Here are the top ten most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com in the last week, with Andy Grove, node number naming, synaptic processors, Ikea LED bulbs, Graphene-based epoxy, and ST leadership all figuring prominently… Taking it in reverse order as always: 10. High-temperature superconductivity yields another secret 9. Fairy Land 8. Ikea’s great bulb: 1,800 lm and 90CRI 7. IBM …
Daintree continues to expand the ecosystem around its SSL control platform
LG Innotek has added to its portfolio of ZigBee-enabled products based on Daintree technology and Samsung had announced compatibility with the Daintree platform after announcing a Smart Lighting Module at L+B.
Amazon RDS now supports January PSU patches, improved custom Oracle directories and read privileges support
You can now launch new Oracle 12c and 11g database versions “11.2.0.4v7”, “12.1.0.1.v4” and “12.1.0.2.v3” that include the January 2016 Oracle Patch Set Updates (PSU). In new versions, we also increased the limit on number of custom Oracle directories to 10,000 and enabled re-granting of read privileges on Oracle dump directories.
Cluster view for Amazon Aurora in RDS console
You can now view Amazon Aurora clusters on the RDS console. Managing multiple clusters in your fleet is easier as the cluster view allows you to modify and delete clusters as well as manage the Aurora instances on them. For more information on the cluster view and APIs, read the Amazon Aurora User Guide . To know more about Amazon Aurora, visit our product page.
John Collins appointed CEO of JCM Industries
Collins has been promoted from Chief Operating Officer to the position of Chief Executive Officer.
No drought relief yet, despite strong Sierra snowpack
The manual snow survey revealed a water content of 97% of historical average — a strong showing, but not strong enough to significantly alleviate the water deficits of the past four years of drought.
National water conservation challenge kicks off
The Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation is presented by The Wyland Foundation and Toyota, with support from The Toro Company.
LED headlights score top, and bottom, in US tests
The US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) have assessed headlights on 31 ‘mid-sized’ cars and given only one of them a ‘good’ rating – a Toyota Prius with LED headlights. 82 cars were tested over all as some were tried with more than one headlight option. The rest were: ‘good’ (1 car) acceptable (11), …
Glasgow researchers build “smartphone” gravity meter to measure volcanos
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have created a very low cost gravity meter which could be used to monitor volcanic activity using commercial MEMS device technology found as accelerometers in smartphones. The result they says is a sensitive detector capable of measuring minute changes in gravity, and at significantly lower cost than a traditional …
Glasgow researchers build “smartphone” gravity meter to measure volcanos
Measure the accuracy of Andy’s Android-friendly frequency counter
Head over to Andy Workshop for a wealth of Gadget Master material, including how he built his own frequency counter (originally looking for a simple tool for another project, he was side-tracked into building one himself). Thus began the “Nanocounter” (see right). “I somehow managed to persuade myself that it’d be a fun and educational project …
Measure the accuracy of Andy’s Android-friendly frequency counter