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Surf the internet through light with LiFi
Combining high light quality with a fast broadband data connection using light waves, Signify is enabling customers to send email, securely access their company network and surf the internet through their lights with its LiFi-enabled LED fixtures. Signify is working with more than 30 customers in Europe, North America and Asia to pilot light fidelity (LiFi).
Driverless concept vehicle tested via 5G
It has been announced by Sony Corporation and NTT DOCOMO, that they will jointly trial Sony's conceptual driverless vehicle, the New Concept Cart SC-1, which leverages 5G mobile technologies for various remotely controlled functions. The test will be conducted using the trial network in DOCOMO 5G Open Lab GUAM.
Technology saves heritage of The National Museum of Computing
The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) has partnered with network monitoring company, Paessler to protect some of the world’s most precious historical artefacts currently housed in Block H on Bletchley Park. These artefacts, which date from the 1940s to the present day, have played a key role in shaping the technology we rely on today and can function only in specific environmental conditions. Any changes in temperature, humidity, li...
Five year Navis Ready agreement signed
Developer and manufacturer of reliable computers for demanding environments, JLT Mobile Computers, announced the signing of a long-term partnership with the Navis Ready Program. This ensures that all JLT’s rugged computers for the port segment will be validated for use with major upcoming Navis N4 Terminal Operating System (TOS) releases for the next five years.
Acquisition to extend power systems solutions portfolio
Global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications, TT Electronics, has announced the acquisition of Power Partners, a provider of medical and industrial specialist power products for the North American market. The firm is based in Boston, Massachusetts, and complements TT’s global power electronics business with new products and design capabilities.
F-Secure Radar wins Techconsult vulnerability management award
Finnish cyber security company, F-Secure continues to receive market recognition for their solutions, with the current win being a first for the company. The latest accolade is the Professional User Rating: Security Solutions 2019 (PUR-S) Champion Award given for Radar by German research and analyst firm, Techconsult.
Size matters: why small is the new big in electronic components
First the industry talked about miniature electronics, now it’s ultra-miniature and nano (effectively nearly invisible). Soon the buzz will be around molecular electronics, where the device components exist as individual molecules with the potential to form their own systems! The aim for improved technology is driven by speed and size: the smaller it is, the quicker the signal passes from one point to another, and the more applications...
Pyreos announce 50% price reduction on its pixel linear array
Pyreos has announced that due to significant market growth, as well as major yield and cost improvements, it has reduced the volume price of its 128 pixel linear array product line by 50%. This is the steepest price reduction in the company’s history and enables customers to offer spectrometers for use in market segments previously considered too price sensitive for this high end technology. Pyreos linear array prices will now fall bel...
$74.3m Department of Defense contract awarded to Arnold Defense
Arnold Defense has been awarded a $53.8m contract for the delivery of 2.75" rocket launchers and sub components to support the US Navy, Army and Air Force, along with foreign military sales to Australia. Recently announced by the US Department of Defense, the contract includes options that, if exercised, will raise the cumulative total to $74.3m over a four year period, with final delivery expected to be complete in 2023.
LEDs help grow healthier crops in Japan
A specialist in lighting, Signify, has helped Japanese food supplier Prime Delica to grow high-quality lettuce varieties, spinach and coriander all year round using the Philips GreenPower LED production module range and offer customers of 7-Eleven crops with higher vitamin levels and nutritional value.