Panasonic produces prototype breathing devices to assist COVID-19 patients

Panasonic employees worked “around the clock”, in response to a Welsh Government request, to procure parts and produce units for regulatory approval and use in clinical trials. Cardiff, Wales. 20th May 2020 – The team at Panasonic Manufacturing UK’s facility in Cardiff have produced 80 prototype breathing devices to assist hospital patients suffering from COVID-19. The emergency breathing aid – a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) device – was designed by Dr Rhys Thomas at Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen and Maurice Clarke of engineering firm CR Clarke & Co. Panasonic…

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One-time security installations are not enough to protect mobile devices against growing threats, says TCG

Los Angeles, California, October 22, 2019 – Mobile device designers and operating system manufacturers need to provide a strong foundation for secure software and firmware updates throughout the lifetime of products – not just at the start, Ira McDonald, Co-Chair of Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Trusted Mobility Solutions Work Group said today. Speaking as Mobile World Congress Americas takes place, McDonald stressed that embedded systems designers cannot assume that their firmware and software will remain pristine and must plan for ways to detect and recover firmware and software compromise. “The…

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