Industrial semiconductor market set to boom
The industrial semiconductor market will post a 9,7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next several years as revenue rises from $34,8-billion in 2013 to $55,2-billion in 2018. This is according to IHS, the leading global source of critical information and...FastNet joins LoRa Alliance
FastNet has joined the LoRa Alliance – an organisation aimed at standardising low power WANs (LPWANs) for global deployment, to boost machine-to-machine industrial applications and the Internet of Things (IoT). The LoRa Alliance made its official global debut at...Smart machines need ethical programming
CIOs must start considering how to develop ethical programming for smart machines, according to Gartner. Realising the potential of smart machines — and ensuring successful outcomes for the businesses that rely on them — will hinge on how trusted smart machines are...
Moon meteor strike found
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) acquired images of the lunar surface before and after the largest recorded explosion occurred on the surface. On 17 March, 2013, an object the size of a small boulder hit the surface in Mare Imbrium and exploded in a flash of light nearly 10 times as bright as anything ever recorded before. This bright flash was recorded by researchers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre in Huntsville.