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- How COVID-19 is making STEM cool for careers, according to new IET research (29/07/2020)
  
  New research by the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) has revealed that young people have taken inspiration from healthcare professionals & engineers during the Covid-19 pandemic to enhance their perceptions of real and life changing engineering & science to consider these roles for future careers.
- Registration now open for Digital AI Conference presented by Mouser & partners (29/07/2020)
  
  Online artificial intelligence (AI) event with industry leaders – including Google, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Intel, Texas Instruments & NXP Semiconductors – to take place on 9th & 10th September.
- COVID-19 educational online event watched by thousands of eager students & STEM fans (28/07/2020)
  
  'Big Bang Digital 2020 – science, engineering & Covid-19', the one-day digital STEM event which took place in mid-July, has given almost 50,000 young people the opportunity to listen to and speak with scientists, engineers, technicians, healthcare professionals & students about the essential role of science & engineering during a pandemic. Sessions from the day are now available to view on demand.
- World’s first Adaptive ZeroPower Listening mic enables 'power cord free' smart home devices (28/07/2020)
  
  Power saving architecture extends battery life & reduces 'energy vampires' in your home.
- Online event calling for greater diversity in UK engineering roles to be hosted by RS, in collaboration with the IET (23/07/2020)
  
  ‘REflect’, a digital event hosted by RS Components in collaboration with the IET, will show how organisations that tap into the talents of diverse ethnic groups can help address the UK engineering skills shortage.
- Obituary: George English, an electronics industry stalwart, 1935-2020 (18/07/2020)
  
  The Leadership Group of electronics industry trade association, the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) was saddened to learn of the death of George English, founder of G. English Electronics Ltd. (GELEC). George died in the ‘Hospice in the Weald’ (Kent) on 1st July 2020, aged 85, after a short illness. George will be sadly missed by his wife, Elizabeth, and children, Susan, David & Tracy, and his six grandchildren.
- Winners of STEM Extraordinary Engineering Challenge revealed (15/07/2020)
  
  Cleaning the oceans, elderly care and mental wellbeing are all addressed by the winning designs from RS Components' STEM Extraordinary Engineering Challenge.
- Analog Devices to acquire Maxim Integrated, strengthening its analogue semiconductor leadership (14/07/2020)
  
  Semiconductor company specialising in data conversion, signal processing & power management, Analog Devices (ADI) has announced that it is to acquire Maxim Integrated Products, which focuses on IC technologies to make systems smaller & smarter, with enhanced security & increased energy efficiency, in an all stock transaction that values the combined enterprise at over $68 billion.
- Satellite Applications Catapult hosts July 15th online event – Space: The New Manufacturing Frontier (13/07/2020)
  
  The Satellite Applications & Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapults are hosting an online event exploring the future of manufacturing in space. The event will feature experts from across government, industry & academia discussing how current manufacturing could be applied in space, as well as how the space environment could enhance future manufacturing capabilities.

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