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MAHLE’s research into Zero-emissions Vehicle Technology supported by EIB
MAHLE’s research into Zero-emissions Vehicle Technology supported by EIB The European Investment Bank is supporting the research and development of Germany’s fourth-largest automotive supplier MAHLE with a loan of €300 million to accelerate vehicle electrification and the decarbonisation...
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US Climate Bill green lights Cleantech and Digital Twins
US Climate Bill green lights Cleantech and Digital Twins More than 1,000 cleantech companies are expected to be launched or accelerated by the $369 billion ‘climate bill’ element within the new US Inflation Reduction Act. And the biggest slice of that funding is $128 billion in tax credits over the...
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Cenex-LCV and Cenex-CAM announce extensive seminar programme
Cenex-LCV and Cenex-CAM announce extensive seminar programme Ahead of the highly anticipated Cenex-LCV and Cenex-CAM event in September (7th & 8th), organisers Cenex have announced an extensive seminar programme with high calibre speakers set to take to the stage. For the first time since 2019,...
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Waves weather forecasting adopted by UK Offshore Windfarm
Waves weather forecasting adopted by UK Offshore Windfarm One of the UK’s leading machine learning and applied A.I providers to the offshore wind industry, Cognitive Business, has this month announced it has joined forces with Weatherquest to integrate weather forecasts into its industry first WAVES...
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Cincoze rugged Industrial Computers awarded UL Certification
Cincoze rugged Industrial Computers awarded UL Certification As a leading rugged embedded computer brand, Cincoze’s whole product line-up is specifically designed to improve safety. During product design, engineers use Hazard-Based Safety Engineering (HBSE) design principles and material selec...
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Research into termites could lead to new Architected Materials
Research into termites could lead to new Architected Materials Inspired by the way termites build their nests, researchers at Caltech have developed a framework to design new materials that mimic the fundamental rules hidden in nature’s growth patterns. The researchers showed that, using these...
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Graphene investment promises to improve EV Battery performance
Graphene investment promises to improve EV Battery performance Bristol-based Anaphite, which is developing new technology to improve batteries for electric vehicles, has raised just under £1 million from Wealth Club clients under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). The funding was part of Anaphi...
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Sweco spins off Twinfinity BIM Platform
Sweco spins off Twinfinity BIM Platform From 1 October 2022, Sweco will be operating Twinfinity as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sweco AB. The objective is to accelerate development and sales of the product Twinfinity, Sweco’s BIM platform that connects a digital 3D model of a building together with...
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Mecobit Photo Voltaic systems powering Cryptocurrency Mining
Mecobit Photo Voltaic systems powering Cryptocurrency Mining Mecobit Photo voltaic, a firm with an emphasis on high-quality photo voltaics has enhanced their Photo voltaic System for energy cryptocurrency miners and different currency miners. Mecobit Photo voltaic Systems embody a conveyable photo v...
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Allison Transmission wins $6.55m US Army contract for Electric Transmissions
Allison Transmission wins $6.55m US Army contract for Electric Transmissions Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions for tactical wheeled and tracked defense vehicles, and medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, has b...
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Hyliion acquires GE Hydrogen and Fuel Agnostic Generator Technology
Hyliion acquires GE Hydrogen and Fuel Agnostic Generator Technology Hyliion Holdings Corp., a leader in electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 semi-trucks, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a new hydrogen and fuel agnostic capable generator from GE Additive ...
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Scientific breakthrough explores Magnetism at the Microscopic Level
Scientific breakthrough explores Magnetism at the Microscopic Level Atoms in magnetic materials are organized into regions called magnetic domains. Within each domain, the electrons have the same magnetic orientation. This means their spins point in the same direction. “Walls” separate the magnetic...
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New generations and Future Technology
New generations and Future Technology Self-charging electric cars and public transport to space are the top of the future mobility wish list, according to today’s youngsters. Over seven in 10 children aged 6-10 (72 per cent) said self-charging electric cars were an invention they’d like to see, whil...
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DJI releases the Avata Immersive Drone
DJI releases the Avata Immersive Drone DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, today introduces DJI Avata, a transformational new drone that offers an unparalleled experience of immersive flight. DJI Avata creates a new paradigm for first-person view (FPV) drone fl...
