A new agency has been created in Singapore to oversee food safety beginning in April next year. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) will be under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR). It will bring together food-related functions currently handled by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), the National Environment Agency (NEA) […]
Wireless medical devices that fail to function as intended can cause harm to patients whose lives depend on them. Do you know the elements to consider in the design of a device, especially a life-critical medical device? – By Janet Ooi, IoT Industry and Solutions Lead, Keysight Technologies. Imagine recalling the medical device you designed […]
Like many great ideas, Zero Harm Farm started over a beer. The Queenstown-based start-up had its origins in November 2015, when co-founders Mark Orr and Ross Copland were discussing the then forthcoming new health and safety legislation. Both were from farming backgrounds and knew „paper and farming don’t mix”. „Farmers hate paper,” Mr Orr said. […]
The National Academies Press (NAP) has released its latest book to follow up on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill entitled, “The Human Factors of Process Safety and Worker Empowerment in the Offshore Oil Industry: Proceedings of a Workshop.” Since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill, efforts to improve safety in the offshore oil industry have resulted in the adoption of new technological […]
Work zone safety affects everyone. Crashes and near misses that put road workers and everyone else on the roadway in danger still continue. Just a few weeks ago, a semi failed to notice flashing signs about a work zone in Eastern Washington and crashed into the back of a construction vehicle, leaving the safety equipment […]
Flying car company Terrafugia insists it’ll launch its first production vehicles in 2019, revealing the latest version of the Transition two-seater this week. Able to convert between a road-going vehicle and a plane, the Transition is getting a cabin upgrade along with a tweaked powertrain, Terrafugia says. Propulsion is now courtesy of a hybrid-electric motor, […]
It’s been 35 years since National Lampoon’s Vacation and the Griswold adventures in the Wagon Queen Family Truckster (a 1979 Ford LTD Country Squire). Safety technology and comfort features have come a long way since the days of that Ford station wagon. For summer road trips, here are the top features to have in your next vehicle. […]
Many know Bosch for its safety solutions in cars but the German firm is also leading the way in motorcycle safety technology, or what it terms “Mobility Solutions.” Acknowledging motorcyclists are probably the most vulnerable of road users by population size, Bosch is developing safety technology for two-wheelers to decrease the possibility of accidents. One […]
LANDOVER, Md. — Voice-recognition technology has come a long way in recent years, and in some ways, drivers are safer because of it. But a new study reveals that some of this technology is more distracting than automakers might want you to believe. In the hands-free race to limit the consequences of distracted driving, […]
As outdoor workers labor in extreme temperatures, they are vulnerable to heat-related illnesses that can be fatal. Climate change raises the risks. Parts of the country are expecting another round of searing, potentially record-shattering heat in the coming days, and many farm and construction workers will be out in it—with no federal heat stress standards […]
