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Researchers at Belgium's IMEC research center have unveiled the second generation of the Neuropixels 2.0 brain implant for studying and stimulating brain cell ...

• Sunell products comply with the European NIS2 cyber security directive.
• Satellite signal in IP standard.
• Why cannot UPC and APC fiber optic connectors be combined?
• Update of expansion modules connected to Hikvision IP/2-Wire video door station.
• Basics of IP addressing – part 6 – DNS.

We all generate sizable amounts of high-value data (our histories, medical, industrial, scientific data, etc.). The existing data storage media do not provide ...

• Sunell CMS Software Application Diagrams.
• Signal Fire AI-9 – hardware update.
• Signal's digital HDMI-DVB-T/C modulator.
• Additional reader with keypad in Hikvision modular IP video door entry system.
• Basics of IP addressing – part 5: network ports.

The Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt, in cooperation with Altris, has developed its first sodium-ion battery with a capacity of 160 Wh/kg. The new cell t...

• Sunell monitoring system management software.
• Ultimode G-10G/SFP+ - 10 Gbps media converter.
• Hikvision IP video intercom system in the guesthouse.
• Basics of IP addressing – part 4: network gateway.

3D printing is a domain that has been growing extremely fast recently. The family of materials used for 3D printing continues to expand. While the technology h...

• User management in Sunell IP DVRs.
• Vandal-proof door station in Hikvision IP video door entry system.
• Problem with OTDR measurement? - Check the connector.
• Basics of IP addressing – part 3: network address and host address.

The equipment available on the renewable energy market is undergoing continuous upgrade, which is mainly focused on increasing the efficiency of photovoltaic p...

• How to connect IP camera with PoE to a coaxial cabling?
• Visual fault locator (VFL) – a basic way to check a fiber optic cable.
• SMATV system in a multi-family building.
• Enabling rules in Hikvision IP cameras.
• Basics of IP addressing – part 2.

Boston Dynamics, an engineering and robotics design company that creates robots for the U.S. military, has turned its robot dog Spot into a talking tour guide ...

• Corridor mode in Sunell IP cameras.
• Hotel mode in Signal T2-MINI receivers.
• Device groups in the iVMS-4200 application.
• DDM function in SFP inserts.
• IP addressing – part 1.

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have unveiled a new camera with a resolution of 400,000 pixels that could redefine o...

• Intelligent motion detection in Sunell devices.
• DVB-T2/HEVC terrestrial television in a SMATV system with legacy DVB-T/MPEG-4 standard receivers.
• Reflectance and reflection attenuation of the connector.
• Batch activation of Hikvision network devices and changing their IP addresses with SADP.
• Visibility in wireless networks.

Engineers at MIT intend to produce completely green hydrogen fuel using a new reactor system powered solely by solar energy. Currently, hydrogen is produced by...

• Is it possible to control the third and fourth door in Hikvision IP video door entry system with one door station?
• Verification of fiber macro-bending with the Ultimode OR-20-S3S5-iSMV tester.
• Transmission of DVB-S2X/S2/S satellite signals in single-mode fiber.
• Omada SDN network infrastructure management platform.

Thank you for all the, many works! Congratulations to the winners and honored participants – you have once again proved that such inconspicuous and seemingly c...

• Fibre optic measurement with full reporting.
• DIPOL SMART HORIZON DVB-T2 antenna - reception parameters proven by field tests.
• IP network separation at home.

Aqua Comms, Meta, Microsoft and Vodafone announced the completion of the Amitié undersea cable, which directly connected Boston in the United States with Borde...

• Sunell monitoring system
• Fiber optic categories and designations.
• Coaxial cable and twisted pair cable in B2ca flammability class.
• Antenna cable for LTE/5G routers.

In early September, AST SpaceMobile, a company backed by US multinational telecommunications holding company AT&T, made the first-ever satellite call using 5G ...

• Operation of CCTV cameras by the monitor of Hikvision IP video intercom system.
• Fiber-optic TV system in multifamily buildings.
• Adjustment of the fiber cutter before splicing.

Singauto Technology unveiled in Beijing its first model of a refrigerated truck for transporting food and pharmaceuticals. Building a refrigerated truck with a...

• TERRA TV system in a multi-family building.
• How to terminate fibre optic cables from flats in a multi-family building?
• Twisted pair cable for location where small diameter cabling is required.

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have announced the results of the first tests of an alternative navigation system to GPS which is based on the use of co...

• Signal conversion from HDMI source to coaxial cable.
• The end of the holiday photo contest coming soon!
• New HDMI 4K to IP converter.
• Ultimode G-10G/SFP+ - 10 Gbps media converter.
• Smart Hybrid Light Technology with ColorVu.

These days, the way the Internet is used is changing. Increasingly, users make use of cloud-based services or take advantage of the possibilities offered by ar...

