Broadband Britain has always been a bit of a joke. Nearly 20 years ago Hermann Hauser tore the government off a strip for its tardiness in rolling out broadband and and things are no better today. This is what Hauser said in November 2001: ‘THE GOVERNMENT was bitterly attacked at the Annual Electronics Executive Forum in Maidenhead last week when ...

The Oxford Foundry today announces the four solutions it will support on the OXFO COVID-19 Rapid Solutions Builder.  The four solutions are: Healthcare stream.  My110: A saliva-test for COVID-19, which is easier and non-invasive compared with other means of testing. My110 went through Entrepreneur First and the team has deep diagnostics development knowledge, protein chemistry and nanomedicine expertise. They hope to unlock the ...

An ESA satellite, EDRS-C, has now completed its in-orbit commissioning review and is ready to start service, as part of the European Data Relay System (EDRS). This system, dubbed the “SpaceDataHighway”, helps Earth-observing satellites to transmit large quantities of potentially life-saving data to Europe in near-real time. EDRS-C is the second operational node of the constellation. Launched on 6 August ...

The government has launched a £400,000 funding pot for innovators to design schemes to boost the security of  internet-connected products, Digital Infrastructure Minister Matt Warman announced today. The programme aims to support the development of the market of assurance schemes for the IoT. Assurance schemes demonstrate that a device has undergone independent testing or a robust and accredited self-assessment process. These ...

The Bluetooth SIG has announced a partnership with DiiA, an alliance of companies from the lighting and sensor industries. The aim is to speed the adoption of IoT-enabled commercial lighting. The collaboration, it states, will enable the deployment of certified DALI-2 devices and intelligent D4i luminaires, with qualified Bluetooth mesh intelligent lighting-control networks, bringing together two IoT approaches for commercial ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has allocated its 6GHz spectrum to un-licensed use, opening 5.925 – 7.125GHz for uses such as Wi-Fi in the US. Unlicenced users will share it with licensed utility, public safety and wireless back-haul microwave services, and to protect these there are rules including only allowing low-power indoor operations over the full 1.2GHz. Less restricted (‘standard ...

The UK has come up with a plan to provide alternative sources to China for telecoms, pharmaceuticals and other key supplies. The government has proposed to Washington a plan to form a D10 group of ten democracies – the G7 plus India, Korea and Australia – to create alternative sources of supply of 5G and other goods. Funnelling resources to ...

Osram with LK Technology lit the top of Southeast Asia’s tallest building: 461.5m Landmark 81 in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. More than 12,500 luminaires are apparently involved, with control though Butler S2 DMX engines and a Lighting Control Engine2. “The facade lighting of Landmark 81 is an example of how dynamic illumination can be used to re-define city nightscape,” ...

The 10 largest suppliers of analogue ICs collectively accounted for 62% or $34.2 billion of the $55.2 billion analog IC market in 2019. That was an increase of two points from 60% in 2018, according to data compiled and presented in the April Update to the 2020 McClean Report. The update ranked the top semiconductor companies by sales in several ...

In the last decade, an exciting dynamic is propelling manufacturing towards 3D printing, or additive manufacturing (AM), writes Bill Davis of Siemens Digital Industries Software, discussing the digital twin. From a machining perspective, additive manufacturing enables designers to consolidate components, leading to less expensive parts, superior reliability, increased durability, and creative design. Also, from a smart manufacturing perspective, a comprehensive ...