FARO presents new laser scanner kit

FARO Technologies has developed a Super Mobile Laser Scanner Kit.

“Nearly every application requires a laser scanner to be repositioned in order to get a comprehensive view,” FARO president and CEO Jay Freeland said. “The new Super Mobile Kit makes scanning faster and more productive by enabling our customers to take it anywhere – whether they’re hiking through forests or rough terrain like in civil engineering, tunnels and mines, forensic scenes or archaeological excavations.”

The FARO Laser Scanner LS is a portable, computerized measurement device that scans, digitally recreates and records all of an object or area’s dimensions, creating what looks like a “photograph” on the computer screen – but in 3-D. The captured data can be used to create a digital model for inspection, reverse-engineering, CAD-to-part comparison, factory planning, or investigations for industries ranging from power, process and piping to forensics, surveying and historical preservation.

For more information, please visit www.faro.com

District introduces new online community forum

Brevard Public Schools has introduced a new online “Community Forum” feature on the Brevard Public Schools web site. In addition to the section in which the school district seeks input on specific topics, there is also a public section that enables general discussions to be posted, and ideas for improvement to be submitted. The district will also seek input on ways to improve their web site to ensure our goals of providing timely and effective information and communications are met. The forum will be moderated and screened for appropriateness at all times and can be accessed from the district’s home page.

For more information, please visit www.brevard.k12.fl.us

Social networking offers U.S. vets a way to connect

New social networking website for United States veterans USVetSpace.com launches Vet Connect, a new online live chat feature for use by all veterans, their families, and veteran organizations and charities. USVetSpace.com, recently created and styled after popular social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook by Veterans’ National Radio, provides a virtual space online for US Veterans to send messages and befriend each other, create personal homepages, share photos in digital photo galleries, interact in forums and online clubs, and read current news articles on veterans’ interests. With the addition of Vet Connect live chat, the founders of USVetSpace.com hope to further strengthen unity among the veterans’ groups in America by providing new ways for veterans, their families and organizations to communicate with each other and stay in touch. All facilities on the site are available to members for free. Members may choose to upgrade to paid membership status to support the site’s efforts.

For more information, please visit www.USVetSpace.com

Spring cleaning profit

Snappy Auctions, an e-Bay drop-off franchise, is helping people find value in their unused items and save time in the process. With more than 45,000 categories on eBay, practically anything can sell. Snappy Auctions will accept high-end items that have an expected sale price over $50.

For more information, please visit www.snappyauctions.com and www.snappysalessolutions.com

DoD selects Northrop Grumman for records maintenance

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to provide technical and training support for software maintenance that will simplify records management and provide added security for more than 8,000 users at 63 sites worldwide.

As part of the contract, Northrop Grumman’s Information Technology sector will provide its e.POWER software and Electronic Document Workflow application to help the Defense Contract Management Agency manage department contracts.

“Northrop Grumman’s e.POWER software will provide a high level of efficiency in the management of contract folders,” said Linda Mills, president of Northrop Grumman IT’s Civilian Agencies group. “e.POWER will also enhance the accuracy and quality of the agency’s software applications, reduce operating costs and eliminate administrative delays.”

For more information, please visit www.ngc.com

Intersil regulator reduces noise requirements

Intersil has introduced a 2.5A, wide input voltage synchronous buck regulator that greatly reduces noise and EMI filter requirements through programmable switching frequency and external synchronization. The integrated switching MOSFETs and a thermally enhanced compact 4mm x 4mm QFN package make the ISL8502 an ideal fit for 5V/12Vin space-critical applications.

The regulator features external synchronization capability with master/ slave configuration to enable the user to synchronize up to four ICs out of phase and significantly reduce electromagnetic interference in the design while also providing multiple outputs from the same input rail. The device’s adjustable switching frequency range of 500kHz to 1.2MHz ensures high efficiency and a smaller number of external BOM components. The external compensation provides additional flexibility and enables various choices of passive devices.

For more information, please visit www.intersil.com

Security agency certifies Harris network product

Harris’s new SecNet 54 Secure Wireless Local Area Network product has received Type 1 certification from the National Security Agency’s Commercial COMSEC Evaluation Program. The product is crypto- modernization compliant and can be used in secure communications applications that require up to Top Secret/SCI Level Data. It supports the High Assurance Internet Protocol Interoperability Specification for High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptors.

“This product has been anxiously awaited by the marketplace due to its modularity, versatility, small size, and up to Top Secret wireless and wired communications capabilities at high data rates,” said Dan Pearson, president of the Department of Defense Programs business unit of Harris Corporation’s Government Communications Systems Division.

Harris previously announced that it had been awarded a potential $41 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the NSA to supply SecNet 54 Secure Wireless Local Area Network products and Key Fill Cables to approved customers.

For more information, please visit www.harris.com

Harris introduces advanced Ethernet transport features

Harris Stratex Networks has announced the availability of two major enhancements to its gigabit Ethernet transport features for the Eclipse wireless transmission platform. Physical Port Link Aggregation provides very-high-speed virtual Ethernet circuits, designed to provide higher throughput and greater path resiliency, a breakthrough for many operators planning to deploy new, bandwidth-hungry services. The second innovation, Resilient Wireless Packet Ring protocol, provides redundancy in Ethernet mesh and ring topologies, using Rapid Failure Detection to significantly reduce convergence times to 50 milliseconds or less.

These two new features support resilient, high-speed wireless Ethernet while providing recovery convergence times that dramatically exceed standard Ethernet protection mechanisms.

For more information, please visit www.HarrisStratex.com

AuthenTec introduces new sensor for wireless market

AuthenTec has introduced the new AES1710 biometric fingerprint sensor meets critical performance standards necessary for widespread mobile commerce, security and convenience applications for full-featured phones, and smart phones. This new sensor has been designed into handset models scheduled to be shipping to consumers and enterprise users later this year. Compared to previous sensors, the AES1710 requires significantly less battery power, and runs on a 1.8V platform, which affords lengthy standby times.

For more information, please visit www.authentec.com