GE has unveiled a new suite of software as it moves to establish a leading position within digital services for the water industry.

Dr. Samuel Jeyanayagam, CH2M vice president and senior principal technologist, has been recognised as a 2016 Water Environment Federation Fellow…

A DIY computer kit is being sold by London-based Kano. Kano has sold 150,00 kits to 80 countries including one to Steve Wozniak. Backers of Kano include Martin Sorrel of WPP, Lord O’Neill formerly of Goldman Sachs and HMG, Marc Benioff of SalesForce, and Index Ventures, Backing amounts to $19 million. Founder Alex Klein shares …

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Advanced processing – processing at 40nm or below – accounts for half the revenues at TSMC and GloFo, says IC Insights.

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Thanks to WealthInsight for this one – the 20 cities with the highest density of millionaires: 1. Monaco 31.1% 2. Zurich 24.3% 3. Geneva 17.7% 4. London 3.4% 5. Oslo 2.9% 6. Frankfurt 2.7% 7. Amsterdam 2.7% 8. Florence 2.5% 9. Rome 2.4% 10. Dublin 2.3% 11. Venice 2.3% 12. Paris 2.0% 13. Brussels 1.9% …

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Silicon Labs is sampling a family of Wireless Gecko modules focused on mesh networking applications with support for ZigBee and Thread software.

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Cree is claiming to be making “industry’s brightest side-view leds”, intending them for gaming machines. QLS6A and QLS6B are RGB and deliver “up to 66% higher luminous intensity than other side-view LEDs”, saod Cree. “The side-view packaged LEDs enable clearer image displays for a better gaming experience and higher visual impact in pachinko, slot and other …

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An open source software reference design for the design of secure IoT node device such as sensors and ARM controllers is introduced by Linaro.

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e2v signs a supply agreement with GaN Systems which will see the UK firm supplying power transistors to the aerospace and defence sectors.

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TDK introduces its QM series of AC-DC power supplies, the first 1200W to 1500W rated modular series to have full MoPPs isolation.

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