Drone radar database made public for UAV hunters

A database of drone radar cross sections has been made public to help those developing countermeasures. ‘We measured drone radar cross sections at multiple 26-40GHz millimetre-wave frequencies to better understand how drones can be detected, and to investigate the difference between drone models and materials in terms of scattering radio signals,” said researcher Vasilii Semkin ...

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UK-RAS launches creative competitions to spur early interest in robotics

For this year’s UK Robotics Week, UK-RAS has launched two creative competitions based around drawing and story-writing. The contests are open to key stage 1 & 2 children respectively, and prizes including programmable robot kits and experiment kits are up for grabs. For the “Draw a robot” competition, children in key stage 1 (five to ...

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Rutronik and Laser Components sign global distribution agreement

Rutronik has entered into a global distribution agreement with German optoelectronics firm Laser Components encompassing all of the manufacturer’s products. Laser Components’ product range includes photodiodes, IR components, lasers, laser modules, fibre optics, and optical components. These products are used in industrial applications, primarily for positioning and marking in the medical, industrial, and laser systems ...

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Industrial PCs get Gen 9 and Xeon E processors

Kontron has upgraded its KISS V3 family of industrial rack-mount PCs, moving to 9th Gen Intel Core i7/i5/i3 or 2nd Gen Xeon E processors with up to eight cores on a FCLGA1151 socket with C246 chipset. Called KISS V3 CFL, they come in 1U, 2U and 4U formats. “Thanks to their resistance to high temperatures as ...

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Oxford University develops rapid, simple coronavirus test.

Oxford University’s Engineering Science Department and the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) have developed a rapid testing technology for the corona virus. The new test is much faster and does not need a complicated instrument.  Previous viral RNA tests took 1.5 to 2 hours to give a result. The research team has developed ...

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Farnell introduces Rohde and Schwarz NGP800 power supplies

Farnell has added Rohde & Schwarz’s NGP800 series of power supplies to its portfolio. The series is made up of five 2- and 4-channel models operating at either 400W or 800W, suited for both bench-top and automated test systems.  They have a 5” touch display that enables synchronising outputs, performing waveform tests and logging data ...

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Abingdon startup has coronavirus vaccine

Four year-old startup Emergex of Abingdon plans to start testing a coronavirus vaccine within two months. In January Emergex raised $11 million in a funding round led by Vickers Ventures. Emergex has an unusual methodology for creating vaccines. Traditionally vaccines are developed using live viruses which need to be grown on a host which can ...

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Renesas RE family adopted as main controller of Casio G-Shock watch

Renesas has announced its RE family controller is the main controller of the Casio G-Shock watch GBD-H1000 with heart rate monitor and GPS functionality. The watch is equipped with an optical sensor that measures heart rate by detecting changes in the blood flow under the skin; a triple sensor that measures compass bearing, barometric pressure/altitude, ...

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Trace and debug for RISC-V IP

SiFive has announced hardware trace and debug for RISC-V processor IP. Called SiFive Insight, it is “industry’s first combined trace and debug solution for the freely-available, open-specification RISC-V ISA”, said SiFive. it is intended to “meet customer demand and expectations for the capability to access, observe, and control products deploying SiFive’s RISC-V Core IP portfolio”. ...

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Cotonavirus pushing up DRAM and SSD ASPs

Q2 server DRAM ASPs will rise 20% q-o-q and Q2 SSD prices will rise 10-15% q-o-q, says DRAMeXchange. Driving DRAM demand are the US JEDI contract and the demand for teleworking services. Supply of server DRAM is now tight and inventory levels at both suppliers and customers are low. The demand for teleworking and cloud ...

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