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EU Commissioner for Research & Innovation praises Marine Energy programme. Major European marine energy conference to hear how a multi-million euro EU-funded initiative has advanced renewable energy development globally. Europe’s drive to develop wave, tidal and offshore-wind energy will be spotlighted at a marine renewable energy conference in Italy next month by MARINET, the Irish-based, […]
Continue ReadingEx-BBC News and Autonomy technologist, Matthew Karas, of MOOC* platform, FutureLearn, is to join language learning start-up, Communicado. [*MOOC – Massive Open Online Course] Karas was hired by FutureLearn as Launch CTO at the beginning of 2013. Following a successful launch earlier this month, he has moved into an advisory role. FutureLearn has entered the […]
Continue ReadingHSR/PRP/PTP interoperability testing was arranged in Lemgo, Germany, on September 22 – 24 as a part of ISPCS 2013. The Plugfest of ISPCS is an opportunity to resolve interoperability issues and demonstrate device and system compatibility. Altogether 7 organizations participated to the testing event: Flexibilis, Hirschmann, Fraunhofer, Kyland, Ruggedcom, Meinberg and SoC-e. The objective was […]
Continue ReadingRotork flow control products have been selected for applications throughout the giant Queensland coal seam gas-to-LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) projects in Australia. To date, Rotork’s international sales network has received orders for more than 5000 valve actuators, embracing electric, electro-hydraulic, pneumatic and gas-over-oil technologies. The three projects – Queensland Curtis LNG, Santos GLNG and Australia […]
Continue ReadingTwitraffic, the innovative traffic app which uses real time input from road users via Twitter to give live traffic information, has launched an update to include journey planning features. As unhappy road users are often the ones taking to social networks to report problems before the official feeds do, Twitraffic selects and applies complex algorithms […]
Continue Readingtelent has been awarded a contract by Network Rail to design, supply and install a new SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system, which will control traction power and distribution across the national network. The fully integrated system will include full voice and data communications that will operate over Network Rail’s fixed transmission network system. […]
Continue Readingtelent has been awarded the RETB (Radio Electronic Token Block) contract for Scotland’s Far North and West Highland Lines by Network Rail to deliver a replacement radio infrastructure. This is to accommodate reallocation of the existing radio frequencies to allow changes to European TV, and allow operational enhancements to the signalling operation. The next generation […]
Continue ReadingNeogen Europe Ltd. has added to its comprehensive range of tests for the seafood industry with the introduction of rapid tests to detect the toxins that cause amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP). Neogen’s new Reveal® 2.0 for ASP detects ASP-causing toxins at a level of 20 parts per million (ppm), and […]
Continue ReadingUK animation innovators Digimania have attracted the creme of the UK’s comedy writers to deliver witty and insightful entertainment clips that are going global over social media. “It’s not scripted” is the latest in a series of comedy coups from Digimania’s production team and their growing stable of leading UK comedians. The spoof panel game […]
Continue ReadingA solid team of experienced digital media pioneers have invented a new concept that will change the way we consume media on board buses and trains in the future. The concept called AiO (All in One) is a suite of software/hardware that enable any user on a train or bus to access rich media such […]
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