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IIT-Guwahati, National Institute of Design- Ahmedabad Students Win Honeywell Aerospace Design Competition

Two students each from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and National Institute of Design (NID) on Tuesday won the India Aerospace Design Challenge organised by Honeywell, an official said. Akhil Patel and Harmeet Singh from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, and Harshika Jain and Salil Parekh from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, were named winners of this...

Dialog Semiconductor Ushers in the Bluetooth 5 Era with Unrivalled Functionality

London, United Kingdom – March 1, 2017 – As the connected devices market enters a new era of connectivity with Bluetooth 5.0, Dialog Semiconductor plc (XETRA:DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth low energy (LE) technology, today announced the next generation in its SmartBond family – DA14586. The all-new...

Ganassi Hondas take top spots at Sebring test

Chip Ganassi Racing and Honda flexed their muscles Tuesday at Sebring, Florida in the final open test before IndyCar's season opener on March 12 at St. Pete. Scott Dixon turned a lap of 51.13s, which was just a couple tenths better than teammate Charlie Kimball's 51.42, who was a tenth better than Max Chilton and Tony Kanaan, who was fourth...

Rohde & Schwarz forges new paths in the monitoring of the battery life of wireless devices

The new R&S RT-ZVC multichannel power probe, in combination with an R&S CMW radio communication tester
The new R&S RT-ZVC multichannel power probe, in combination with an R&S CMW radio communication tester, monitors the power consumption of chipsets, radio modules and mobile devices. It is the only solution available on the market that can correlate battery consumption data with RF signaling events. And it accomplishes this with a measurement resolution of 18 bits, making measurements...

Pay-as-you-go solar and microgrids considered new class of infrastructure investment

Pay-as-you-go solar and microgrids considered new class of infrastructure investment
Andrew Burger of Microgrid Media looks at international developments in solar power. In particular, mini and micro-grids are key for emerging economies. In Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, and more, people are taking advantage of cheap renewables. Some 1.4-2 gigawatts (2GW) of small-scale solar power systems (<1MW) have come online in emerging economies since January 2015, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s...

Mumbai Teen Dropped Out Of School. At 23, He’s A Cyber Security Expert

Trishneet Arora
In a day and age when college cut-offs have sky rocketed and students try their best to achieve the highest possible percentages in school, this success story of a highscool dropout is a must read. A post shared on the Humans of Bombay Facebook page tells the inspiring story of Trishneet Arora who dropped out of school in class...

Microsoft launches Cyber Security Engagement centre in Mexico

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The center will help experts from Mexico work with Microsoft specialists to fight cyber crime. To support government efforts against cyber crime while also helping companies and citizens to be more secure, Microsoft has announced the launch of a cyber security centre in Mexico. The Cyber Security Engagement Centre will serve Mexico and other Latin American countries, Microsoft said. “By opening...

China’s solar megastructure captured on camera from space

China has long been known as a heavy polluter as a result of its rapid industrialization in recent decades, but now it is by far the world’s leading solar energy superpower with some truly impressive honors, including the world’s largest solar farm. The Longyangxia Dam Solar Park in China’s northwestern Qinghai province is officially the world’s biggest solar farm, boasting...

Say goodbye to network cables

Say goodbye to network cables
In today's always-on mobile business world, wireless connections are essential to keeping companies running optimally. However, despite the fact that the use of mobile terminals in the office is continually increasing, peripherals such as scanners, multifunctional printers, dongles, and USB hard drives frequently do not have a wireless interface. Specialist solutions provider Silex has solved this problem. Silex has developed...

Alcatel lights up MWC with its LED phone. Quite Literally.

Alcatel lights up MWC with its LED phone. Quite Literally.
In a move to stand out in the smartphone crowd, Alcatel, the Chinese subsidiary of TCL Corporation just unveiled an interesting smartphone in the form of A5 LED at MWC in Barcelona. What’s exciting about the Alcatel A5 LED is its rear panel which has an arrangement of LEDs that lights up to give you notifications, play games or simply...

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