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Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications need standards—and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is taking the lead to make sure that the standards are in place—was the main conclusion from the recent ETSI M2M workshop. Reflecting the enormous potential that is foreseen for M2M applications and technologies, it was the most...

Five partners from industry and academia have joined forces in the Secure Embedded Platform with advanced Process Isolation and Anonymity capabilities (SEPIA) European research project, to define security standards for next generation mobile devices, including high-end cell phones and tablet devices. SEPIA brings together ARM, Brightsight, Giesecke & Devrient...

The Engineering Technology Centre (ETC), specialising in pioneering technology to address global challenges such as health and security, has opened. The ETC, part of the STFC, helps businesses, industry and academia find cost-effective solutions to complex and often unique technical challenges, from accelerator technology for medical applications to custom...

In the growing field of medical microwave ablation procedures, the development of better applicators can overshadow the microwave power generation development and result in the system development work being subcontracted, which can result in large development costs. To provide customers with a complete, fully functional and 60601 approved solution,...

Cellular M2M (machine-to-machine) connections continue to show steady growth, and are expected to exceed 297 million in 2015. In the latest update to ABI Research’s forecasts, the 2009 forecast of about 225 million connections by 2014 has also been raised to 232.5 million. Within this worldwide picture, however, are...

Sioux Valley Energy is deploying Full Spectrum’s FullMAX Mobile Broadband System for its private wide-area mission critical mobile data needs. The FullMAX system, based on the worldwide Mobile WiMAX standard, is used for a variety of energy related mobile workforce management applications, including real-time work order and outage management,...

The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) recently announced the findings of the home appliance industry’s technical evaluation of communications protocols for smart grid enabled home appliances. The results of the evaluation can be found in a newly released Assessment of Communication Standards for Smart Appliances. The results of...

Valpey Fisher Corp. announced the addition of Pillar Marketing Group LLC to its sales force. Pillar Marketing will be the authorized sales representative for all Valpey Fisher product lines in Colorado and Utah. ”Valpey Fisher is committed to supporting our customers throughout the world with local, technical representation like...

IKE Micro and its sister company Bonding Source have moved into a newly refurbished facility, doubling their capacity. The 14,000 square foot IKE Micro facility includes a 3,200 Class 10,000 clean room, ESD flooring in the clean room and SMT areas, a larger material handling area for additional turnkey...

Giga-tronics Inc. announced that it has received orders in excess of $4.8 M to supply microwave test equipment for the automation of production at contract manufacturers in China. The products supplied are part of Giga-tronics' microwave signal switching family. These orders are expected to ship this fiscal year. John...