Just received the BeagleBoard Foundation Newsletter - the August "Easy AI Edition" - and a case study on building automation caught my eye.

Anders Storm is the new CEO at Swedish digital audio company Dirac. “We are very excited to have Anders join Dirac at this critical moment in the company’s 20-year history,” said Dirac chairman Johan Sedihn. “His deep experience in software, semiconductors and hardware-software engineering, coupled with his C-level leadership record, aligns perfectly with the current and future direction of our ...

Distributor Rutronik has added three surface-mount RTK-enhanced GNSS modules from Unicore to its portfolio. RTK – ‘real time kinematics’ – is a service that increases the accuracy of satellite navigation systems. UM982 GPS L1/L2/L5 BDS B1I/B2I/B3I GLONASS G1/G2 Galileo E1/E5a/E5b QZSS L1/L2/L5 SBAS 16 x 21 x 2.6mm UM980 BDS B1I/B2I/B3I/B1C/B2a/B2b GPS L1/L2/L5 GLONASS L1/L2 Galileo E1/E5a/E5b QZSS L1/L2/L5 SBAS ...

21 years ago NEC introduced a laptop powered by aN internal fuel cell. The fuel cell technology behind the PC was first shown at Nano Tech 2003 in February. NEC’s fuel cell at a glance Average output 14W Maximum output 24W Voltage 12V Cell weight 900g Fuel weight 300g PC+cell weight 2 kg PC size 288x280x40mm Run time 5hour approx ...

The U.S. Space Force has awarded its Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 2 contract. This is for a location in the UK as part of its role as an AUKUS partner. DARC will track objects in the geosynchronous orbit GEO with the aim of protecting critical satellites. A global network of three advanced ground-based sensors, it will be operated ...

Hungarian state-owned energy company MVM Balance has ordered a 4.35MWh 750kW sodium-sulphur battery from NGK for a grid storage demonstration project. Due to be operational in May 2025, it will consist of three shipping-container-sized units, installed at a power station in Litér, Veszprém. “The project will verify the use of grid storage batteries for storing energy during times of surplus ...

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The UK’s A level results were announced last week and showed an increase in STEM subject choices. Entries for maths broke through the 100,000 student entries for the first time this year, with 107,427 students sitting the A level exam. This was up 10.9% compared to 2023 entries. It was also the fastest growing A level subject in 2024 and ...

Wayve, the UK driverless car technology developer, today announced a strategic partnership with Uber. Uber has also agreed to make a strategic investment in Wayve as an extension of the company’s previously announced Series C fundraising round. In the Series C funding round in May, led by Softbank, Nvidia and Microsoft, Wayve raised $1.05 billion. With the additional funding and ...

Four CPU experts from Intel’s Advanced Architecture Development Group (ADDG) have formed a RISC-V startup called AheadComputing. Debbie Marr, Mark Dechene, Jonathan Pearce, and Srikanth Srinivasan, who together have 80+ years of service at Intel, are setting out to create “compelling open specification core IP.” Marr, the CEO, was an Intel Fellow and Chief Architect of the AADG;  Dechene was ...