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The effect of Embodied Carbon in Sustainable Cities
The effect of Embodied Carbon in Sustainable Cities Cities and urban areas drive economic growth and boost the global GDP. However, the buildings in these settings adversely impact the environment, mainly due to their high levels of embodied carbon (EC). This comes at a time when the climate change...
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SimScale World Cities Day event aims to simulate Climate Resilient Cities
SimScale World Cities Day event aims to simulate Climate Resilient Cities SimScale announces a live event Simulate & Adapt Cities for Climate Resilience in observance of the United Nations World Cities Day. Architects, engineers, and construction professionals focused on sustainability and urban...
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Nextech AR adopts LiDAR for real-world Metaverse Spatial Mapping
Nextech AR adopts LiDAR for real-world Metaverse Spatial Mapping Nextech AR Solutions Corp., a Metaverse Company and leading provider of augmented reality experience technologies and 3D model services has announced that ARway, a no-code spatial computing platform for the real-world metaverse, is no...
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Hyundai invests in BOS Semiconductors start-up
Hyundai invests in BOS Semiconductors start-up Hyundai Motor Group announced today its investment in BOS Semiconductors, a fabless start-up based in Korea that designs system-on-chip (SoC) solutions expecting to collaborate toward semiconductor of future mobility. Established in 2022, BOS Semiconduc...
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Cummins’ Advanced Powertrain combined with Gatik’s Autonomous Driving Tech
Cummins’ Advanced Powertrain combined with Gatik’s Autonomous Driving Tech Gatik announced today that it will collaborate with Cummins Inc. to facilitate the integration of Gatik’s autonomous driving system with Cummins’ advanced powertrain solution in Gatik’s fleet of medium-duty trucks...
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Cepton’s new LiDAR built into headlamps to be featured at IAA Transportation 2022
Cepton’s new LiDAR built into headlamps to be featured at IAA Transportation 2022 Cepton, Inc., a Silicon Valley innovator and leader in high-performance lidar solutions, will showcase a lidar integration solution for automotive headlamps at the upcoming IAA Transportation 2022 conference. The...
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BAE wins $278m contract in US Army CATV competition
BAE wins $278m contract in US Army CATV competition BAE Systems’ Beowulf has won the U.S. Army’s competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program, and the company has received a $278 million contract for production units, spare parts, and contractor logistics support. The win furt...
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Telematics and Connected Technologies can optimise Fleet Operations
Telematics and Connected Technologies can optimise Fleet Operations Fleet downtime can have a huge impact on transport operators, causing delays which can result in dissatisfied passengers. Optimisation of fleet operations can help businesses perform at the optimal level. The Internet of Things (IoT...
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DJI granted C1 EU-type Examination Drone Certification
DJI granted C1 EU-type Examination Drone Certification DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, has been granted the world’s first C1 EU-type examination certificate for drones under the new European Drone Regulation. The C1 certificate for the Mavic 3 series – which...
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New NVIDIA Jetson based embedded system designed for Railway applications
New NVIDIA Jetson based embedded system designed for Railway applications As a Preferred Partner in the NVIDIA® Partner Network, Syslogic is offering AI-assisted embedded computers. The company’s AI Railway computers are the first NVIDIA Jetson-based systems certified and approved for the railway in...
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Generating thickness-independent piezoelectricity in atom-thick materials
Generating thickness-independent piezoelectricity in atom-thick materials There’s still plenty of room at the bottom to generate piezoelectricity. Engineers at Rice University and their colleagues are showing the way. A new study describes the discovery of piezoelectricity — the phenomenon by which...
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New AI Neuromorphic Chip uses fraction of the energy
New AI Neuromorphic Chip uses fraction of the energy An international team of researchers has designed and built a chip that runs computations directly in memory and can run a wide variety of AI applications–all at a fraction of the energy consumed by computing platforms for general-purpose AI compu...