• Setting up a satellite dish with a QUATRO type LNB
• Hikvision EasyIP Lite series of cameras with motion detection 2.0.
• How to expand the system to amplify the GSM signal?
• Coding of fiber optic cables according to DIN/VDE0888.

Researchers at the public Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, have developed a hybrid battery that not only stores and supplies electricity, but also produc...

• SMATV system in a hotel.
• Why multimode fibres?!
• Power outputs in Hikvision modular IP video door stations.

On July 12, 2023, the IEEE organization published the 802.11bb (LiFi) standard, which adds to the 802.11 family of standards a wireless communications techniqu...

• Signal's ST-5155 COMBO-type meter – HEVC 10 Bit decoder.
• WiFi networks in office buildings.
• Best practices: use of color pigtails in fiber optic systems.
• Diagram of video door entry system for one-family house with an additional IP camera.

Researchers from two Turkish universities have created a nano-tattoo that can be applied anywhere on the body (or on other surfaces). Once applied, the device ...

• Take part in the 22nd edition of the photo contest organized by DIPOL.
• Signal T2-MINI DVB-T2 HEVC – ideal solution for hotels.
• Hybrid TV/SAT system.
• Surveillance system using ColorVu cameras from Hikvision's Easy IP 4.0 series.
• Use of outdoor twisted-pair cables.

Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency is looking to place a group of small satellites equipped with solar panels in orbit around the Earth. The satellites woul...

• Installation of TERRA headend.
• IP video surveillance system using bispectral camera.
• Improving LTE signal at home.
• Ultimode OPM-2: a 4-in-1 optical power meter.

In the last week of May 2023, Eutelsat began moving television and radio services from the three old Hot Bird 13B, C and E satellites to the two new-generation...

• Changing the call forwarding time in Hikvision IP video intercom monitors.
• DIPOL SMART HORIZON DVB-T2 antenna – reception parameters proven by field tests.
• Switches for pole installation.
• Digital Diagnostic Monitoring, i.e. performance monitoring of SFP inserts.

Scientists have been trying for more than 30 years to construct artificial insects that can be used for various applications such as artificial pollination of ...

• Fibre optics – why is measurement at 1310 nm not enough?
• Measuring the DVB-S/S2 satellite signal with
• VLAN usage in CCTV systems.

French startup Prophesee has partnered with Qualcomm to introduce a new type of image sensor that will enable cameras and camcorders to capture fast-moving ima...

• TV system in a hotel.
• Use of relay outputs in the DS-KH6320-WTE1 Hikvision IP video intercom monitor.
• PoE power supply for 250 m – "Extend" function.
• What is the life expectancy of electrodes in fibre optic splicers?

Fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks are being deployed in more locations around the world and are available in virtually every major and medium-sized city. A...

• TERRA's PA321TP channel amplifier.
• Crimping tool for straight-through connectors.
• Fiber optics in CCTV – PoE switch in a RACK cabinet.

A group of researchers at Vienna University of Technology has developed a new type of oxy-ion battery that could be an excellent solution for large-scale renew...

• DVB-T2 system vs. LTE interfering signal.
• Batch time synchronization in Hikvision devices.
• Extended 10 Gbps network.
• Fiber optic transmission windows.

Chinese energy company MingYang has announced the MySE 18.X-28X offshore wind turbine project. The giant generator will reach the height of a 70-story building...

• ALCAD brand channel amplifier with auto-configuration.
• Adding cameras to a Hikvision DVR from the local network using Batch Configuration.
• Wifi network in a restaurant.
• Checking the continuity of a fiber optic cable using an OTDR.

Researchers at Duke University (USA) have developed a new technology for producing fully recyclable printed electronics that uses materials free of toxic chemi...

• Install with DIPOL.
• Door station for Hikvision IP video door entry system for narrow poles.
• Lightning – protection of signal paths – part 2.
• The phenomenon of dispersion in fiber optic transmission.

Three new high-tech police devices were unveiled in New York. One of the devices is a remote-controlled, highly mobile K-9 robot ("Digidog," or digital dog). I...

• ALCAD headend.
• Lightning – protection of signal paths – part 1.
• Do multimode optical fibers make sense in LAN and CCTV networks?

Google Fiber, which provides fibre optic services in the United States, has announced that West Des Moines (Iowa) and Mesa (Arizona) are the two cities where c...

• What is PoE?
• Radial multiswitch system.
• Control of relays in the IP Villa 2 gen. door/gate station with external buttons.
• How to repair broken optical fiber?

Attempts to create autonomous vehicles are nothing new. In some cities in the US, China and South Korea, there are even already commercial services using them ...

• When should an external antenna be used for LTE?
• Amplification of DVB-T2 signals in (S)MATV systems.
• Automatic download of recordings from mobile DVR via WiFi network.
• Cracking splices? – Perform calibration.

A group of researchers from Sweden and Denmark have developed a chipset that enables data transfer at a dizzying 1.84 Pbps (petabits per second). This is almos...

