As a spin off from Swiss ETH Zurich University, the Fotokite Pro is the drone that CNN, BBC and many other News media are already using to easily create live aerial video for example to report live when people were queuing to vote at the US election, it is the only drone approved to be used by the FCC because it is tethered. Being tethered allows it to be lighter since it doesn’t fly with a battery, it can fly for an unlimited amount of time getting power through the cable, it’s safe because it is tethered not needing on board GPS, on board computer vision, and more. A live low-latency uncompressed Full HD video downlink enables effective framing and live broadcast using an external HDMI or SDI port. The Fotokite Phi in the consumer version, more compact, lighter and most affordable GoPro-carrying quadcopter yet that was successfully crowdfunded for $249 each at Indiegogo.
Author:
Fotokite Pro drone, tethered autonomous drone with Unlimited flight time, aerial live video
Christophe Arviset, ESA Gaia and Euclid Missions Online Data Sharing
Christophe Arviset is the Head of the Data and Engineering Division at ESA’s European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC). The European Space Agency’s (ESA) current mission Gaia and upcoming one Euclid will generate massive amounts of astronomical data to be made freely available on-line through powerful data management systems. This big data era brings a change of paradigm and associated big challenges for building these missions’ archives. The current use case of “bring the data to the user” is being replaced by the new concept of “bring the user to the data”. This new generation of science archives is transforming into science exploitation and collaborative platforms, where the users can send her/his code to the data, run it on computing and storage services provided directly by the archive (where the data reside), and easily share all this with other scientists they’re collaborating with.
You can watch Christophe Arviset’s keynote at Linaro Connect here:
Ohmatex Smart Clothing with NIRS (Near Infra-Red) and EMG sensors for ESA
Ohmatex of Denmark is an expert in smart textile technology developing products and solutions for integrating electronics into textile. Ohmatex currently has a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a garment with NIRS (Near Infra-Red) and EMG sensors to monitor leg muscle activity during astronaut training. Filmed at the IDTechEx show!
Smart Textiles at the North Carolina State University
Students at the North Carolina State University work on smart clothing, designing interesting dresses, smart clothes, for it to be useful and look good.
Flex (Flextronics) Flexible electronics, wearables, augmented reality
Flex (formerly known as Flextronics) is the world’s second largest global electronics manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturer (ODM) company by revenue, after Foxconn to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Headquartered in Singapore and has manufacturing operations in over 40 countries, totaling approximately 200,000 employees.
TSCH (time synchronized channel hopping) by Dust Networks of Linear Technology
Dust Networks of Linear Technology pioneered time synchronized channel hopping TSCH, in which all motes in the network are synchronized to within a few microseconds. Filmed at the IDTechEx show!
Highly conductive textiles for wearables by the Korea Institute of Material Science
KIMS project group consisting of Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), Jinwoo Textile Co. Ltd., and Alink Co. Ltd. is established for developing industrial production systems of highly conductive textiles and thin films which are applicable to flexible and wearable electronics. Filmed at the IDTechEx show.