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Extreme Networks introduces first Outdoor Wi-Fi 6E Access Point
Extreme Networks introduces first Outdoor Wi-Fi 6E Access Point Extreme Networks, Inc., a leader in cloud networking, today introduced the Extreme AP5050: the industry’s first outdoor Wi-Fi 6E Outdoor Access Point (AP) optimized for deployment across outdoor venues, building sites and quarries, amon...
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Cyngn white paper examines Autonomous Industrial Vehicles
Cyngn white paper examines Autonomous Industrial Vehicles Cyngn Inc., a developer of innovative autonomous driving software solutions for industrial and commercial applications, announced the release of a white paper that examines the critical role automation is playing across dozens of industries....
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Esri initiative offers free Geospatial Software to Non-profits
Esri initiative offers free Geospatial Software to Non-profits Non-profits are increasingly taking a geographic approach to implementing their plans and ensuring the success of their goals. One non-profit organization recently used geospatial technology to target likely donors as well as identify ar...
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Topcon delivers bespoke Weighing Solution for Senegal Quarry
Topcon delivers bespoke Weighing Solution for Senegal Quarry Every year, three million tonnes of basalt rock, from gravel to riprap, are taken from the Gécamines Quarries in Diack, Senegal, for use in public and maritime work sites. The quarry also produces around 500,000 tonnes of limestone for use...
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Iteris wins Virginia DoT for Connected and Automated Vehicle Initiative
Iteris wins Virginia DoT for Connected and Automated Vehicle Initiative Iteris, Inc., the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a sub-contract by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for connected and a...
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Brigade Electronics CarEYE brings AI Safety features to commercial vehicles
Brigade Electronics CarEYE brings AI Safety features to commercial vehicles Brigade Electronics, a leading provider of vehicles safety systems, has launched a new artificial intelligent vehicle safety system to the UK market. CarEYE® Safety Angle Turning Assistant from EYYES GmbH has been offered by...
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Hyundai launches Boston Dynamics AI Institute
Hyundai launches Boston Dynamics AI Institute Hyundai Motor Group today announced the launch of Boston Dynamics AI Institute, with the goal of making fundamental advances in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and intelligent machines. The Group and Boston Dynamics will make an initial investment...
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Meet Xiaomi’s CyberOne Humanoid Robot
Meet Xiaomi’s CyberOne Humanoid Robot CyberOne, Xiaomi’s first humanoid robot, debuted at the company’s new product launch event in Beijing on August 11, alongside other innovative products. As the newest member of Xiaomi’s Cyber series, joining last year’s quadruped ro...
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New MIT method boosts Wind Farm output without new equipment
New MIT method boosts Wind Farm output without new equipment Virtually all wind turbines, which produce more than 5 percent of the world’s electricity, are controlled as if they were individual, free-standing units. In fact, the vast majority are part of larger wind farm installations involving doze...
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AI and Digital Twins could lower Nuclear Energy Costs
AI and Digital Twins could lower Nuclear Energy Costs Nuclear power plants provide large amounts of electricity without releasing planet-warming pollution. But the expense of running these plants has made it difficult for them to stay open. If nuclear is to play a role in the U.S. clean energy econo...
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University of Pittsburgh boasts giant Gefertec arc605 3D Metal Printer
University of Pittsburgh boasts giant Gefertec arc605 3D Metal Printer Tucked away in the sub-basement of Pitt’s Benedum Hall, past the racecar parts spilling into hallways, you’ll find a giant machine that looks like a cross between a car garage and the entry port of a sci-fi spaceship. It’s a stat...
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Porsche and Pixar unveil 911 Sally Special for a charity auction sale
Porsche unveils the 911 Sally Special supported by Pixar for a charity auction sale Porsche and Pixar Animation Studios have unveiled a very special Porsche inspired by one of the most popular 911s: Sally Carrera, the famous car from Disney and Pixar’s animated film Cars. Like Sally Carrera, the 911...
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Chery embarks on a new Energy and Intelligent Network
Chery embarks on a new Energy and Intelligent Network So far, Electric Vehicle manufacturer Chery has established a research and development system covering six research and development centres in North America, Europe and Shanghai. It has applied more than 23,000 patents and authorized more than 14...
