AWS IoT is now available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) region.
WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, April 25, 2016
A transcript of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for April 25, 2016.
Wastewater biogas digester support system launched by Xylem
Xylem has launched the Flygt BIS 1 biogas support system specially adapted for the wall-mounting of submersible mixers in biogas digeters…
Toray acquired Woongjin Chemicals (CSM)
Toray Industries Japan acquired 100 % of the shares from Woongjin Chemicals (CSM) and consolidated the company into Toray group. Toray Membrane Europe is the sales organization for all Toray membrane products in water treatment and process applications.
Are Drones Goiing To Be A Big Deal?
Could drones really be a big deal? Well Intel and Qualcomm certainly seem to think so and a report from Business mIntelligenceg forecasts 19% CAGR for the drone market between 2015 and 2020 with some hefty numbers. They’re talking about a $9 billion market this year. In the US, BI believes that the law will …
AMD Licenses x86 To China
AMD has licensed x86 technology to China. Under a deal with Tianjin Haiguang Advanced Technology Investment Co (THATIC), AMD will set up a joint venture company to make x86-based processors for servers made and sold in China. In return, AMD gets a licensing fee of $293 million plus royalties of which it has already had …
Oombrella bids to be a smarter brolly
Imagine having a smartphone app that would both warn you of impending rain AND alert you to the whereabouts of the brolly you are going to need.
Scottish photonics start-up Optoscribe gets £1.2m funding
Edinburgh-based photonics start-up company Optoscribe has secured £1.2m in venture capital investment to fund its manufacturing plans. Optoscribe was founded in 2010 as a spin out business from Heriot Watt University, and has developed 3D photonic components for use inside communications systems in the datacoms, telecoms and mobile phone markets. The company plans to produce …
MicroPnP IoT platform uses LTC SmartMesh networking IP
VersaSense’s MicroPnP IoT platform, based on Linear Tech’s SmartMesh IP embedded networking, delivers low-cost, zero-configuration wireless sensing and actuation. MicroPnP is an IoT hardware and software platform that reduces the total cost of ownership for sensing and control systems. Its creators say it delivers: Plug-and-play identification of sensors and actuators at 10 million times lower …
Raspberry Pi gets 8Mpixel camera module
Two camera add-ons for the Raspberry Pi 3 now offer 8megapixel resolution. An integrated image sensor also enables the computer board to capture 3280 x 2464 pixel static images. The Raspberry Pi Camera v2 and Raspberry Pi NoIR Camera v2 modules which measure 25mm x 35mm x9mm are available from element14. The v2 cameras have …