Leica 12-60mm on Panasonic GH5 (4K50p sample)
Here’s a new sample I filmed using the Panasonic GH5 ($1998 body-only) with the 12-60 Leica Lens ($998) with Kevin Walker of Panasonic UK featuring some of the top lenses that are available for the Panasonic GH5 among many other lens choices that are available for the micro four thirds standard. These include the new 8-18mm wide angle lens ($1099) that I also filmed a sample and Interview with here, the 42.5mm Leica f1.2 Nocticron lens ($1398) which features advanced sharpness and bokeh for amazing photography, portraits or no-so-wide film making, the Leica 12-60mm (which is the one I film this sample with) and the Lumix 12-35 mark2 lens ($998 http://amzn.to/2pSLxbQ), the last two are ones that feature Panasonic’s Dual IS 2 image stabilization where the sensor and the lens work together for maximum stability for video and photography. The 42.5mm does feature Dual IS 1 which is perhaps not as advanced as the new Dual IS 2, lacking some certain chip or hardware features that enables Dual IS 2. You can download the original 150mbit/s 4K50p camera video file on Google Drive: (I’ll add the Google Drive link here within a few hours as I get the 5GB file uploaded, check back)
Leica 8-18mm on Panasonic GH5 (4K50p sample)
Sample video at 4K50p filmed using the new Panasonic GH5 ($1998 body-only) with the Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH wide-angle lens ($1099), capturing the sound using my new Saramonic UWMIC9 dual UHF wireless lavs to single receiver (first time I use it, hopefully the sound levels are ok) ($399). Using Panasonic GH5’s intelligent auto mode, I am trying to show off some of the quality of this wide angle lens for my style of handheld video-blogging, filming at the Wex Photographic London Lens Show with Kevin Walker of Panasonic UK. Last month, I also filmed with him using the GH5 and the Leica 12-60mm at the Photography Show and I also just filmed a new video with him using the 12-60 Leica lens which I will upload and publish later today, check back for that. This 8-18mm lens doesn’t have Dual IS 2 in-lens image stabilization but the Panasonic GH5 has such good in-sensor stabilization that it can stabilize any lens that you put on it and this angle being so wide, it might need in-lens stabilization to look stable when used for video. The wide angle is useful for wide angle photography for architecture, landscapes, streets, groups of people and more. According to Panasonic, the Leica 8-18mm lens uses a series of low dispersion and aspherical elements to realize sharp and clear imagery with controlled fringing and aberrations, and a Nano Surface Coating also helps to minimize flare and ghosting for increased contrast and color accuracy. The durable metal lens body is splash, dust, and freezeproof and it has their fast 240fps autofocus drive for a hopefully good auto-focus performance. You can download the original 150mbit/s 4K50p camera video file on Google Drive: (I’ll add the Google Drive link here within a few hours as I get the 13.9GB file uploaded, check back)
Cavium ARM Servers M-CORD with NFV, SDN and MEC
Cavium shows a rack of ThunderX ARMv8 servers running the complete virtualized mobile network with Multi-access Edge services live demo. These servers have 96 64-bit ARM cores in each server in dual socket configuration. ARM servers provide much better ecosystems in terms of diversified hardware solutions with scalable and great TCO and performance all running on industry standard kernel distros and virtualization software platforms.
Paneloled M8trix OLED Stage Lighting
Paneloled M8trix is the world’s first OLED stage light featuring 64 OLED panels from LG Display, it is the most eco-friendly light fixture in terms of weight, volume and light output, reaches up to 5500 lumens per M8trix. It is smartly connected and not only for events, it is also usable for architecture, hotel, club, studios, art performances and more. The quality of the M8trix OLED Light provides spectral power distributions closest to sunlight to feel emotionally comfortable under the OLED light. This could be the future of indoor lighting. It has no flickering so it is also good for recording indoor video. It supports high rendering index CRI above 90 so it looks better on camera than standard video light. Ultimately it could be less costly due to less power consumption and a smaller transportation volume.
Here are some videos to show the Panel Oled:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2jJZe2YUY
Distributors and interested parties can contact Paneloled here:
PanelOled ltd
Belaidi Nicolas, CEO
Nicolas@paneloled.com
Phone : +852 67020767
http://paneloled.com
http://facebook.com/m8trix88/
http://twitter.com/Paneloled
http://instagram.com/M8trixOled
SMT Line Tour, USB Type-C Hub, 6-in-1 Colorii PocketHub
This is the SMT Line and testing process for the Colorii PocketHub, with 3 times full function testing for every USB Type-C hub after SMT and DIP. The 1st test is 100% current testing to check out if there is any shortcut on the PCBA, they set 5V on the current equipment and connect the PCBA by Type C port, if the current is above 0.02A, that means the PCBA have circurt problem, then they send it back to production, the 2nd test is 100% full function test of each port, HDMI, SD card, micro-SD card, 2xUSB 3.0A, specially for the USB Type-C fast charge! They test every unit on a Macbook. The 3rd test is after assembly with case, they do the same test of PCBA again (100% for every pieces, full function), to confirm every pieces work perfectly before shipping to the customer. You can also watch my video filmed at the Hong Kong fair featuring the new 10-in-1 Colorii USB Type-C Hub and my Tooling factory tour video.
