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Top 13 stories on EPDT in June 2019...

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- Innovative platform-train monitoring system from Digital Rail helps make railways safer (28/06/2019)
  
  Britain’s railway travellers are used to the familiar request from station staff to stand behind the yellow line that now appears on most UK train platforms. The line is there for good reason: every year, incidents are caused by people ignoring this advice, resulting in injury & even fatalities.
- Industrial machine vision utilising AI to stem the recall tide (28/06/2019)
  
  Vision inspection experts, IVS have witnessed an increasing number of industrial manufacturing customers investing in machine vision systems to reduce product recalls.
- techUK launches 3rd annual 'State of the Connected Home' report on consumer adoption of smart tech (26/06/2019)
  
  The report shows consumers are beginning to find value in the overall smart & connected home ecosystem, suggesting the industry is at a tipping point – but cost remains a barrier to uptake of connected home products.
- One-size-fits-all approach will not be enough to secure the IoT, says TCG (26/06/2019)
  
  Securing the Internet of Things (IoT) is something which can't be done with a one-size-fits-all approach – every kind of connected object must be assessed individually, the Co-chair of Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Embedded Systems Work Group said today.
- Robotics education should be part of school curriculum, according to fifth of Brits (21/06/2019)
  
  20% of UK adults polled want to see compulsory robotics education in schools, according to a national survey released to mark the start of UK Robotics Week 2019 (20th to 27th June).
- Celebrating Women in Engineering event hosted by Farnell in honour of #INWED19 (19/06/2019)
  
  Ahead of International Women in Engineering Day this Saturday 23rd June, electronics distributor, Farnell is celebrating the countless women engineers who drive innovation by hosting a ‘Women in Engineering’ event at its offices in Leeds, on Thursday 20th June.
- Large investment in UK engineering talent as Analog Devices opens bespoke UK HQ (14/06/2019)
  
  Located close to Heathrow airport in Hayes, London, ADI's new UK headquarters will promote international collaboration and help attract a more diverse workforce.
- £9.5M electronics design & test software donation by Pulsonix to NMiTE, UK's 1st dedicated engineering university (13/06/2019)
  
  Students at NMiTE (New Model in Technology & Engineering – the project to create the UK's first dedicated engineering university, in Hereford) will be using state-of-the-art electronics design & test software when it opens its doors in September 2019, thanks to a generous donation from Pulsonix, worth £9.5million.
- UK a frontrunner in quantum technologies as investment milestone of £1 billion hit (13/06/2019)
  
  Industry funding for quantum innovation programmes is set to overtake government investment for the first time, as combined investment hits the £1 billion milestone, helping experimental quantum science become a commercial reality.

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