A transcript for the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for July 4, 2016.
Lighting Industry Association partners with University of South Wales
The University of South Wales (USW) and the Lighting Industry Association (LIA) have announced a formal partnership, which will see the development of a range of specialist lighting courses.
Lighting Industry Association partners with University of South Wales
Harwin opens £3m factory extension in Portsmouth
Connector maker Harwin has opened its new £3m manufacturing centre in Portsmouth, increase floor space on the site by 33%. The 3,000m² building was opened by HRH Prince Michael of Kent. “We are committed to high quality manufacturing in the UK and we had outgrown our existing facilities, so to meet our growth plans, we had …
Skeleton helps to build airship
UK ultracapacitor manufacturer Skeleton Technologies will join French firm Flying Whales’ programme to build an airship for the global transport market. The main advantage of the LCA60T will be its ability to transport heavy and oversized cargo of up to 60 tons either in its 75m-long hold or underslung, at speeds of 100 km/h, with …
Picture of the Day: Juno spacecraft enters orbit of Jupiter
Okay it is only an illustration, not a real photograph, but it is good to mark Juno’s arrival – five years in the travelling – into the orbit of Jupiter.
Stealth comms 100 years ago, in the trenches of World War One
Field telephones and Morse telegraphs were both in use in the trenches in World War One. Generally these were single wire systems, sometimes tens of km long, with the terminal equipment at both ends earthed to complete the circuit. EW models the communicator It didn’t take long for someone to realise that this created ground …
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Distributor offers free sample service via website
Anglia is offering a free sample service for components and supporting development kits. The distributor is offering the Ezysample service to customers with an Anglia Live account, and orders are dispatched the same day with no delivery or handling charges. It is available for parts listed on the Ezysample website. These include many newly launched …
IoT reference design brings ARM and open source tools to Sigfox nodes
A reference design targeted at the development of IoT wireless sensor nodes using the Sigfox radio protocol is being offered by French M2M specialist éolane. The firm, which is already as supplier of Sigfox low data rate IoT wireless systems, is offering the reference design module based on Silicon Labs’ EZR32 wireless microcontroller, an ARM …
IoT reference design brings ARM and open source tools to Sigfox nodes
Black box can build public trust in driverless car safety
Roke Manor Research has demonstrated the equivalent of an aircraft’s ‘black box’ for use in autonomous vehicles.
EC initiates cyber programme
Today, the EC signed the contract for a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) with the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) ASBL. Representing the private sector, ECSO will work directly with the EC to improve Europe’s industrial policy on cybersecurity. A ceremony to mark the occasion was hosted by Vice President for Digital Single Market, Andrus Ansip, and Commissioner …