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New direct printing technique offers new dimension for smart sensor technologies

Low-power 60 GHz radar chip for contactless health tracking in battery-powered devices

ecsn/afdec mid-year update for UK & Ireland electronic components market forecast revised down

LIVE & updated! All the latest EPDT COVID-19 electronics industry news & stories...

EPDT August 2020 issue (inc. Manufacturing & Medical features) now available online

STEM Matters: EngineeringUK analysis – Educational pathways into engineering

- Editor's comment: In STEM, diversity matters... (02/08/2020)
  
  As we start to emerge from lockdown – and try to figure out what the ‘new normal’ will look like for all of us – STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) has a vital role to play in the process. Critically, scientists are leading the search for a vaccine & other drug therapies to combat the virus – as well as doing the research & providing the advice to help inform government policy decisions.
- Factors to consider when specifying thermal imaging cameras for COVID-19 screening (01/08/2020)
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has created worldwide demand for infrared cameras that are able to screen humans for a fever condition. But how can you be sure the camera you select can actually do the job it is supposed to do, asks Glenn Wedgbrow, Business Development Manager at measurement technology specialist, Micro-Epsilon.
- 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.
- 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.
- Miniature HV reed relay from Pickering Electronics at the heart of On Semi IC test system (14/07/2020)
  
  Custom request for On Semiconductor ATE test system becomes industry’s smallest high voltage (HV) reed relay.

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