By utilizing treated sewage effluent instead of fresh water, the power station is able to conserve 5,000 gpm of fresh water resources.

A post-Brexit economy seems to depend on UK companies making a success of emerging technology

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Leti has developed a wristband that measures physical indicators of a range of conditions, including sleep apnea, dehydration and dialysis-treatment response. APNEAband provides real-time detection of sleep-apnea events caused by pauses in breathing or shallow breaths during sleep. The wristband measures heart rate, variation in the time interval between heartbeats, oxygen saturation levels in the …

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Thanks to Jeffries’ Brent Thill for this one – top ten predictions for 2022: Almost 40% of the global population will be on Facebook. 50% more videos will be viewed on-line. ARPU will have increased by 50%. Amazon, Google and Facebook will have won in the AI market. Half of all first dates will begin …

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ST has bought software-development tools specialist Atollic the supplier of TrueSTUDIO, for $7 million. TrueSTUDIO is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the embedded development community focusing on Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers. ST reckons the addition will strengthen its 32-bit MCU line TrueSTUDIO is an  open-source Eclipse-based IDE platform which already  supports the STM32 family of Cortex-M …

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US distributor takes aim at the European market with a proposal to extend its Minnesota site. US distributor Digi-Key Electronics is planning to break ground on a new $300m extension to its distribution centre that will more than double its capacity in a move to increase its market share in Europe. The business, which sends …

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York has followed in the footsteps of London, Brighton and Sheffield in not renewing Uber’s licence to operate. Grounds given for the decision were the recent data breach and complaints received by the licensing body – the City of York Council’s Gambling, Licensing and Regulatory Committee. Uber has 21 days to appeal. If it doesn’t …

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Growth in the 2017 UK electronic components market is set to continue into 2018 and for years to come, distributors forecast. The UK market for electronic components is likely to continue its stellar 2017 growth well into next year, according to forecasts from the Electronic Components Supply Network (ECSN). The organisation, which represents distributors, has …

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Maxim’s USB Type-C charger for 2-series Li-ion battery packs integrates a charger, USB Type-C charger detection, 28V over-voltage protection, and power path onto a single chip. The MAX14748 supports legacy USB BC1.2-compliant and other non-standard chargers and enables USB Type-C charging at twice the power of Micro USB solutions. A programmable Automatic Input Current Limiting …

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Earlier today, Toshiba and Western Digital announced that they had agreed to withdraw all lawsuits and arbitration claims they had filed against each other. The companies ‘have entered into a global settlement agreement to resolve their ongoing disputes in litigation and arbitration, strengthen and extend their relationship, and enhance the mutual commitment to their ongoing …

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