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New York DMV awards Iteris SaaS contract for Statewide Commercial Vehicle Operations
New York DMV awards Iteris SaaS contract for Statewide Commercial Vehicle Operations Iteris, Inc., the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a new contract by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles for Ite...
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GMC introduces the 2023 Canyon AT4X off-road midsize Pickup Truck
GMC introduces the 2023 Canyon AT4X off-road midsize Pickup Truck The official vehicle of nowhere is here: the 2023 GMC Canyon midsize truck. Boasting a fully redesigned exterior with a standard factory lift and widened track across the line-up, a new premium suite of advanced technology and an all-...
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MIT 3D Programmable Materials can sense their own movements
MIT 3D Programmable Materials can sense their own movements MIT researchers have developed a method for 3D printing materials with tunable mechanical properties, which can sense how they are moving and interacting with the environment. The researchers create these sensing structures using just one m...
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Mathematicians improve 5G reliability for Vehicular Networks
Mathematicians improve 5G reliability for Vehicular Networks Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RUDN) mathematicians in collaboration with scientists from Egypt have improved the 5G protocol for communication between cars or between a car and a road. The new scheme allowed increasing the reliabi...
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REE debuts P7-B Electric Class 3 Delivery Truck
REE debuts P7-B Electric Class 3 Delivery Truck REE Automotive Ltd., an automotive technology company and provider of electric vehicle (EV) platforms, today announced P7-B, a class 3 delivery truck built on a P7 cab chassis, following intensive customer evaluations at REE’s UK Engineering Centre. Th...
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Teledyne Thermal Technology helps Electrical Inspections for Oil and Gas Industry
Teledyne Thermal Technology helps Electrical Inspections for Oil and Gas Industry When electrical connections and components break down unexpectedly, the result may be unplanned downtime, costly repairs, and production loss. There’s also an increased risk of fire due to electrical short-circuits or...
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EPC 35A GaN ePower Stage IC boosts power and simplifies design
EPC 35A GaN ePower Stage IC boosts power and simplifies design EPC announces the introduction of a 100 V, 35 A integrated circuit designed for 48 V DC-DC conversion used in high-density computing applications and in 48 V BLDC motor drives for e-mobility, robotics, and drones. The EPC23102 eGaN IC is...
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Researchers explore creating a resilient Power Grid in Puerto Rico
Researchers explore creating a resilient Power Grid in Puerto Rico When Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm with 155-mph winds, made a direct hit on Puerto Rico in 2017, it ravaged the island’s power grid and caused the longest blackout in U.S. history. Maria left many residents without power...
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Scientists uncover how rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Batteries work
Scientists uncover how rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Batteries work While scientists have hoped that rechargeable zinc-manganese dioxide batteries could be developed into a viable alternative for grid storage applications, engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago and their colleagues identified t...
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The hidden dangers of Electric Vehicle battery fires
The hidden dangers of Electric Vehicle battery fires Like a fire in a wall, fires in electric vehicle (EV) batteries burn unseen. Firefighters can squelch the visible flames in an EV fire, but chemicals inside the battery continue to burn because firefighters cannot reach the source. Researchers at...
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Drone performance improved by Anemometer research
Drone performance improved by Anemometer research Engineers have designed and successfully tested a more efficient wind sensor for use on drones, balloons and other autonomous aircraft. These wind sensors – called anemometers – are used to monitor wind speed and direction. As demand for autonomous a...
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Digital models unlocking South Africa’s clean energy future
Digital models unlocking South Africa’s clean energy future The economy of Southern Africa is rapidly developing, driving a growing demand for electricity. Efficiently meeting this demand will require balancing social, economic, geographic, technological and environmental considerations. Resea...
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Sandia testing cutting-edge Brayton Cycle technology to power the local grid
Sandia testing cutting-edge Brayton Cycle technology to power the local grid For the first time, Sandia National Laboratories researchers delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid. The system uses heated supercritical carbon...
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Self-healing Automotive Coating could allow scratches to disappear in sunlight
Self-healing Automotive Coating could allow scratches to disappear in sunlight A transparent protective coating material that can be self-healed in 30 minutes when exposed to sunlight has been developed. Excellent durability of automotive coatings is the most important issue in protecting a vehicle...
