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Raytheon Announces Successful Testing of Tomahawk Block IV's Communications Advancements

Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy have successfully tested communications advancements to the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile.

From Raytheon Company 28 Feb 2014

NASA's Extreme Weather Monitoring Satellite Carries Ball Aerospace-built GMI Instrument

The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI) successfully launched on NASA's GPM Core Observatory satellite from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan at 1:37 p.m. EST on Feb. 27, 2014. The satellite flew onboard an H-IIA launch vehicle.

28 Feb 2014

TEGAM Awarded Patent on Novel Microwave Bolometer Design

TEGAM, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative RF power measurements, was recently awarded Patent No. 8,610,069, “Coaxial to Dual Co-Planar Waveguide Launcher for Microwave Bolometry.” This patent describes a new way to construct bolometers—a type of microwave power sensor that uses thermistors—that makes them more accurate and easier to assemble.

From TEGAM Inc. 28 Feb 2014

Market Forecast Report on Sensors in Consumer Electronics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "World Forecasts for the Sensors Market in Consumer Electronics to 2020: Touch, Image, Motion, Temperature, Position, Pressure" report to their offering.

28 Feb 2014

New Satellite Launched into Space to Monitor Global Snow and Rainfall

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), thundered into space at 1:37 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 27 (3:37 a.m. JST Friday, Feb. 28) from Japan.

From National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 28 Feb 2014

FDA Clears SafeOp’s EPAD Neuromonitoring Device

SafeOp Surgical, Inc. (“SafeOp”) has received FDA clearance to market its Evoked Potential Assessment Device (EPAD™). The device is portable and intended for use in monitoring neurological status by recording somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) or assessing the neuromuscular junction (NMJ).

27 Feb 2014

Microchip Expands 8-bit PIC Microcontroller Portfolio

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from Embedded World an expansion of its 8-bit PIC® microcontroller (MCU) portfolio, with the peripheral-rich, low pin count PIC16(L)F161X family. These new MCUs expand the offering of Microchip’s Core Independent Peripherals (CIP), which offload timing-critical and core-intensive tasks from the CPU, allowing it to focus on other application tasks.

From Microchip Technology Inc. 27 Feb 2014

Detroit Medical Center Implants Smallest Implantable Cardiac Monitoring Device

The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) announced that it is one of the first hospitals in the world to implant the Medtronic Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) System in a patient, the smallest implantable cardiac monitoring device available.

27 Feb 2014

Small Detector Applications to Fuel Growth of Infrared Detector Technology & Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Executive Summary of Infrared Detectors Technology & Market Trends Report" report to their offering.

27 Feb 2014

Galileo GNSS Receiver on Cadence ConnX DSP IP Cores to be Demonstrated at Mobile World Congress

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, and Galileo Satellite Navigation, Ltd. (GSN), a developer of multi-system Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) products including software receiver technology, today announced that Galileo’s software-based GNSS receiver is now available on Tensilica® ConnX DSP IP cores and is scheduled to be demonstrated at the Cadence booth in hall 6, stand 6L36, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 24-27, 2014.

27 Feb 2014

Maxim Integrated's High-Accuracy Novato Smart Temperature-Transmitter Reference Design with HART Protocol

Factories can now easily, and very accurately, measure and transmit industrial temperatures with the Novato (MAXREFDES16#) reference design, a 4–20mA loop-powered temperature transmitter with the HART® communication protocol from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

26 Feb 2014

Microchip Technology Expands its 8-bit PIC® Microcontroller with PIC12(L)F157X Family

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from Embedded World an expansion of its 8-bit PIC® microcontroller (MCU) portfolio with the PIC12(L)F157X family, which features multiple 16-bit PWMs with an assortment of analog peripherals and serial communications in an 8-pin package.

From Microchip Technology Inc. 26 Feb 2014

Researchers Study the Use of Wireless Sensor Networks for Monitoring and Controlling Irrigation

Managing the quality and quantity of freshwater resources is one of the most serious environmental challenges of the 21st century. Global population growth and increasing urbanization have resulted in increased competition for water resources among domestic, industrial, and agricultural users.

26 Feb 2014

Roper Hospital Offers the Novel ReWalk Exoskeleton Mobility Solution

Roper Rehabilitation Hospital's Center for Spinal Cord Injury is the first program in the state and one of only 22 other facilities nationally to offer the innovative ReWalk exoskeleton technology. This technology will allow Roper to conduct research with qualifying people with spinal cord injuries.

26 Feb 2014

OmniVision's Image Sensors Offer High-Performance Imaging Functionality to Google’s Project Tango

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced that it is working with Google's Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) team to develop ground-breaking vision-based mobile devices, capable of tracking and mapping environments and motion in 3D.

From OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 26 Feb 2014