H2O Innovation has opened a European office in Bilbao, Spain, as part of its aim to expand internationally…
NAWC celebrates Drinking Water Week
The National Association of Water Companies celebraties Drinking Water Week, May 1-7, to recognize the essential role water has in our daily lives.
Fewer pies for antique lamp post?
I came across this in my travels, a delightful and mysterious lamp post. My guess is that is has/had a transformer in the bottom, but I have no real idea. Maybe it was an electricity sub-station, with added lamps. It has a plaque on it. Anyone know why it is like it is?
Ultrahaptics forms research link with Tokyo University
Ultrahaptics, the Bristol mid-air haptics specialist, has joined up with the Shinoda & Makino lab of the University of Tokyo to explore opportunities. Ultrahaptics’ technology allows the user to feel virtual objects without touching them, or wearing any special equipment. Ultrahaptics raised an A round of funding of £10.1m in November 2015. It is supporting …
Imec honours Gordon Moore
Imec has announced that Gordon Moore is the recipient of its lifetime of innovation award which will be presented to on May 24th at Imec’s annual ITF Brussels, the flagship of Imec’s worldwide ITF events. In 1965, Dr. Moore predicted that the number of components on an integrated circuit (IC) would double every year for …
MEMS-based oscillators are tougher than most
Acal BFi has added a range of miniature MEMS timing components to its portfolio of frequency control products with the signing of a franchise agreement with SiTime. SiTime’s MEMS-based silicon oscillators are designed to provide immunity to noise and resistance to shock and vibration. This makes them good alternatives to conventional quartz-based timing components. According …
Multi-band UMTS modem has global radio regulatory approval
Alpha Micro Components is offering a small cellular module supporting 2G and 3G, which has global radio regulatory approval. The SARA-U201 from U-blox is pin and form factor compatible with its other region-specific 2G and 3G variants, such as the 2G SARA-G350, also available through Alpha Micro. Measuring 16 x 26 x 3mm, the 96-pin SARA-U201 …
Comment: Brexit must not reduce research funding
Let us hope that the EU referendum in June does not have implications for the funding of research in the UK’s universities and smaller technology companies. Each year UK institutions get a share of hundreds of millions euros from the many EU research programmes. This EU cash is an important, if not vital, source of …
Sony patents camera contact lens, but….
Sony has applied for a patent** for a contact lens with a built-in camera and display. But, unless I am reading it wrong, in which case I am really sorry, it reads like a boy saying “if I had a staircase a million million miles high I would walk to the moon. I would take …
Osram to light Eurovision Song Contest
Osram will light the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. Around 800 moving heads equipped with “state-of-the-art light sources” from Osram’s subsidiary Clay Paky will be used, said Osram, although it did not say if they were all led-based. Clay Paky also makes arc-based lamps. Contest lighting designer Frederik Jönsson said: “For lighting designers the Eurovision …