[ad_1] The new Boeing Avionics unit marks a reversal in its strategy of outsourcing avionics development and aftermarket services to companies such as Honeywell International and Rockwell Collins. It will focus on navigation, flight controls, information systems and other technology with the aim of bringing products to market in the next 10 years, the Chicago-based companyRead more about Boeing sets up in-house electronics team to develop avionics[…]

[ad_1] Though the Pablo Escobar storyline explored in the first two seasons of the Netflix Original series Narcos is officially done and dusted, the first trailer for the its third season seems to indicate that the show won’t be slowing down anytime soon.  Explaining that the drug cartels of Colombia are all about succession, returningRead more about Netflix's crime series Narcos is back with an explosive new season 3 trailer[…]

[ad_1] “The resulting technology can support approximately 330TB per data cartridge, whereas conventional technology can only handle 15TB per data cartridge”, said Sony (see footnote). Behind the announcement is Sony’s lubricated magnetic tape technology with IBM Research Zurich’s newly developed write/read heads, servo control and signal-processing algorithms. Lubricant allows the gap between tape and magneticRead more about Sony and IBM break mag tape record[…]

[ad_1] With over two million apps competing for your attention, it’s easy to get overwhelmed searching the Google Play Store.  To help make sure that search doesn’t end with a dud, Google is now implementing a new system that lends visibility to higher-quality apps on its digital marketplace, according to TechCrunch. That is to say,Read more about Google Play Store is making crash-prone apps harder to find[…]

[ad_1] This summer the IET is offering lots of great networking opportunities for young engineers. Around the world, there are a number of IET social events underway this month, designed for local engineering students, apprentices and professional engineers to meet and network. This includes a chance for students in Melbourne to meet with local employers,Read more about IET events this August – #engineering and technology dates for your diary[…]

[ad_1] OLEA T222 allows automotive processing to be fully deterministic through embedding a Flexible Logic Unit (FLU), with up-to 40 times acceleration, into the control processor architecture to accelerate the processing and control of real-time events. With FLU acceleration, OLEA T222 increases the quality of energy conversion controls to increase safety and achieve ASIL-D forRead more about GloFo launches auto FPCU.[…]

[ad_1] Together with shutter speed and ISO, the aperture setting on your camera is one of the three fundamental elements of exposure. Not only that, but aperture plays an important part in the look and feel of your images, so it’s important to get to grips with it. We’ll look at the aesthetics shortly, butRead more about The A to Z of Photography: Aperture[…]

[ad_1] The Glasgow-based firm, which pioneered the CubeSat, is working with Teledyne e2v and researchers at the University of Birmingham on the project which is funded by Innovate UK, the government’s innovation agency. The aim is to use quantum technology to create ultra-sensitive ‘cold atoms’ which can function in sensors in space. The quantum technologyRead more about Scottish satellite firm proposes Earth sensor using ‘cold atoms’[…]

[ad_1] Update: Fitbit has now confirmed its first smartwatch will launch in time for the holiday shopping season, with a release date likely happening between October – December. It will also feature GPS, water resistance to a depth of 50 meters, and multi-day battery life. It’s no secret that Fitbit is hard at work onRead more about Fitbit smartwatch release date, leaks and rumors[…]

[ad_1] MIT scientists may have found a route to simple molecular qubits that can last for a second. A second is a long time in quantum computing, which struggles with qubits that de-cohere before they can do anything useful. The molecule consists of one atom of sodium and one of potassium. Using this kind ofRead more about MIT qubit lives from more than a second[…]