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This summer will see the launch of a brand new museum, Aerospace Bristol, offering a fascinating insight into Bristol’s aviation history. Featuring the Concorde 216 , the last Concorde to be built and the last to fly when it was landed for the final time at its birthplace at Filton Airfield in 2003, visitors will be able to get...

A range of lighting manufacturers, connected technology companies and industry groups have come together to form a new industry alliance. The IoT-Ready Alliance is aimed at making the installation of Internet of Things technology in luminaires easier for now and in the foreseeable future. It’s currently going through the process of creating new industry standards that can make LED lighting IoT-ready,...

University of Michigan chemists have developed a greener, cheaper way to make single-crystalline semiconductor films, components at the heart of all of our electric gadgetry. Single-crystalline films of inorganic semiconductors are the bedrock of nearly all electronics, including smartphones, computers and solar panels. The fastest integrated circuits feature transistors consisting of germanium films on silicon. But such materials are typically...

Stars of the South West’s aerospace and defence sectors are being encouraged to submit their entries for the West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF) Aerospace Ambassadors Awards, as the deadline fast approaches. Nominations for the awards close on 9 June 2017. Winners will be announced at a celebration dinner taking place on 28 June at Bristol Museum. This is the first...

Top Security News The busy week in cybersecurity included two news items at the federal level, as President Trump kicked off a digital security review and intelligence officials raised concerns about Kaspersky Lab software. Meanwhile, Cisco and Intel issued patches to fix vulnerabilities in major products. And around the cybersecurity industry, Okta, Exabeam and Crowdstrike were among the vendors that...

NEW DELHI: Solar power tariffs in India have plunged to a new low of Rs 2.44 per unit, continuing the free fall in the cost of green energy after Acme Solar Holdings and SBG Cleantech, the joint venture of SoftBank, Foxconn and Bharti Enterprises, won the latest auction for 500 megawatt of projects in Rajasthan. Acme Solar won 200 mw...

The Internet of Things, or IoT—the network of devices connected to the internet and to each other—is growing at an astounding rate. A report by communication tech company Ericsson estimates that by 2022 there will be around eighteen billion Internet of Things devices communicating with each other around the world. This represents an enormous opportunity for businesses looking to...

Lincoln Agritech has unveiled an advanced optical nitrate sensor for groundwater which it says will bring a paradigm shift in New Zealand’s groundwater management. The slim stainless steel device is designed to give real-time data while being cheap and simple enough for widespread deployment. Now at the beta-testing stage, it is hoped to be commercially available by the end of...

Cambashi, an international industry analyst company based in Cambridge, has just completed a research project into the industrial application of the internet of things. The aim was to establish the market’s structure and direction based on interviews with many of the major players, combined with desk research. In this, the first of six articles, Alan Griffiths asks, ‘What’s new about...

In 2008, when AES Energy Storage introduced the world's first grid-scale lithium battery in Bellington, WV, it couldn't do much beyond short-burst frequency regulation and ramping to adjust variable wind speeds. Today, boasting longer duration, battery storage is starting to replace traditional gas peaker plants, while moving into new markets by replacing diesel powered generation on small islands. Last March in the...