US engineering, science and operations company Woodard & Curran has acquired consulting engineers RMC Water & Environment, after RMC initiated a process to find a buyer.

Region of Peel, Ontario, Canada, optimizes timing of its system upgrade with new membranes to ensure continued drinking water safety and reliability for residents.

Samsung is to brick the Note 7 making it impossible to charge or use the exploding phablet. Only 7% of the 1.9 million units sold have still not been returned under Samsung’s exchange programme. The bricking will be done by a mid-December software upgrade. The Note 7 was banned by so many airlines that Samsung …

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Subaru quickly brings its first hybrid vehicle to market using PXI for HIL testing

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Foxconn and Sharp are to set up a $6.95 billion LCD plant in China, reports the Nikkei. One site for it is Guangzho but Foxconn is said the be talking other cities in China to get the best deal. Foxconn owns, or has a controlling interest in, three LCD companies – Sharp, Innolux of Taiwan …

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Robotics and machine learning are becoming the next big thing for embedded system hardware and software suppliers, writes Glenn Perry from Mentor Graphics.

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Three power firms are bidding to re-define power supply design in software. Murata Power Solutions, CUI and Ericsson Power Modules explain the motivations and aims of the AMP project.

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Maria Marced, president of TSMC Europe has been appointed to the board of directors of Ceva, the processor IP firm, as an independent non-executive director. Peter McManamon, chairman of the board of Ceva, believes Maria Marced will provide Ceva with a broad perspective on the semiconductor landscape and end market trends as the IP firm grows and …

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People still like to sneer at the US President-Elect but he seems to be doing a good job of repairing the election discord. According to ReCode he’s got Larry Page, Tim Cook Sheryl Sandberg, Satya Nadella, Jeff Bezos (maybe), Chuck Robbins, Ginni Rometty, Brian Krzanich and Safra Catz turning up for a chin-wag at Trump …

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Yokogawa Electric has developed a field wireless vibration sensor based on the ISA100.11a standard. This means it includes ISA100.11a-2011 communications, an application layer with process control industry standard objects, device descriptions and capabilities, a gateway interface, infrared provisioning, and a backbone router. Real-time vibration measurement is used for predictive maintenance of industrial equipment. Conventional methods for …

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