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2019 winners of Create the Future Design Contest congratulated by principal sponsor, Mouser

Delivering continuous lane-accurate positioning for autonomous driving

Sensors: the unsung heroes of digital transformation

The future of electronics production on display at productronica 2019

Bringing BBC micro:bit to millions of students across the globe via Farnell STEM programmes

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 (10/09/2019)
  
  By 2030, it's estimated that 50% of newly registered vehicles will be electrically powered, connected or automated. This dramatic upsurge requires a new system approach in vehicle architecture to support electromobility & highly automated driving. European project, '3Ccar' was set up to tackle this challenge.
- UK consumers excited by 5G, biometrics & wearables – but fearful of driverless cars & AI, according to new survey (10/09/2019)
  
  A new survey of 2,000 UK adults, commissioned by Studio Graphene, has uncovered public perceptions towards different emerging technologies. It found UK consumers are excited by biometric technologies, the arrival of 5G & wearable tech, but fearful of driverless cars & artifical intelligence.
- Editor's comment: Engineers on a mission... (03/09/2019)
  
  Initial plans for this year’s Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (which will run from 4-8 November 2019, #TEWeek19) have been announced, with ‘Engineers on a mission’ set to be its theme, focusing on the impact engineers make on the nation’s health & wellbeing.
- