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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

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

Competition to win InstaLab Kit & SNAPTAIN drones at UK Freshers' Week

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Top 15 stories on EPDT in August 2019...

- EPDT September 2019 issue (inc. T&M & Energy features + Outsourcing supplement) now available online (02/09/2019)
  
  This month’s issue, now available in print or digital editions, contains features on Test & Measurement tech & Energy applications, plus EPDT's twice-yearly Electronics Outsourcing supplement.
- A network analyser for today’s technology (01/09/2019)
  
  Component characterisation nowadays can be a challenging task, due to the complexity of DUTs, meaning network analysers must meet various diverse & stringent requirements.
- Selecting the right batteries for test & measurement equipment (01/09/2019)
  
  In 2019, scientists worldwide voted in favour of modernising the traditional definition of a kilogram. Historically, it had based on the weight of Le Grand K — a cylinder of platinum & iridium stored in a Parisian vault. Here, Neil Oliver, Technical Marketing Manager at battery & charger design, development & manufacturing experts, Accutronics explains why design engineers specifying batteries for T&M equipment should care.
- Industry's first 5G location based services session completed by R&S using Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 5G modem (21/08/2019)
  
  Technology from T&M solution provider, Rohde & Schwarz can now enable handset manufacturers & mobile operators worldwide to test & verify LBS (location based services) operation in 5G NR devices.
- 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.
- Government funding available to develop autonomous vehicle cyber security testing (12/08/2019)
  
  Up to £2 million of feasibility funding is available from the government for UK businesses to define a cyber-physical connected & autonomous vehicle test facility.
- 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?”

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