US researchers are working on 2D perovskite crystals as a potential material for solar cells. Perovskite-structured materials are causing a stir in the world of solar power conversion, going from  just-working to exceeding the efficiency of some conventional materials in only a few years. However, they have some serious drawbacks which are keeping them from …

2D perovskite offered for solar cell research

Circuit Playground is an Arduino-like education development board from Adafruit, designed around an Atmel ATmega32u4 MPU – as used in the firm’s earlier Flora board. The round 51mm diameter board has 14 croc-clip pads for easy access to power and I/O, with the eight non-power pads doubling-up as capacitive touch sensors. Programming based on the …

Educational embedded computer works with Arduino software

A consortium has installed a 12km2 LoRa IoT network in Glasgow, covering its commercial centre, Merchant City and West End. “The network will enable the development and use of devices such as building and indoor environmental monitors, pollution sensors, tags for tracking valuable assets and social care devices designed to support independent living,” said the …

Glasgow adds geo-location to LoRa IoT network trial

Former Bosch executive has moved into the freshly minted Osram post. Meanwhile, CEO Berlien doubles as the chief financial officer for now.

AWS IoT is now available in the Asia Pacific (Sydney) AWS region. 

You can now add manual approval actions to different stages of your pipelines in AWS CodePipeline. This allows someone with the proper permissions to approve a code change before it can progress further down your pipeline. Manual approvals make it easier for your team to manage and review code changes before they are deployed. 

Two US water technology companies have scooped the inaugural China BlueTech Awards for the strength of their innovative solutions and their ability to do business in China.

Swedish submersible pumps specialist Grindex is expanding its range of stainless steel Inox pumps, to include the new Grindex Mega Inox, a 90 kW (50Hz) and 134 Hp (60 Hz) pump made entirely of stainless steel.

The 65,000 square-foot plant is scheduled to open during the first half of 2017.

By using West Basin’s locally-produced recycled water for irrigation, Mattel and West Basin are helping to save nearly two million gallons of drinking water per year.