Desalination and Water Purification Research and Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Research applications are now being accepted.

I remember watching remote control aircraft flying near where I grew up. People (men) had made them from scratch, parts or kits, and then learned to fly them – a highly skilled operation. Then self-flying electric copter-style drones appeared, with gyros and intelligence, which essentially fly themselves and only need to be shown where you …

Read full article: Updated: Remote control aircraft – where did the skill go?

Amiho Technology has introduced its first radio module for IoT networks using the LoRa wide-area network (WAN) protocol standard. Operating at 868MHz and with a range to up to 15km, it can be used in sensing and monitoring devices as part of a wide-area IoT wireless networks. An application is likely to be smart metering. Measuring 17.8 x 20.3mm, …

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Pickering Electronics will demonstrate its two pole reed relays for high density designs at the Electronica exhibition in Munich next week (8 – 11 November). The series 115, 2 Form A relays can switch up to 15W, 1A and measuring 4mm x 10mm, the two-pole relay is only 50% larger than the single pole version. Two switch types …

Read full article: Electronica 2016: Pickering switches to 2-pole reed relays

Neil Oliver, technical marketing manager at battery supplier Accutronics asks the question, who owns and controls the worldwide battery market and where is it heading? The worldwide battery market was valued at $54bn in 2013 according to market research firm Avicenne Energy. The market is currently growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of …

Read full article: Are we on the verge of a worldwide battery crisis?

Racing team, Solar Team Great Britain has signed the Centre for Modelling & Simulation (CFMS) as a sponsor, which will give it access to a Cray CS400 cluster supercomputer. 2015 winning Cruiser, from Eindhoven university “We are delighted to support Solar Team Great Britain through the use of advanced modelling and simulation and high performance …

Read full article: UK solar car team gets access to supercomputer

Powerbox added two intelligent dc-dc battery chargers to its automotive product line. Called ENA200, the chargers are small (116 x 88 x 18mm), efficienct (>95%) and include a microcontroller with switch-selectable charging algorithms for standard Pb-acid batteries as well as absorbed glass matte (AGM), gel cell and calcium types – plus application-defined profiles can be …

Read full article: Automotive battery charger also works for industry

ON Semiconductor has shrunk the size of its latest CMOS image sensor in the Python family. Python 480, which will be on view at Electronica in Munich next week, has the same pixel design and SVGA (800 x 600 pixel) resolution as the existing Python 500, but comes in a package which is 85% smaller …

Read full article: Electronica 2016: ON Semi shows tiny Python imager

A sensor system platform, with the ARM mbed hardware development kit (HDK), from Maxim Integrated Products is intended for high-end fitness monitor designs. The hSensor Platform, which will be seen next week at Electronica in Munich, is offered as the MAXREFDES100# reference design, includes an hSensor board, firmware with drivers, a debugger board, and a graphical …

Read full article: Electronica 2016: Maxim goes mbed for fitness

Viva Viveland? HTC has opened its first VR theme park, called Viveland, this week. It’s located in Taipei and showcases HTC’s VR technology.

Read full article: Picture of the day: HTC VR theme park Viveland opens in Taiwan