Just to quickly cover – “Nougat” is the official codename for the next major version of Android.
Imagine Blue Awards challenge you to build IoT app
The Imagine Blue Awards are designed to “highlight the work and imaginations of creators, developers, designers, and students using Bluetooth technology to push the boundaries of wireless connectivity and solve the world’s biggest challenges”.
Energy Recovery Awarded $2.4 million for Desalination Projects in North Africa
SAN LEANDRO, Calif.–June 15, 2016 –Energy Recovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:ERII), the leader in pressure energy technology for industrial fluid flows, today announced total awards of $2.4 million to supply its PX(TM) Pressure Exchanger(TM) technology for three desalination projects in North Africa. Two of the orders will ship in the second quarter of 2016 and the third is expected to ship in the fourth quarter of 2016.
LuminUltra CEO recognized as a Canadian water industry innovator
Pat Whalen was awarded a 2016 Water’s Next Award for his business achievements.
Water Research Foundation and National Science Foundation partner to fund Lead Corrosion Study
The overarching objective of the research is to provide new scientific insights into lead phosphate nucleation, aggregation, and deposition that will enable efficient application of phosphate to control both dissolved and total lead concentrations in water.
The Cult
It always seemed that working for one of Silicon Valley’s new, global, multi-billion dollar algorithm companies would be good fun – bring your pet to work, free connoisseur meals, lots of sexy chicks, recreational facilities in the office etc. But apparently it’s not quite like that. A sacked Facebook advertising manager called Antonio Garcia Martinez …
Top 10 most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com
Here are the top ten most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com in the last week, with LoRa IoT networks, 5G, Brexit, Intel, and Project Bloks all figuring prominently… Taking it in reverse order as always: 10. Europe goes for LoRa IoT network technology without UK 9. China to build $600m IC Science Park 8. Qualcomm offers 6GHz radio chips …
First Driverless Car Fatality
How awful is this? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/30/tesla-autopilot-death-self-driving-car-elon-musk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Effect Of Brexit On IC Industry – Not Much
Forbes carries a piece on the impact of Brexit on the semiconductor industry and its conclusion is: not much. Most semiconductor products and their manufacturing equipment is duty-free under WTO rules, says Forbes. The US supplies 50% of the market and China uses 50% of all semiconductor production. Europe makes less than 10% of worldwide …
Rambus buys Inphi’s memory interconnect business
Rambus has bought Inphi’s Memory Interconnect Business for $90 million in cash. The acquisition includes all assets of the Inphi Memory Interconnect Business including product inventory, customer contracts, supply chain agreements and intellectual property. The combined business strengthens Rambus’ position in memory buffer chip products and amplifies execution for future non-volatile memory programmes. “By combining …