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US Public Safety Agencies rely on Motorola rugged APX NEXT Smart Radios
US Public Safety Agencies rely on Motorola rugged APX NEXT Smart Radios As the nature of public safety work and technology become more complex, there is a growing need for radios that provide both mission-critical voice communications, as well as advanced data-sharing capabilities. The Motorola Solu...
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OMNIVISION 50MP Smartphone Image Sensor delivers low-light dynamic video
OMNIVISION 50MP Smartphone Image Sensor delivers low-light dynamic video OMNIVISION, a leading global developer of semiconductor solutions, including advanced digital imaging, analogue and touch & display technology, announced today the OV50E image sensor, providing the industry’s best low light...
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FedEx pilots Ford E-Transit Vans in various road and weather conditions
FedEx pilots Ford E-Transit Vans in various road and weather conditions FedEx Office in collaboration with Ford Pro, announced it is piloting ten Ford E-Transit vans across its FedEx SameDay City network. The pilot is part of the goal to transition its entire pickup and delivery fleet to zero tailpi...
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Renesas RZ/N2L MPU simplify Network functionality in Industrial Equipment
Renesas RZ/N2L MPU simplify Network functionality in Industrial Equipment Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the RZ/N2L microprocessor units (MPUs) for Industrial Ethernet communication that make it easy to add network functionali...
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Lightning eMotors launches Lightning Insights Telematics and Charger Software
Lightning eMotors launches Lightning Insights Telematics and Charger Software Lightning eMotors, a leading provider of medium-duty and specialty commercial electric vehicles and charging solutions for fleets, announced today the launch of Lightning Insights™, a significant extension of its st...
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viAct announces strategic partnership with Innocom in Singapore
viAct announces strategic partnership with Innocom in Singapore viAct and Innocom Technologies Pte Ltd., have entered into a strategic partnership to meet the ever increasing demand in Singapore Construction Industry for solutions to improve safety and productivity and in turn make the sector more s...
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The Future of Digital Roads in the UK
The Future of Digital Roads in the UK Technology is becoming a big talking point when buying a car. This ranges from parking assistance that helps guide the car into a space to new plug-in hybrid technologies that many cars such as used mazda cx5 have. But are these digital evolutions only happening...
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Momentum IoT invents Toolie™ Tool and Workforce Activity Tracker
Momentum IoT invents Toolie™ Tool and Workforce Activity Tracker Momentum IoT today launched the Toolie™, a revolutionary tool tracking technology that tracks both equipment and worker productivity. Unlike other tracking products, the Toolie enables managers to visualize employee activ...
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Smart Lighting based on Quantum Dots reproduce daylight more accurately
Smart Lighting based on Quantum Dots reproduce daylight more accurately Researchers have designed smart, colour-controllable white light devices from quantum dots – tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a metre in size – which are more efficient and have better colour saturation than standard...
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How AI Technology is making our Roads Safer
How AI Technology is making our Roads Safer Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now all around us – on your phone, analysing your financial prospects, and selecting what films to recommend on Netflix. It’s still early days in AI’s journey to make the same changes to our streets, but progress is be...
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Japanese researchers study how roads affect the development of cities
Japanese researchers study how roads affect the development of cities The phrase “All roads lead to Rome” captures in five words how important roads are for important cities. Yet, when we think of what made some towns last and grow and others shrink and be forgotten, we often think first of cultural...
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Cenex-LCV and Cenex-CAM announce headline speakers
Cenex-LCV and Cenex-CAM announce headline speakers Cenex, the organisers of the UK’s leading low carbon vehicle event, has officially announced the headline speakers ahead of this year’s Cenex-LCV and Cenex-CAM. Incorporating high calibre delegates from both UK and globally renowned organisations, t...
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Tread Audio System from Garmin amplifies off-road audio experience
Tread Audio System from Garmin amplifies off-road audio experience Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., today announced the all-in-one Tread® Audio System with LED Controller featuring audio sources for AM/FM, AUX and Bluetooth® technology. Designed to withstand the rigors of any off-ro...
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