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02 Jul 15. C2UK in partnership with Arnouse Digital Devices Corporation, (ADDC) have launched the new Mobyl Cloud Data Centre which was highlighted at the recent CIO Information Symposium in London. The MOD use the symposium to showcase the Defence innovation agenda and demonstrate how they plan to use new technologies and approaches to deliver their vision. The Mobyl Data Centre (MDC) comes equipped with 22 BioDigitalPC ™ Server docking stations along with the hubs to form a cohesive network between a cluster of scalable, low power, credit card sized servers. The MDC can be scaled from one server to 22 complete servers simply by plugging in more BioDigitalPC® modules. This modular approach means that users can accommodate ever changing requirements in the field with a minimum of physical storage. C2UK are the exclusive distributors for the BioDigitalPC™ and Mobyl Data Centre for the
European and Canadian markets. C2UK is a UK-based engineering business specialising in the design, production and integration of bespoke command and control (C2) and Sophisticated Communications Systems. The business has grown dramatically since it was initially formed to support key Government users and programmes, however our ethos and culture remains fixed in that we deliver innovative solutions on time and to cost to our global customer base. The C2UK customer base extends the full spectrum of clients from Military, Special Forces, Police, Emergence Services and Critical Infrastructures.
01 Jul 15. Engineers at Oregon State University have invented a way to fabricate silver, a highly conductive metal, for printed electronics that are produced at room temperature. There may be broad applications in microelectronics, sensors, energy devices, low emissivity coatings and even transparent displays. A patent has been applied for on the technology, which is now available for further commercial development. The findings were reported in Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
Silver has long been considered for the advantages it offers in electronic devices. Because of its conductive properties, it is efficient and also stays cool. But manufacturers have often needed high temperatures in the processes they use to make the devices, adding to their cost and complexity, and making them unsuitable for use on some substrates, such as plastics that might melt or papers that might burn.
This advance may open the door to much wider use of silver and other conductors in electronics applications, researchers said.
“There’s a great deal of interest in printed electronics, because they’re fast, cheap, can be done in small volumes and changed easily,” said Chih-hung Chang, a professor in the OSU College of Engineering. “But the heat needed for most applications of silver nanoparticles has limited their use.”
OSU scientists have solved that problem by using a microreactor to create silver nanoparticles at room temperatures without any protective coating, and then immediately printing them onto almost any substrate with a continuous flow process.
“Because we could now use different substrates such as plastics, glass or even paper, these electronics could be flexible, very inexpensive and stable,” Chang said. “This could be quite important and allow us to use silver in many more types of electronic applications.”
Among those, he said, could be solar cells, printed circuit boards, low-emissivity coatings, or transparent electronics. A microchannel applicator used in the system will allow the creation of smaller, more complex electronics features. This research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and Oregon Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Center, or Oregon BEST.
01 Jul 15. Ipeco Electronics, specialists in the design, development and manufacture of high-reliability power solutions for aerospace a