Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) is utilizing BridgeWave Communication's 80 GHz millimeter wave systems to connect several disparate campus buildings across the Portage shipping canal. BridgeWave's gigabit wireless Ethernet bridges eliminate the network disruptions the campus had struggled with previously, while providing an affordable alternative to … [Read more...]
EMI Shielding in Electric Vehicle Applications
The growing challenge of preventing electromagnetic interference (EMI) is particularly acute in the automotive sector. Cars feature increasing numbers of electronic systems, often in close proximity because of packaging constraints. Information systems such as GPS receivers, entertainment systems such as DVD players, and convenience features such as reversing aid cameras all … [Read more...]
Company Hires New Applications Engineer
AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation has hired Carl Mueller as Applications Engineer for the company's EMI Receiver, Conducted Immunity Systems and test software. Mueller will provide customer support and will also be involved in system development.Mueller comes to AR with more than 20 years of experience in military systems integration and testing. He has worked as Principle System … [Read more...]
Wireless Products Interfere with Emergency Communications in Japan
The government of Japan reported that use of certain foreign-made products are running on radio wave frequencies that do not comply with the regulations established in Japanese law. The wireless devices are causing interference to the local Japanese emergency services, cellular-phone services and other local businesses, such as trucking companies, that all pay to use … [Read more...]
Apple Blocks Cell Phone Radiation App
Apple has blocked an application for the iPhone that tells owners when radiation levels have inched up too high and provides advice on how to counter the potentially damaging effects of phone radiation. The company that invented the app says that its solution gives users the information and tools to avoid mobile phone radiation as much as possible. It works by "mapping" homes … [Read more...]
Air Crews Use Tablets Instead of Flight Bags
Flight bags jammed with maps, performance logs, operations manuals and more are being replaced with tablet computers.Air Mobility Command is taking the lead on tablets, using a variety to help lighten the load of aircrews. No more heavy manuals for maintainers to lug around or mounds of paper for pilots to sift through. The Aeronautical Systems Center’s Engineering Avionics … [Read more...]
Retired Captain Answers Challenge to In-Flight Electronics Rules
In USA Today’s “Ask the Captain” column, a reader challenged in-flight electronics rules, questioning whether electronics with low EMF emissions, such as electronic book readers, cell phones and computers, interfere with in flight instrumentation. The reader points out that American flights with GoGo inflight wireless access points are enabled throughout the flight. From … [Read more...]
Companies to Offer Harmonized International EX Testing Program
TRaC and MET Laboratories have signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding that forms a testing and certification partnership for EX equipment. The partnership builds on both companies’ expertise and complementary strengths, to create a new global EX testing, inspection and certification service for ATEX and Hazloc (hazardous location) equipment. Manufacturers will benefit … [Read more...]
Navy Deal Shields Chesapeake, Va. from Development
The City Council unanimously approved the sale of a conservation easement on land near the Northwest River to the Navy. The sale price was $1.55 million.Development is now prohibited on 640 acres of land near the river, which the city purchased in June for $3.3 million.For the Navy, keeping the land clear of development reduces the possibility of electromagnetic interference … [Read more...]
New Center for Graphene Devices and Systems
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created the MIT/MTL Center for Graphene Devices and Systems (MIT-CG). This interdepartmental center, part of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL), brings together MIT researchers and industrial partners to advance the science and engineering of graphene-based technologies. Work at the new Center will go beyond current … [Read more...]
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