• HDMI converters.
• Bira's new series of current-consuming door strikes.
• Building a house? Think of fiber optics.

British aerospace giant Rolls-Royce has confirmed the possibility of receiving funding to develop concepts and implement small nuclear reactors that could prov...

• Hybrid dSCR/Unicable multiswitch system.
• Simple monitoring system with face recognition.
• Fresnel zone.
• Why there is no login button for Hik-Connect in iVMS-4200.
• Fiber optic cable termination in the apartment junction box.

The IEEE 802.3bs-2017 standard describing the capabilities of 400 Gbpss Ethernet data transmission over fiber has been a dominant topic at operator industry me...

• DD 2400 meter for RF measurements – one connector for different signal sources.
• Is it worth using fiber optic meters with an OTDR function?
• Diagram of video door entry system for one-family house with an additional IP camera.
• Popular GSM antenna.

Mardi Gras is the last day of Carnival celebrated in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and many other countries around the world, often under ot...

• Controlling the second relay with a password in Hikvision's modular IP video door stations.
• Single-mode fiber standards.
• House amplifiers in SMATV systems.
• Antenna for LTE signal enhancement.

Samsung Electronics, one of the world's largest technology companies, based in Seoul, South Korea, is introducing 5G NTN modem technology. Non-terrestrial netw...

• TV/SAT coaxial cables in multi-family buildings.
• Automatic restart of Hikvision IP cameras.
• 1 Gbit/s Wifi network with 10 Gbps backbone.
• Problem with OTDR measurement? - Check the connector.

Following the immense popularity of ChatGPT – a bot based on artificial intelligence developed by OpenAI (docked by Microsoft), Google has stepped up work on i...

• Setting up an antenna with a Unicable-type LNB.
• Installation of TV/SAT system in a single-family house.
• New series of NXI-K DVRs with AcuSense by Hikvision.
• Twisted-pair cable for simple systems.
• How to restrict access to CCTV devices working in a computer network?

A Dutch-French group of scientists has published in the Journal of The Royal Society Interface the idea and research of a new haptic screen. The device uses ul...

• TERRA's innovative fiber optic system for RF/SAT systems – part 2.
• Update of expansion modules connected to Hikvision IP/2-Wire video door station.
• Remote power supply of the PoE switch.
• Fiber optic installation for cameras installed on poles.

Aptera plans to launch a three-wheeled, two-seater solar-powered vehicle with all-wheel drive this year. The vehicle will have a range of about 640 kilometers ...

• Hikvision IP video door monitors with Android operating system.
• How to limit "live" video viewing privileges in Hikvision DVRs?
• Which optical power meter to choose?

A team of Nokia Bell Labs researchers has demonstrated how an optical fibre can be transformed into a functional sensor for monitoring both, the state of the c...

• Signal brand LCD mounts for large TVs.
• Redirecting calls from the Villa Hikvision IP door/gate station directly to a smartphone.
• Two HDMI to IP transmitters in one network.
• 10 Gbps in multimode fibre – OM2 fibre trap.

Scientists have been working for decades on devices that can improve classical lightning protection. Several European research centers, including the Universit...

• Installation of TERRA MR-9xx series radial multiswitches in a RACK cabinet.
• Cost-effective monitoring with 4 Hikvision IP cameras.
• Ultimode OPM-2: a 4-in-1 optical power meter.
• Does an external antenna increase LTE network speed?

Microsoft has created an application called VALL-E, which is able to simulate human voice in English. The application is based on artificial intelligence, whic...

• HDMI-DVB-T COFDM digital modulator.
• Device groups in the iVMS-4200 client application.
• 5G antenna.
• Termination of 4 or 8-fiber optical fiber.

Finnish scientists from the University of Jyväskylä and the Healthcare District of Central Finland have developed an AI-based neural network that allows the de...

• Access point for building a WiFi network in the building.
• Why multimode fibres?!
• TERRA ultra selective channel amplifiers.
• What does SMD+, SMD 3.0, SMD 4.0 mean?
• Saving photos from cameras in the series I Hikvision IP recorders.

Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a method for detecting respiratory disorders using indirect devices t...

• Optimization of GSM coverage of premises.
• Why cannot UPC and APC fiber optic connectors be combined?
• Filtering unwanted signals in RF systems.
• Network communication with CyberPower UPS.
• Automatic start of live monitoring when connecting to Hikvision DVR via Internet browser.

If you have been in an arcade and tried to grab and hold an object with an automatic gripper, you know how difficult it is. Such a task would be much more stre...

• Twisted-pair cable categories.
• Ultimode G-10G/SFP+ - 10 Gbps media converter.
• Coaxial cable in B2ca flammability class.
• What distinguishes the second generation of cameras with active deterrence (TiOC 2.0)?
• DS-KD-TDM display module for Hikvision modular IP video intercom.