The Chairman of Great Britain’s Health Protection Agency, Sir William Stewart has announced that the Agency’s Board has approved in principle the need for an epidemiological study of possible adverse health effects from high static Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines. He noted, “The exposures to patients and to medical staff from the magnetic fields can be high, and there … [Read more...]
Radio Free Europe Accuses Kazakhstan of Deliberate Interference
Radio Free Europe has issued a statement on a “very disturbing” case that smacks of “deliberate interference” by the Kazakh government , Internet users have been prevented for more than five weeks from accessing the Kazakh-language website of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Access to the Kazakh site was interrupted on April 11 and has continued despite RFE/RL’s repeated … [Read more...]
Indian Plant to Produce Soft Ferrites
DCW (Drangadhra Chemical Works) is now installing a facility for the manufacture of ferrite grade iron oxide from the effluent of the ilmenite plant. The quality of the iron oxide will enable it to be used in the manufacture of soft ferrites, which have wide applications in the electronics industry. The technology employed is the Solvent extraction process, which ensures a high … [Read more...]
National Security Agency Declassifies Report on TEMPEST
On April 29, 2008, the National Security Agency declassified a report titled, "TEMPEST: A Signal Problem--The story of the discovery of various compromising radiations from communications and Comseq equipment." The story begins during World War II when a researcher noticed that every time a Bell Telephone encrypting machine encrypted a letter, a spike appeared on an … [Read more...]
Intertek Announces Support for Earthquake Relief Efforts
Interek, the international test, evaluation, and consulting firm, has announced a donation in excess of one million RNB (renminbi or people’s money) to support relief efforts for the earthquake victims in Sichuan, China. The monies will be split between UNICEF, the Red Cross, and the Red Crescent. Intertek is matching donations of its employees in more than 110 countries where … [Read more...]
In-Flight Cell Phone Ban Approved by Congressional Committee
H.R. 5788 received approval via voice vote by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and can now move on to consideration by the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill would make permanent the long-standing ban on onboard use of cell phones by the Federal Aviation Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. Cell phone calls have long been prohibited … [Read more...]
NTS Approved to Perform Wireless USB Compliance Testing
National Technical Systems Inc. announced that it has been approved by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) as an Independent Test Lab (ITL) to perform testing for products based on the Wireless USB 1.0 Specification.This approval increases the range of USB products NTS has tested over the years, from early USB 1.1 peripherals to current wireless USB peripherals.Visit the NTSweb … [Read more...]
News from 2008 EMC Detroit: Intertek Sponsors Roundtable Discussion on EMC Trends
Internationally-known testing firm Intertek sponsored a roundtable discussion: the Third Annual Broad Spectrum EMC Forum--"What Trends Will Effect You, and What Can You Do About Them?" Moderated by Intertek's Roland Gubisch, the panel included Kurt Fischer of NIST, Lee Hill of Silent Solutions, Derek Walton of LF Research, and Werner Schaefer of Cisco Systems.The remarkably … [Read more...]
Photos from Detroit 2008!!
EMC Austin Style!! www.emc2009.orgSue Kingston, (right) IEEE Event Coordinator, greets attendees at the entrance to the exhibits.Robb Allison, Interference Technology and Hope Mascott, of Intertek, pose for a quick snapshot. TDK Corporation www.tdk.com Schurter www.schurter.com NEC Informatec Systems, Ltd. www.nec-nis.co.jp/en/The Food Court, a convenient place to grab a … [Read more...]
Exhibiters’ Breakfast: Successful Wrap-up and Looking Ahead to Austin
The Annual Exhibitors’ Breakfast kicked off at 8 a.m. on Thursday, August 21 at Detroit’s Cobo Center. A full room listened to the welcome news that the 2008 show attracted 1.676 registered attendees —a figure equal to 99 percent of average attendance for the last five years. Breakfast guest analyzed their experiences from this year’s EMC Symposium and then turned their … [Read more...]
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