Good old hactivists. It appears that the Panama Papers were revealed by hackers The head of Mossack Fonseca, Ramon Fonseca, says his firm’s database was hacked. Along with the Bradley Manning and Ed Snowden revelations this must be the one of the most important revelations from hackers. It’s not as though any of these hacks …
Bristol University drones hunt for minefields
University of Bristol scientists are attempting to speed up the detection of landmines using drone-based sensors. The objective to not to detect individual mines, but to cut the time de-mining teams spend probing empty areas – something known as ‘area reduction’ – by accurately finding the edges of minefields. Area reduction is vital because, according …
Why aerospace firms are using 3D printing
One of the most talked about trends in 3D Printing is how major aerospace suppliers are using the manufacturing technology for production parts. Bastian Schaefer of Airbus will describe the design and manufacturing process of the world’s largest 3D printed airplane cabin component at 3D Printing Europe on 27th & 28th April in Berlin. Brian Rosenberger …
Wireless M-Bus evaluation kit targets IoT
Rohm has teamed up with Amiho Technology of Cambridge to develop an sub-GHz radio for wireless M-Bus. Called AE060, it has two nodes based around Amiho’s 18 x 20mm AM060 868MHz Wireless M-Bus radio modem module, which have at their heart Rohm’s Lapis ML7345 radio transceiver. Amiho’s Wireless M-Bus stack and drivers are pre-loaded. “In …
Balls
This week saw the emergence of what was presumed to be an extinct breed – a CEO with balls. Jen-Hsun Huang is heading for the data centre with a 600 sq mil beast of an IC and a system to use it. The combo is designed to deliver Artificial Intelligence – an old aspiration but …
Molex, EnOcean team up to give the wall switch a role in smart lighting
EnOcean’s wireless wall switches will turn on Molex Power-over-Ethernet LED luminaires in smart lighting applications ensuring that legacy controls don’t have to give way completely to computers, gadgets and software.
AWS Config Rules now available in 4 new regions: US West (Oregon), EU (Ireland), EU (Frankfurt) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
AWS Config Rules allow you to create rules that continuously check the configuration of AWS resources recorded by AWS Config, and notifies when resources do not comply with these guidelines. Using the rules dashboard, you can track overall compliance status and troubleshoot specific resource configuration changes that led to noncompliance.
Amazon CloudWatch Logs Available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region
We are happy to announce the immediate availability of Amazon CloudWatch Logs in the AWS China (Beijing) region.
Amazon Redshift is now available in China (Beijing) Region
We are excited to announce that Amazon Redshift is now available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region.
Evoqua Ultrapure Water Technology in use at facility in Rockford, IL.
Facility provides microelectronics customers with the ability to perform operational demonstrations and testing of the advanced Vanox POU system that supports the industry’s manufacturing process.