Icon Plastics has expanded its workforce and production facility following a £200,000 investment in new equipment to meet rising demand. The Tees Valley business has installed two Negribossi Canbio ST machines, bringing the total number of plastic injection moulding machines at the Eaglescliffe site to 27. The new machines use robotics-based technology and computer design …

UK manufacturer sees benefits of robotics technology

Roke Manor Research is opening a new office in the UK specialising in cyber security. The office in Gloucester will initially employ 20 new staff. It will work with defence, government and commercial customers in the region. David Cole, managing director of Roke, said: “As a key cyber security adviser to UK Government, we are …

Firm creates cyber-security team in Gloucester

Keysight Technologies says it will now offer calibration services for PXI modular test systems from other suppliers. Keysight will offer calibration services for test equipoment, as well as electrical, physical, dimensional and optical equipment from virtually any manufacturer. PXI and AXIe instruments are being used as part of integrated test setups with traditional benchtop instruments …

Keysight extends PXI calibration to other suppliers

With billions of  wireless devices expected to be connected to the internet over the coming years processor firm ARM has worked with Intercede, Solacia and Symantec to assess the security challenges of connecting devices across multiple sectors; including industrial, home, health services and transportation. As a result the companies have collaborated on the Open Trust …

ARM aims to build trust in IoT security

Researchers at Tufts University in Massachusetts have used threads, stitching and embroidery to construct sensors for use on skin and inside animals. Central to the technology are functionalised threads – coated to make pH sensing electrodes, or to measure strain, for example. The aim has been to develop a tool kit of bio-compatible materials that …

Sewing creates medical sensors

In early 1969 a master salesman decided to found a chip company. He needed to raise $1.55 million. Arthur Rock, who had been Intel’s lead VC the previous year, turned it down telling the salesman that the only semiconductor companies which he had backed and which had failed were run by marketing men. When the …

Fable: The CEO Who Backed His Rival

The Lighting Research Center of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is questioning some of the findings in a report on LED street lighting from the American Medical Association (AMA) which advocates LED lighting but urges caution on the selection of luminaire. Last month, physicians at the AMA annual meeting adopted guidance on how street lighting planners should …

Updated: US debates LED street lighting safety

Dassault Systèmes, the design software arm of the French aerospace group, has agreed to acquire Computer Simulation Technology (CST), the German electronic simulation specialist for €220m. CST’s simulation software tools are used in transport, aerospace and defence, and energy industries to evaluate electromagnetic effects during every stage of electronic system design processes. Customers include Airbus …

Dassault Systèmes agrees CST acquisition

AWS Config continuously records configurations changes to resources in your AWS account and notifies you of these changes through Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS). Config rules check these resources for compliance with desired configurations you specify. 

Amazon EC2 Run Command is now available in China (Beijing) and Asia Pacific (Seoul) regions. AWS customers in these regions can now automate administrative tasks such as executing Linux Shell scripts and commands, running Windows PowerShell commands, installing software or patches, and more across instances. Furthermore, customers can now perform these tasks on instances or virtual machines across any location, enabling hybrid cloud and cross cloud management.