The University of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council have until Dec. 1 to work out EMI concerns related to the proposed Central Corridor light-rail line if the $941 million project is to stay on schedule and on budget. The university’s major concern involves protecting sensitive university research equipment that could be disrupted by vibrations and electromagnetic … [Read more...]

The California town of Walnut Creek is finally installing a new traffic signal “adaptive signal timing system” made up of cameras that use an electromagnetic field to monitor the roadway. The new technology, which is being installed nearly two years after securing the money, is the first in the county that will monitor traffic with cameras and automatically adjust the signals … [Read more...]

TÜV SÜD America has announced that Derrick J. Tremblett has been appointed Director of Operations for its subsidiary, TÜV SÜD Canada Inc., located in Guelph, Ontario. He is also responsible for sales and business development for TÜV SÜD America’s NAFTA-wide offices in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. With TÜV SÜD Canada now restructured and under 100 percent ownership of … [Read more...]

Dr. Magda Havas, professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University, Canada, recently presented new evidence showing a link between heart irregularities and electromagnetic fields from wireless phones. Havas` 25-person study is the first phase of a 100-person study examining the heart`s reactivity to microwave radiation emitted by common cordless phones. This … [Read more...]

Navy officers and workers with the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) program recently gathered in wind-driven rain to celebrate completion of the first full-scale catapult, which precedes four shipboard catapults to be installed on the planned aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford in 2015. The $573 million contract to produce the EMALS system was awarded to primary … [Read more...]