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$4.5M Sewer, stormwater inspection project in Atlanta to be led by Woolpert
The firm will perform a yearly assessment for the Metro Atlanta county under one annual contract, renewable for up to four years.
Atomic memory bids to store US Library of Congress in a speck of dust
A new data storage system uses single atoms as computer bits, and could hold the contents of the US Library of Congress in a cube just 100 micrometres across – little more than a speck of dust. Researchers have been trying for years to develop data storage using single atoms as bits – the 1s …
Atomic memory bids to store US Library of Congress in a speck of dust
President Obama embraces IoT and Industrie 4.0
US President Barack Obama was given a demonstration of German IoT technology for smart factories when he visited the the Hannover Messe exhibition with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. President Obama and Chancellor Merkel were given a taste of Industrie 4.0 by Harting on its stand at the exhibition. They saw the Rinspeed “Etos” car, in …
Socionext jv stabilises moving video platforms
Socionext, the SoC jv of Fujitsu and Panasonic, has joined with FotoNation to deliver Electronic Image Stabilisation (EIS) that delivers video stability for ‘on-the-move’ video devices, including drones, action cameras, and wearables. This EIS solution delivers an energy-efficient, GPU-free chipset that can process HD and 4K-ready video at up to 60 frames-per-second, enabling video that …
FPGAs get Hitless I/O for in-system hardware upgrade
Lattice semiconductor has added to its MachXO3 family of FPGAs with the addition of the MachXO3L-9400 and MachXO3LF-9400 devices available in multiple packages. The new FPGAs offer expanded I/O and logic support for control PLD applications, while increased on-chip memory improves picture clarity for low cost video bridging in large monitor applications, says Lattice. Features include: …
Raspberry Pi camera modules offer home security with 8-megapixel resolution
One for Gadget Masters to note – the Raspberry Pi camera modules have been upgraded, for 8-megapixel resolution imaging (they were 5-megapixel). There’s also a Sony IMX219PQ CMOS image sensor in a fixed-focus module, which enables the board to capture 3280 x 2464 pixel static images. Otherwise, the new version cameras have the same video capability …
Raspberry Pi camera modules offer home security with 8-megapixel resolution
Mouser adds Intel IoT partner IEI Technology
Mouser Electronics has added the product line of IEI Technology, part of the Intel Internet of Things solutions alliance. The IEI Technology embedded computer boards available from Mouser Electronics include the WAFER-BT single-board computer in the PICO-ITX form factor and supports an on-board Celeron system-on-chip (SoC) with DDR3L; VGA, LVDS, and iDP connectors. The HYPER-BT …
High reliability has a role on trains and oil rigs
How are component suppliers responding to the needs of high reliability markets such as the oil and gas or rail sectors? Roger Tall gives a few pointers. In the oil and gas and rail industries the need to ensure high reliability is an everyday design challenge but now more is being demanded from these systems …
Here’s Trouble
Here’s trouble: a hovering, tracking drone with a 13MP forward-looking camera and a 3MP downward-looking camera. Beijing start-up Zero Zero Robotics has raised $25 million to mass-manufacture a drone called The Hover Camera. It can hover or follow someone, or something, around. Zero Zero’s founders are two Stanford PhD graduates who raised an initial $1.7 …