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- EPDT February 2020 issue (inc. Sensors & Medical features) now available online (04/02/2020)
  
  This month’s issue contains features on Sensor technologies & Medical applications, plus our embedded world show preview.
- Cleaning: the key to fully functioning medical electronic assemblies (03/02/2020)
  
  As the ageing global population rises, and interest from developing markets escalates, growth in innovative MedTech devices is rising at an astounding rate. The medical electronics market size was valued at $73.3billion in 2018, and is expected to see a CAGR growth of 13% from 2019 to 2025.
- How performance testing can help protect EEE manufacturers from negative consumer reviews (03/02/2020)
  
  Manufacturers increasingly need to consider their products from the perspective of how happy consumers are with their purchase. Negative reviews by customers on online sites can have a catastrophic impact on sales. 88% of consumers now state website ratings & reviews as their primary source of information when considering buying a product.
- Breaking down barriers in medical device design... (03/02/2020)
  
  Designing new products for the medical device sector is extremely challenging & complex. The healthcare industry is quite rightly heavily regulated, with new products often used in life or death situations. Here, Russell Overend, Managing Director at multi-disciplinary product design & development consultancy, Wideblue explores the challenges of designing new MedTech products to help professionals & patients in the medical sector.
- National Apprenticeship Week: ‘Look Beyond’ with an apprenticeship this #NAW2020 (03/02/2020)
  
  National Apprenticeship Week 2020 (#NAW2020) launches today, with hundreds of events taking place across England to celebrate diversity in apprenticeships and the benefits they bring to both apprentices & employers, as well as to the wider economy.
- Graphene manufacturing 'bible' published by Graphene Flagship & IOP (Institute of Physics) (29/01/2020)
  
  A comprehensive new handbook by the Graphene Flagship, published as an open access review article in the latest issue of IOP Publishing's 2D Materials, encompasses methods for producing & processing graphene and 5,000+ related innovative layered materials.
- Engineering gender pay gap lower than UK average – but action still needed, says RAEng report (28/01/2020)
  
  Research published today by the Royal Academy of Engineering indicates that the gender pay gap is smaller in the engineering profession than the UK employee average. The mean (10.8%) & median (11.4%) pay gap for engineers in the sample analysed is around two thirds the national average.
- Electric car revolution will take time, says IMechE report (28/01/2020)
  
  A new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), entitled Accelerating Road Transport Decarbonisation, asserts that the move to electric cars will take time – and that in the meantime, more needs to be done to reduce emissions from petrol & diesel vehicles.
- Days left to win engineering product bundle worth more than £2,500 in New Year giveaway via DesignSpark... (27/01/2020)
  
  DesignSpark members can win £2.5k bundle, including electronics workbench essentials, tools & development kits, plus connected coffee machine & Nintendo Switch Lite. Entries close 31st January.

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