The Power of Ten – Rules for Developing Safety Critical Code
NASA sets a good quality example on how to write code up to their standards. http://spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/P10.pdf
Future Energy Challenge
Good news, one of the projects we have been working on over the last few years, the FASTEC START motor starter, has been accepted as a semifinalist in the 2013 Future Energy competition by the Ultra Light Startups community based in the USA. If accepted, by your votes, we are able to present our project[…]
Wireless Charging Technology by Auckland University Professors
Nikola Tesla introduced the idea of wireless power transfer back in 1891. This idea has since been developed as a proof of concept using an electric bus by researchers at the University of California. The latest research is being carried out at Auckland University with on-going designs of wireless charging. One of the designs delivers[…]
Toyota’s Killer Firmware
– Bad design and its consequences On Thursday October 24, 2013, an Oklahoma court ruled against Toyota in a case of unintended acceleration that lead to the death of one the occupants. Central to the trial was the Engine Control Module’s (ECM) firmware. Michael Barr, CTO and co-founder of Barr Group, as a primary expert witness for the plaintiffs,[…]
Mystery Creek Field Days
Mystery Creek Fieldays in Hamilton, New Zealand brought a record number of visitors over the week with an estimated 125,000 visitors. The fieldays show cased an array of new products developed for the NZ agricultural sector. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/fieldays/8803011/Record-sales-turnout-make-Fieldays-success
Electric car owner arrested for stealing $0.05 worth of power from school
This story is as ridiculous as it sounds, but it is true: The owner of an electric vehicle was recently arrested by police in Georgia for “stealing” electricity from a school where he plugged in his car. The police performed an actual investigation after this matter was formally reported. http://www.electronicproducts.com/Power…_school.aspx This shows that Electric Vehicles[…]