Android Pay, for contactless payments with your smartphone, is now officially available for use in the UK. It follows on from its launch in the United State last year.
China giant Xiaomi makes crowding-funding debut with Bluetooth charger
A smart Bluetooth car charger has appeared on the IndieGoGo crowd-funding website. One of China’s biggest electronic product firms Xiaomi is using the crowd-funding website to launch the device called Roidmi. Although Bluetooth system is commonly available in new cars nowadays, most old cars do not have it. The aim of Roidmi is to upgrade …
China giant Xiaomi makes crowding-funding debut with Bluetooth charger
Arduino Primo makes IoT simple reality for makers
The latest Arduino board called Primo integrates Bluetooth low energy, NFC Touch-to-Pair, Wi-Fi, and an infrared interface, all without having to add extra shields to the base board. The Arduino Primo can act as a fully-functional TCP / IP Internet client and server over Wi-Fi. Federico Musto, CEO and president of Arduino, writes: “Makers, entrepreneurs, …
The Back-Packer
Hans Snook, who founded Orange, got offered his first job in telecoms while back-packing in Hong Kong. It was with a local paging and computer company called Young Generation. “At the end of the year they convinced me to stay on one more year,” recalled Snook. As the second year came to its close, he …
Moscow researchers explain very strong magnetoelectric effect in bismuth ferrite
Scientists from MIPT explain how the giant magnetoelectric effect occurs in bismuth ferrite.
Moscow researchers explain very strong magnetoelectric effect in bismuth ferrite
Picture Gallery: BBC micro:bit Model Rocket Car Competition
Check out these photos from a recent launch event for a BBC micro:bit Model Rocket Car Competition.
SEPIC vs fly-back
Just found an interesting article comparing fly-back and SEPIC power supply topologies getting a particular job done – a dc-dc converter for cars. It is excellent, because both the supplies were built and tested. Even more excellent, if is from an Electronics Weekly article, written by a couple of TI guys, whe really know what …
GE's Current forges alliance with IoT software specialist Tridium (UPDATED)
The pact with the Honeywell company marks Current’s second strategic move in a month, and will help GE collect and analyze data from building automation and lighting systems, leveraging IoT technology.
Carlsbad: The Desalination Game Changer in the U.S.
The Carlsbad Desalination Plant is the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere. Located in California with a relatively small footprint of approximately 5.5 acres, the plant provides 54 million gallons of clean water to 300,000 people – a complete game changer for desalination in the United States.
Water Research Foundation study addresses methods for removing PFOS/PFOA from water, wastewater
The research report contains results of an in-depth treatment study conducted on waters from 13 water and wastewater treatment plants in the United States.