Distributors can contact Colorii here:
Gennie Peng, Sales Manager
sales@colorii.cc
Mobile: +8615013777080 (wechat/whatsapp)
http://colorii.cc
Factory tour at 6-in-1 Colorii PocketHub USB Type-C Hub with HDMI, SD, MicroSD, 2xUSB3, PD
This is the Colorii PocketHub Tooling factory in Shenzhen China where they make the casings and assembly of the Colorii PocketHub featuring 6-in-1 USB Type-C hub that is great for my Samsung Chromebook Plus, for Apple Macbook, other laptops with USB Type-C ports and for Smartphones also. You can also watch my video filmed at the Hong Kong fair featuring the new 10-in-1 Colorii USB Type-C Hub and my video filmed at the Colorii SMT Line.
Distributors can contact for more information:
sales@colorii.cc
Gennie Peng, Sales Manager
Mobile: +8615013777080 (Wechat/Whatsapp)
http://colorii.cc
10-in-1 Colorii USB Type-C Hub with 4xUSB3, HDMI, VGA, Gigabit Ethernet, SD and MicroSD
Colorii shows its new 10-in-1 USB Type-C hub that comes with a foldable cable, 4x USB 3.0A ports, SD card slot, micro SD card slot, Gigabit Ethernet, perfect for me to use with my Samsung Chromebook Plus, it also supports 1080p dual display when using HDM and VGA at the same time. You can see my videos filmed at Colorii Tooling factory and SMT line.
Distributors can contact Colorii for distribution price here:
Gennie Peng, Sales Manager
sales@colorii.cc
Mobile: +8615013777080 (Wechat/Whatsapp)
http://colorii.cc
Dr John C Taylor OBE FREng unveils the Taylor Centre at Royal Academy of Engineering, London, UK
Interview with John Crawshaw Taylor OBE FREng, British inventor, entrepreneur, horologist, best known for his invention of the Strix bimetallic thermostat controls shipped into more than 2 Billion electric kettles sold worldwide. His inventions used by over 30% of the world’s population, he received 4 Queen’s Awards also in recognition of the over 150 patents in his own name. His company Strix employs 1000 people, holds over 600 patents, and turns over more than £100 million per year.
In this video he unveils the new Taylor Centre at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London UK, named after him in recognition of his donation that enabled the project.
John C Taylor was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to business and horology as in 2008 he unveiled the Corpus Clock Chronophage, installed on the outer wall of the Taylor Library of Corpus Christi College showing the grasshopper escapement, part of a conventional clock mechanism that was invented by John Harrison. All of the Chronophage clocks use this method of telling time, which allows Taylor to explore the concept of relative time as theorised by Albert Einstein, you can watch a video about John C Taylor featuring his inventions, his passions for clocks and aeroplanes here in this video by http://vsitv.net:
$90 Bezel-less 5.5″ Sharp LCD, UMIDIGI Crystal
UMIDIGI shows the cheapest bezel-less phone I have yet found, selling at only $90 in bulk to distributors who order at least 1000 units (if you are a distributor, you can contact them at the contact infos below to enquire about price based on your order quantity). UMIDIGI positionned the phone call speaker hole at the top of the phone (I am not sure if sound quality would be best, I was not able to test it) and the microphone is below the phone on the side. Only shipping HD 720p display for now, but they also plan to have a 6″ version to be called the UMIDIGI Crystal Pro coming as soon as Sharp is providing them with the 6″ display (that one would probably be 1080p).
Distributors can contact UMIDIGI here:
SHenzhen UMIDIGI Technology Co Ltd
Hugo Cui, Business Development Manager
hugo@91umi.com
Mobile: +8613751152650
Skype: hugo-cui
