A pilot deployment of the company’s Lightelligence system at an Edeka store could boost powerline communications for connected smart lighting. Nokia’s involved, too.

Researchers verify that UV-C LED based water system delivers a 99.998% reduction of pathogen Legionella pneumophila, and now China-based Yuhuan Dafeng has launched a residential water faucet that integrates the tested SSL technology.

You can now stream customer audio from your Amazon Connect contact center in real time using the new customer voice stream feature. Previously, you could only access customer audio after a call was completed, using the call recording feature. Now, you can automatically stream customer audio from any point during the call, whether it’s from the IVR, in a queue, or when speaking to an agent.

You can now launch M5 instance types when using Amazon RDS for SQL Server . Amazon EC2 M5 instances are the next generation of the Amazon EC2 General Purpose compute instances. M5 instances offers a balance of compute, memory, and networking resources for a broad range of database workloads.

The UK National Cyber Security Council set up by the Department for Culture Media and Sport has developed new initiatives which include: Appointing independent Ambassadors to help promote the attractiveness and viability of a career in cyber security to a broader and more diverse range of individuals. Launching the refreshed CyberFirst brand in 2019 which …

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Not many engineering projects have had a resident scribe attached to them to record how it all happened, but there was one – the building of a computer by Data General. Tracey Kidder described the process in ‘The Soul of a New Machine.’ At the public launch  of the computer, known as ‘Eagle’ during its …

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Somewhat to my surprise, the PM has survived to the Christmas recess and the Westminster swamp smells sweeter today, Ed confides to his diary. The brain-numbing effect of  festivities followed by the sober light of grey January mornings will bring the pols to their senses and they’ll look for a Brexit solution instead of posturing, …

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NTT Communications is to buy a majority stake in the French virtual mobile network company Transatel. Transatel, established in 2000, has deployed a data MVNO network compliant with Embedded SIM (eSIM) technology to address three key market segments: Consumer Electronics, Automotive and Industrial IoT (IIoT). Its SIM 901 platform claims to deliver secure, global cellular connectivity …

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ROHM claims to have launched the industry’s smallest contactless current sensor, the BM14270MUV-LB. It achieves minimum power loss (no heat generation) in an ultra-compact size, making it ideal for industrial equipment and consumer devices that detect operating conditions via current, including battery-driven drones, solar power systems, and servers in data centers requiring high power. In …

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Mobile Semiconductor has announced a 22nm FDX ULP (Ultra Low Power) Memory Compiler. The Memory Compiler offers an Ultra-Low Power mode at 0.65V that is useful to a wide range of wearable and battery powered devices. The 22nm FDX ULP joins their expanding 22nm FDX Memory Compiler family that currently covers a wide range of …

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