By comparison with the snow paralysis which hit North America at the beginning of February, and the conditions endured by much of Northern Europe this last winter, it took only the lightest dusting of snow to bring the UK transport system slipping, sliding and then juddering to a halt in January.
Telvent has been awarded a contract by Saudi Oger Ltd, with the High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh as the end customer, to implement the its SmartMobility Road Suite solution on King Abdullah Road in Saudi Arabia.
Optelecom-NKF has announced the release of its multi-codec Siqura S-60 D-MC decoder and the eight-channel A-80 audio and I/O card.
The Siqura S-60 D-MC can automatically recognise and decompress MPEG2, MPEG4 and H.264 into excellent quality images for analogue viewing with very little latency. Through a user-friendly Web interface, it is possible to configure an array of features, ranging from serial data streams to duplex audio and I/O contacts over IP. With an optional SFP slot option, it is possible t