[ad_1] A strategic technology trend is one with substantial disruptive potential that is just beginning to break out of an emerging state into broader impact and use or which are rapidly growing trends with a high degree of volatility reaching tipping points over the next five years, according to Gartner. 1/10 Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligenceRead more about Top 10 Technology Trends for 2017[…]

[ad_1] GB Patent Number: GB2530769Granted to: Asda Stores Limited There is a big buzz around wearable tech innovation at the moment and many disparate paths are being followed to find the killer application. One early concept which achieved notoriety was Google Glass. Launched in a flurry of excitement, interest has since fizzled out and moreRead more about Electronics patent of the month: Smart glasses reading dynamic price info[…]

[ad_1] It’s easy to see the seductive pleasure of driving today. In a world of touchscreens and digital devices, the sheer mechanical joy of controlling a car feels like an increasingly rare occurrence.  From the tactile feeling you get as the clutch engages with the transmission, to the hum of an engine filled with perfectlyRead more about In a world of driverless cars the racetrack will be a driver's oasis[…]

[ad_1] EMC² – Embedded Multicore systems for Mixed Criticality applications in dynamic and changeable real-time environments – is a €94 million project involving around 800 man-years of effort with 101 partners from 16 European countries. The objective of EMC² has been to establish multicore technology in a diverse range of embedded systems domains by findingRead more about Artemis EMC2 platform in public domain[…]

[ad_1] Getting it in well ahead of Computex 2017 festivities in Taipei, Taiwan starting May 30, Acer has unveiled its next affordable gaming laptop, the Acer Nitro 5. If you’re confused by the string of words “affordable gaming laptop,” just look to winners like the Dell Inspiron 15 Gaming. Likewise, Acer’s Nitro 5 is aRead more about Acer’s new Nitro 5 is its next mobile PC gaming machine for the masses[…]

[ad_1] “For a long time we focused on making additional things possible with LabVIEW, rather than furthering the goal of helping engineers automate measurements quickly and easily,” said NI co-founder Jeff Kodosky. “Now we are squarely addressing this with the introduction of LabView NXG. Common applications can use a simple configuration-based approach, while more complexRead more about LabView re-vamp entices non-programmers[…]

[ad_1] Drones might be getting smaller and more affordable than ever, but few have yet to hit the honest-to-goodness mainstream audience. To that end, DJI is putting a big bet on its smallest and easiest to control drone yet with the Spark. Although the DJI Spark comes with a controller, you practically don’t need it,Read more about DJI Spark is a mini drone everyone can fly[…]

[ad_1] ‘Zero stack’ design means that they can be inserted in a rack with no space in between, and four of them can be paralleled to produce 20kW. “They could go higher, but customers are usually looking for water cooling above 20kW,” marketing director Martin Southam told Electronics Weekly. “We believe we have 33% betterRead more about 1U rack PSU delivers 5kW[…]

[ad_1] Polar has reputation for giving its users tons of useful metrics to stay the path to better health. And its latest product, the Polar A370, looks to do just that in addition to being the company’s best looking wearable to date. The A370 is going straight for the Fitbit crowd with a design that’sRead more about The Polar A370 takes on Fitbit in more ways than one[…]

[ad_1] In 2016, start-ups in the region raised €177 million – not much compared to Europe and Israel’s €4.5 billion of VC investment last year – but significantly up on 2012’s CEE VC investment of €15 million. A catalyst forbCEE VC investment is its large proportion of maths and science graduates. Poland, Estonia and RomaniaRead more about CEE VC funding soars[…]