Batteries designed as power supplies for ICs for IoT-connected devices are getting smaller

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Rockwell Automation has introduced a solid-state cable pull switch, through its Allen-Bradley brand. Guardmaster Lifeline 5 has a microcontroller inside and compensate for thermal expansion and cable sag. “Because the Lifeline 5 cable-pull switch is a solid-state switch, there is no mechanical wear that is often associated with traditional switches,” claimed product manager Steve Tambeau. …

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How to confront the technical challenges of introducing the 5G communications network

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The AWS Device Farm Jenkins plugin provides developers with a mechanism for integrating the Device Farm testing service into continuous integration workflows, enabling build, test, and deployment on real devices, which is critical to delivering high quality applications that delight customers. The plugin is now compatible with the latest version of Jenkins.

The AWS Device Farm service now supports Appium version 1.6.5. This latest version now includes: complete support of W3C specification’s capability handling; latest Android SDK directory support; faster screenshot capture on Android 5.0 and higher devices; running tests with iOS 10.3.x and Android 7.x devices; setting the url in native context for opening deep links in iOS.

You can now provision AWS Database Migration Service resources using AWS CloudFormation, a service that gives you an easy way to provision and update resources in an orderly and predictable fashion. AWS CloudFormation can save you time, money and frustration during database migrations.

The market for atmospheric water generators – technology which can draw water from the air – has started to take off. How do these technologies work and at what scale? We look at Israeli solution Water-Gen.

Forward osmosis has attracted a lot of recent attention over the past few years but with limited market success. With several new companies entering the market and some early commercial installations, has the technology turned a corner?

To overcome polluted water sources and connect residents of Guayaquil to the network, the Las Esclusas wastewater plan will cost more than $100 million and generate its own power.

An Australian-based research team has made a breakthrough in synthesising a novel photocatalytic titanium dioxide (TiO2) material capable of rapid and effective disinfection of water using natural sunlight.