AWS has expanded its HIPAA compliance program to include AWS Snowball. With the addition of Snowball, you can now transfer large amounts of data, including Protected Health Information (PHI), into and out of AWS in a secure and cost-effective manner. Snowball addresses common challenges with large-scale data transfers, such as high network costs, long transfer times, and security concerns. Using Snowball to migrate data to AWS is a simple first step towards leveraging a full suite of HIPAA-eligible, cloud-based services for data lifecycle management, such as S3, Glacier, database services, and a managed Big Data platform. Read our whitepaper to learn more on how to configure AWS services to support your HIPAA applications. 

We are excited to announce a new edge location in Tokyo, Japan for Amazon CloudFront. This is the third edge location for Tokyo and fourth in Japan which brings the total number of worldwide edge locations to 64. 

Amazon Kinesis Streams enables you to build custom applications that process or analyze streaming data for specialized needs. We have added new functionality to the Amazon Kinesis Streams management console and made it easier to use. You can now choose a custom data retention period between 1 to 7 days for your streams, and enable shard level Amazon CloudWatch metrics using the console. The console also now has a simpler user interface. For example, you can create a new stream in just one step and get started with Amazon Kinesis Streams in minutes. For more information, see the Amazon Kinesis Streams developer guide . 

New feed spacer study utilizes X-ray computed tomography (CT) scans to obtain accurate three-dimensional (3D) geometry representations and simulate performance.

The industrial pretreatment program staff of MWRA’s Toxic Reduction and Control Department was recognized with a 2016 Regional Industrial Pretreatment Program Excellence Award.

Scientists at Imperial College London and DNA Electronics have detected HIV in a drop of blood using a detector that could be built into a USB stick. Results were available in under 30 minutes. “Current tests to detect the amount of virus take at least three days, often longer, and involves sending a blood sample …

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RS Components has signed a distribution agreement with Adafruit, which supplies hardware, tools, equipment and electronics to makers and hobbyists. RS already stocks a number of Adafruit products, and the new deal extends this to the entire line up of current Adafruit products, including its boards and accessories for Raspberry Pi and Arduino. These will …

Read full article: RS goes for maker market with Adafruit deal

A few of the BBC’s rather neat micro:bit computers have ended up with very hot chips – clearly there is a design flaw. Malcolm commented on an early post on this subject and may have put his finger on the issue: The issue is likely latch-up due to a deviation in design from the the …

Read full article: Is this the source of micro:bit’s over-heating issues?

Rohm Semiconductor presented its silicon carbide (SiC) technology at the Hong Kong round of the 2016/17 Formula E electric car racing season – the firm is a sponsor of the Venturi team. “The inverter for season three (pictured) features embedded SiC Schottky diodes, making it 2kg lighter than the inverter for season two. Electric efficiency has …

Read full article: Rohm reveals Formula E technology is SiC

In the early 60s there was a graduate music student at Stanford who became interested in electronic music. In 1972, he invented FM synthesis. Although the technology was first offered to the US organ manufacturer Hammond, it was Yamaha who took an exclusive licence on the technology and became the only supplier of FM synthesiser …

Read full article: Fable: The Company Which Looked A Gift Horse In The Mouth