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Listen to this article Rolling stock engineers know that they design brakes to be suitable for the railways on which their trains operate. Signalling engineers know that they design their systems to deliver safe separation between trains. Whilst both disciplines work together with Newton’s laws of motion, there are differences in approach depending on the…
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Listen to this article Rail Engineer issue 204 (Sep/Oct 2023) covered Wi-Fi 7 and explained how it will be the future standard for the final wireless connection between the internet and devices. However, Bluetooth is another wireless technology which is used for the exchange of data between devices over short distances. The latest development in…
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Image: 123RF Britain’s newly established National Energy System Operator (NESO) has been awarded funding for the next phase of its ‘Network Security in a Quantum Future’ project. The project aims to create a risk management tool to assess the quantum threat to energy networks, mapping it to a diverse range of energy system assets and…
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Listen to this article Biodiversity across Great Britain is on a steep downward trajectory. The State of Nature Report 2023 shows that since 1970 UK species have declined by around 19% on average, and nearly one in six species (16.1%) are now threatened with extinction. Counterintuitively perhaps, the land around the country’s 20,000 miles of…
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A plant-based manufacturer has struck a major partnership with Britain’s biggest food wholesaler – just months after its first burgers rolled off the production line. Myco’s “game changing” deal will see Brakes supply the North Yorkshire company’s Hooba range in a move that will dramatically increase the product’s visibility. Created using vertically farmed oyster mushrooms…
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Listen to this article Rail operators often find that they have need for temporary staff, especially at times of great change. Since the award of its contract in 2017, Southwestern Railway (SWR) has ordered new Alstom (née Bombardier) Arterio Class 701 trains and had proposed that they, together with the refurbished Class 442 and the…
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The European Union has launched the “European Rice” campaign, an EU-funded initiative designed to promote the diverse benefits, sustainability, and culinary versatility of European rice, particularly Japonica rice. The short and medium-grain variety constitutes approximately 75% of EU rice production and serves as a staple in Mediterranean cuisine. The campaign aims to increase the global…
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Justin Cody Worden on behalf of What’s New in Electronics TV talks to Hector Montemayor from Mountz at SMTA Guadalajara 2024. [embedded content] WNIE TV is kindly sponsored by Kyzen, EVS International, Viscom, ASYS, Koh Young, Nordson, Arch Systems, and Bimos.
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Advantech, a global leader in industrial IoT, announces updates to its ICR-2000/2400/2500/2600 series of industrial cellular routers. These routers are engineered to provide reliable wireless communication on mobile networks using traditional cellular technologies, with a focus on supporting Category 4 (Cat.4) services on LTE networks. The series also includes models utilizing the 450 MHz band,…
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Company’s wireless connectivity portfolio represents one of the industry’s most extensive selection of Wi-Fi solutions and comprehensive support systems With Industry 4.0, the rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), digitized manufacturing and the age of IoT everything, the demand for wireless connectivity in commercial and industrial applications is growing at an exceptional pace. These applications…
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