Ottawa announces $288 million to kickstart design of Arctic patrol ships
HALIFAX, NS – Ottawa's plan to bolster the navy's fleet nudged toward the drawing board Thursday after it signed a contract to design the next generation of Arctic offshore patrol ships, reports Keith Doucette
of The Canadian Press.
MaRS Innovation awarded $15 million to further commercialize Canadian innovation
TORONTO, ON – The ‘Networks of Centres of Excellence’ has awarded MaRS Innovation $14.95 million through its ‘Commercialization and Research’ program in order to further foster commercialization of innovation in Canada.
American fiscal woes stall ‘Beyond the Border’ progress
WASHINGTON - The Canada-U.S. Beyond the Border initiatives haven't exactly been a top priority for the White House since Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama announced a ‘shared vision’ for a border deal two years ago, reports Lee-Anne Goodman of The Canadian Press.
Siemens PLM Software Canada's new president & CEO interviewed
Harting establishes subsidiary in Canada
Wireless handheld infrared thermometer
Omega has introduced the OS530LE-W9 series of handheld infrared thermometers. The unit is suitable for a variety of non-contact temperature measurement applications. The built-in patented laser sighting is switchable between laser dot and circle patterns with the laser beam flashing or continuous. The series measures temperature ranges from -23° to 871°C and offered different optical field of views from close focus to long range. Automation Studio V5.7 offers more productivity, better system specific training
Montreal's Famic Technologies Inc. announces Automation Studio V5.7. Users will find many improvements and additions. The redesigned valve modeling tool enables a most realistic implementation of the real behavior of just about any configuration. The introduction of a one-line diagram editor for electric power systems increases versatility for project of all sizes. The new version also includes better connectivity with external applications such as ERPs and other simulation environments. Vendor specific catalogs are now available including convenient pump configuration tools. Automation Studio 5.7 further supports connectivity with the vendor specific block manifold design software developed by Famic Technologies.
www.automationstudio.com
Guelph gets $24 million solar module manufacturing facility, Canadian Solar to create 500 jobs
Canadian Solar Inc. announced it will establish a $24
million solar module manufacturing facility in Guelph. The facility
will be one of the largest on the continent.
World's largest hydrogen fuel cell generator leaving British Columbia, headed for U.S. (See video!)
It’s the size of a tractor trailer, it’s on wheels
and completely transportable, with the capacity to power a small town.
And now the world’s largest hydrogen fuel cell, one of the world’s
cleanest and greenest sources of energy, will soon be on its way from
Burnaby, B.C., to Eastlake, Ohio for a five year trial run, the first
ever deployment of its kind.
Honda recalls 2003-2004 models, cites ignition interlock mechanism issue
Honda will recall approximately 18,000 Honda Accords,
21,000 Honda Civics and 2,000 Acura 1.7ELs from the 2003 model year,
and approximately 3,000 Honda Elements from the 2003 and 2004 model
years in Canada to prevent a malfunction of the ignition interlock
feature of these vehicles.
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SOUTHINGTON, CT – Motion experts at The Baumer Group began working closely with scholars from the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI Lab) at the University of Zurich In June of 2012 to design and create the first humanoid robot that moves, acts and responds like a human being. Nine months later, "Roboy" was born and introduced to the world at Robots on Tour in Zurich, Switzerland, on March 8, 2013.
