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Point Grey has announced the addition of new 3.2 and 5 MP CMOS models to its Grasshopper3 USB3 Vision camera line. The latest Grasshopper3 models feature Sony’s second generation Pregius global shutter CMOS sensors. The IMX250 and IMX252 sensors have smaller pixels (3.45µm) and lower temporal dark noise.

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UK company Arbor Technology has launched the ELIT-2240, a rack-mount box PC for the digital signage market - particularly for passenger information systems. The 19-inch 1U industrial grade PC is based on Intel Core i5/i3 Celeron and Pentium processors in LGA 1155 socket (TDP is under 65W) and supports dual DDR3 LONG-DIMM socket for up to 16GB RAM for exceptional performance and efficiency. As the core of a public transportation central control unit the ELIT-2240 enables users to control and transmit real-t

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Traffic Engineering Research Laboratory (TERL) has approved Image Sensing Systems’ RTMS Sx-300 radar detector to its specification 660.

PTV Group has added mesoscopic simulation to its Vision Traffic Suite with PTV Vissim 8, which offers additional modelling level speeds up simulation by a factor of 50 compared to microscopic simulation.

Sick’s tunnel monitoring technology provides early warning of unsafe visibility and pollution conditions inside road and rail tunnels and ensure the safety of vehicle occupants and tunnel staff. Its VISIC100SF tunnel environment monitor combines visibility measurements, with a range of up to 15km, CO detection of 0- 300ppm (≤3% accuracy) and NO detection of 0-100ppm (≤3% accuracy).

Building on the continued development of the latest cloud-based traffic technology, Siemens has released what it says is an entirely new approach to traffic management, information and control using secure hosted cloud infrastructure, improving reliability and releasing users from owning and maintaining dedicated servers.

TomTom has added the compact Trucker 5000 to its portable navigation device specifically drivers of large vehicles. The device has a 5-inch screen and includes customised routes for specific vehicle type, size, weight, cargo and speed, which is combined with TomTom’s traffic and routing technology to provide ETAs based on vehicle profile and real-time traffic information.