The company’s Contract Services Group is celebrating 20 years without a recordable, lost-time accident at its Litchfield, Ill. facility.
Canadian city of Prince Albert declares state of emergency following oil spill
The city shut its drinking water intakes on the North Saskatchewan River last week to protect residents from the spill, which is threatening the drinking water supply.
Amazon testing delivery drones in UK
The CAA has given Amazon exceptions from rules around the operation of drones in certain areas. It will be able to test drones which are out of sight of an operator. It will be able to trial sense and avoid technology. It will be able to have one pilot control multiple drones. Amazon is developing …
Managing Wi-Fi connections from within your app for IoT
Just to quickly flag an interesting article about programmatically managing the Wi-Fi connections used by your app. And yes, the IoT word is involved.
ams buys optical sensor firm in Germany
Austrian sensor and analogue IC manufacturer ams has acquired spectral sensing systems specialist MAZeT for an undisclosed amount in cash. Germany-based MAZet’s capabilities in IC and filter design and software system development are used in industrial and medical. Its sensors being used in applications including airplane interior lighting, agricultural sensors, and medical skin lesion analysis. Thomas Riener (pictured), …
Stadium builds global power supply business
Stadium has created an enlarged power supply business by combining its Stadium Power and Stontronics brands. Called Stadium Stontronics, the business which supplies standard and custom power supplies up to 10kW, will operate from Reading in the UK and Hong Kong. It will also have regional design centres in Norwich and Shanghai. The power supply business …
Fujitsu adds sub-threshold ARM microcontroller line
Fujitsu Electronics Europe will now be selling low power microcontrollers from the US-based manufacturer Ambiq Micro. This will see the supplier becoming the exclusive distributor of Ambiq Micro products, which are used in wearables, wireless sensors and IoT applications, in Europe. Ambiq Micro has topped EEMBC’s ultra-low power benchmark for microcontrollers, doubling the previous highest score …
Raspberry Pi becomes vehicle ECU
Electric two-seat pedal cars in Germany are getting an on-board computer thanks to masters student Adrien Hoffet and a Raspberry Pi . The Twike, manufactured by Fine Mobile in Germany, is half-bike and half-electric car for one or two people: it has a 3kW motor (8kW peak), pedals, a lightweight frame, and weather-proof body. Maximum speed …
X-FAB presents First-Time-Right and X-Cite awards
X-FAB Silicon Foundries today announced the first winners of its annual First-Time-Right Award and semi-annual X-Cite Award. iC-Haus GmbH and New Japan Radio each won the First-Time-Right award for mastering significant implementation challenges in developing analogue and mixed-signal ICs that fulfill the target specification at first design iteration. Fabless semiconductor company MinDCet NV won the …
Viva Zapata
You’re having your lunch by the sea in some sunny spot when, out of the corner of your eye, something weird happens. It’s a bloke rising from the sea on two columns of water. That contraption was invented by Franky Zapata, a 38 year-old former professional pilot and three times world jet ski champion. Now …