A transcript of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for the week of July 25, 2016.
Galileo and Japan’s QZSS constellation to be integrated
Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) and the EU’s Galileo constellation could be linked in two to three years if all goes to plan.
Intel and Samsung invest in fast memory start-up
Intel and Samsung have identified a new fast memory access technology and have made venture investments in the company behind it. Western Digital has also invested in US-based Kazan Networks that has closed a $4.5m Series A funding round. The communications interface technology is used to access solid-state drives (SSDs) used in datacentre storage and …
5G could have slow take-up after 2020
If 5G mobile phone services launch in 2020 it is being predicted that there could be 24 million 5G subscriptions worldwide by the end of 2021 for mobile and fixed broadband services, according to Ovum. To put this into perspective, there are over 5 billion mobile phone users today. So this prediction indicates a modest …
Brexit vote could hit manufacturing investment plans
Manufacturers have responded to the shock of the UK’s planned exit from the EU by adopting a “wait-and-see” approach to business planning. If this continues for any length of time there is a risk that the economy be affected, according to Zach Witton, deputy chief economist at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation. “The very sharp pause …
An Abberration
That strange abberation – the smartwatch – is going the way of all flesh. In Q2 2016 3.5 million smartwatches were sold, says IDC. In Q2 2015 5.1 million smartwatches were sold. A y-o-y decline of 32% reinforces what we’ve seen for decades – that the watch is too small a form factor to hold …
Low-profile locking connector for LED lighting
AVX has added a locking plug to its 70-9159 series of low-profile 5A board to board connectors. Part of its ‘Stript’ insulator-less single contact range, the gold-plated beryllium-copper (BeCu) spring contacts have a positive latching mechanism and can absorb a 1mm of tolerance in the x and y direction. Led lighting is one intended application – the …
Computerised Dating
Computer dating is a practice which is a lot older than many people think> Here is a cartoon which appeared 55 years ago in Electronics Weekly in our issue of January 11th 1961:
LED business news: LBL on solar LEDs, Philips financials, Osram and more
Solar LED lighting in developing regions could create 2 million new jobs, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, while Philips Lighting issues its first financial report as a standalone company and Osram expands its automotive business with the acquisition of Novità Technologies.
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