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National day for engineering announced to combat narrow perceptions of profession among young people

The car of the future on Europe’s roads: 3Ccar project enhances reliability & robustness in highly automated vehicles

UK consumers excited by 5G, biometrics & wearables – but fearful of driverless cars & AI, according to new survey

Quantum sensors market to grow 13% annually through 2024, boosted by R&D & IoT

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Top 15 stories on EPDT in August 2019...

- Porsche invests in Israeli vision start-up, TriEye to increase road visibility & safety (21/08/2019)
  
  Israeli start-up, TriEye, whose short-wave-infra-red (SWIR) sensing technology enables vision in adverse weather & night-time conditions, has expanded its Series A funding round to $19 million with an investment from German sports car manufacturer, Porsche.
- Light-based positioning & navigation in industrial applications demonstrated by research project (20/08/2019)
  
  In a German Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF) joint project, OSRAM, Götting, KEB Automation & Fraunhofer IEM have researched the possibilities of light-based positioning, particularly for use in industrial applications. By the end of the project, the team came to a promising conclusion: navigating by light is practical, flexible & reliable – promising great potential for Industry 4.0.
- On #ALevelResultsDay, BAE Systems futurists predict top careers by 2040 (15/08/2019)
  
  On A-Level results day, BAE Systems futurists have predicted the top careers by 2040, finding that emerging technologies such as virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI) & robotics will influence the work we do in the future.
- Reference kit to simplify development of LoRa-based smart building solutions from Semtech (14/08/2019)
  
  Semtech has announced a collection of tools to accelerate development of smart building solutions based on LoRa (long range & low power) devices. Its self-contained Smart Building Reference Kit enables customers to quickly create, set-up & manage simple smart building networks without extensive knowledge of IoT technologies.
- Explore the future of industrial & manufacturing digitalisation through real industry insights (14/08/2019)
  
  Mitsubishi Electric, one of the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA)’s key partners, is hosting a UK event where visitors can explore the very latest technology being applied in smart manufacturing & discover how leading companies from a variety of industrial sectors are navigating the path towards digitalisation.
- VCS-1 embedded processor module for precision robotics & AI applications from Sundance (09/08/2019)
  
  Developed for the EU’s VineScout viticulture (winegrowing) project (Project ID: 737669), the VCS-1 embedded processor module utilises the industry-standard PC/104 "stackable PC" form factor and is optimised for precision robotics applications using computer vision, edge AI & deep learning.
- Strategic approach essential as police roll out facial recognition technology, says biometric authentication firm (09/08/2019)
  
  South Wales Police has confirmed its intention to deploy smartphone-based facial recognition technology – rolling out an app to 50 police officers for an initial 3-month trial. It will enable them to take a photo & immediately analyse it to determine: “Are you really the person we’re looking for?”
- The growth of smart gardens: smart tech for your garden (07/08/2019)
  
  With smartphones, cars and homes, it seems like everything is getting smarter. So why stop there? The garden, a once untouched battlefield for electronic technology, is also beginning to feel the influence of smart gadgets, as smart agri tech migrates to consumer applications.
- Top 12 stories on EPDT in July 2019... (03/08/2019)
  
  As August 2019 begins, we've reviewed the most popular stories – as determined by our readers – across EPDT’s website & newsletter during the last month...

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