The test engineers from the Swiss company SGS Electrical and Electronics are working on an unusual test subject: a cockpit simulator of a Eurofighter jet aircraft. The simulator was built by Reiser Systemtechnik, and just like any other electrical and electronic product, must keep within the limit values of harmonized EMC standards and show satisfactory immunity to … [Read more...]

Hoping to avoid another tragedy like the 2003 fire that killed 198 people in the Daegu, Korea subway, the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT) has chosen to deploy Firetide Inc.’s wireless infrastructure mesh solution in Seoul’s subway system. In compliance with South Korea’s subway and train radiofrequency regulations to avoid interference from other wireless … [Read more...]

A new Scandinavian study says there doesn’t appear to be a link between heavy cell phone use and cancer in adults. The researchers found that there was “no change” in the incidence of cancer rates between 1998 and 2003, compared with the previous two decades.Learn more from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. … [Read more...]

A partnership between companies like Volkswagen researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU in Chemnitz, Germany, have come up with a way to make holes in press-hardened steel bodywork using electromagnetic pulse technology. Dr. Verena Kräusel, head of department at the IWU said this method was previously used to expand or neck aluminum … [Read more...]