Anecto was named the supplier of the year to the medical technology sector at the Irish Medtech Awards 2017 held in Galway in December. Anecto is an accredited ISO 17025 test laboratory that provides testing, technical support through the product development cycle, compliance guidance, and other technical services to the Medtech industry. The Galway-based test ...
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Smart grid technology could unlock spare capacity for increased electric vehicle use, according to UK Power Networks which is running a trial using existing infrastructure in the hope of avoiding network reinforcement or substation replacement. The project, called Active Response, involves a responsive, automated electricity network that reconfigures itself, moving spare capacity to where the demand ...
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An Intel spokeswoman has stated that last November’s sale of shares by Intel CEO Brian Kzranich was ‘unrelated’ to the discovery of the Spectre and Meltdown flaws in Intel processors. In November Krzanich reported he had sold 245,743 Intel shares and another 644,000 shares by exercising options, leaving him with the bare minimum of 250,000 shares ...
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Panasonic’s EEH-ZA (photo) and EEH-ZC hybrid aluminium electrolytic capacitors are intended to combine the advantages of electrolytic capacitors with those made of solid polymer. “Their resistance against high temperature and vibration makes them ideal for use in specified automotive and industrial applications. In these areas, hybrid capacitors have proved themselves highly universal and reliable components,” said Conrad Business ...
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Pemhex is a self-clinching prevailing torque lock-nut from Penn Engineering, with the integrated nylon insert there to resist screw loosening in service due to vibration and thermal cycling. “The reusable locking element provides the necessary torque resistance to securely grip mating screws and allow for their repeated installation and removal over time,” said Penn. “The ...
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Google has announced security flaws in Intel, AMD and ARM CPUs, exploited by abusing the speculative execution used to increase processing throughput. Three teams have been involved in this white hat hacking activity: Google Project Zero and a multi-agency team behind two papers on the vulnerabilities: ‘Spectre Attacks: Exploiting Speculative Execution‘ and ‘Meltdown‘. According to ...
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IQD has launched the IQXO-610 0, a 32.768kHz clock oscillator with ultra low current draw down to 1µA typical with no load at 3.3V and 1.5μA typical at 5V no load. The IQXO-610 is able to deliver superior stability performance due to compensation of the frequency and temperature characteristics of the 32.768kHz crystal. This allows the ...
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It turns out that Intel, AMD and ARM processors all contain flaws making them vulnerable to hackers. One, specific to Intel, called Meltdown lets hackers bypass the hardware barrier between applications memory, allowing hackers to read a device’s memory and steal passwords. The second, called Spectre, affects Intel, AMD and ARM processors and lets hackers ...
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OmniVision is sampling 24-megapixel (Mp) OV24A sensor family, built on the PureCelPlus stacked die architecture. These are OmniVision’s first 0.9-micron pixel sensors, enabling high-performance rear- and front-facing smartphone cameras with high-resolution images and advanced features. OmniVision’s PureCel Plus stacked die 0.9-micron pixel leverages multiple generations of advanced pixel technologies to match the latest 1.0-micron pixel ...
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Nuance Communications has added new capabilities to its Dragon Drive automotive product. They are: · Multi-modal usage – utilises gaze detection combined with conversational AI to allow drivers to simply look at an object or place outside the vehicle and ask questions or interact. For example, drivers can look at a restaurant and say, “call ...
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