AVX has added a locking plug to its 70-9159 series of low-profile 5A board to board connectors. Part of its ‘Stript’ insulator-less single contact range, the gold-plated beryllium-copper (BeCu) spring contacts have a positive latching mechanism and can absorb a 1mm of tolerance in the x and y direction. Led lighting is one intended application – the …

Low-profile locking connector for LED lighting

That strange abberation – the smartwatch – is going the way of all flesh. In Q2 2016 3.5 million smartwatches were sold, says IDC. In Q2 2015 5.1 million smartwatches were sold. A y-o-y decline of 32% reinforces what we’ve seen for decades – that the watch is too small a form factor to hold …

An Abberration

Manufacturers have responded to the shock of the UK’s planned exit from the EU by adopting a “wait-and-see” approach to business planning. If this continues for any length of time there is a risk that the economy be affected, according to Zach Witton, deputy chief economist at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation. “The very sharp pause …

Brexit vote could hit manufacturing investment plans

If 5G mobile phone services launch in 2020 it is being predicted that there could be 24 million 5G subscriptions worldwide by the end of 2021 for mobile and fixed broadband services, according to Ovum. To put this into perspective, there are over 5 billion mobile phone users today. So this prediction indicates a modest …

5G could have slow take-up after 2020

Solar LED lighting in developing regions could create 2 million new jobs, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, while Philips Lighting issues its first financial report as a standalone company and Osram expands its automotive business with the acquisition of Novità Technologies.

AWS Lambda is now available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) region. 

AWS Config is a fully managed service that continuously records configurations changes to your resources in AWS and notifies you when your resources change. With AWS Config Rules, you can define guidelines for provisioning and configuring AWS resources and then continuously monitor compliance with those guidelines. 

Now I’m in a pickle, Ed confides to his diary, the UK tech industry is on my back wanting me to stop a takeover bid for a UK company by a Japanese company. I’d like to curry favour with the UK tech industry, because most of them seem to see me as a bit of …

Ed’s Dilemma

The work to be performed provides for replacement of approximately 3,500 linear feet of deteriorated 24-inch cast iron waterline.

While all eyes and ears of the desalination community are focusing upon utility PUB’s decision for its high profile fourth desalination plant in Marina East, the fifth project is equally as interesting…