Clearance
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device specifically for neonatal brain and head imaging in neonatal intensive care units (NICU).“Although we can use traditional MRI scanners to image neonates, taking babies outside of the neonatal intensive care unit to MRI suites presents great challenges,” said Vasum Peiris, M.D., M.P.H., chief medical officer for pediatrics and special popula...
Camera design focuses light without lenses
Traditional cameras-even those on the thinnest of cell phones-cannot be truly flat due to their optics: lenses that require a certain shape and size in order to function. At Caltech, engineers have developed a new camera design that replaces the lenses with an ultra-thin optical phased array (OPA). The OPA does computationally what lenses do using large pieces of glass: it manipulates incoming light to capture an image.
The trend of autonomous driving – do you trust it?
The secret ingredients for producing sleek vehicles for years have been common knowledge to only car manufacturers.But now, the wizards from Silicon Valley are eclipsing powerful engines and sleek bodywork with invisible algorithms.Until recently, self-driving cars were no more than pie in the sky. But suddenly, everyone is in a rush. Even legislators, who are generally not known for acting quickly.
Modern manufacturing demands drive growing reliance on factory software tools
OEMs and contract assemblers are constantly seeking a technological edge over their competitors, investing in better, more modern machines, to win new business and grow their market share. A high level of automation is now applied at each point in the surface-mount assembly flow, from program generation through solder-paste deposition, component placement, inspection, reflow and test. Contributed by Yamaha Motor IM.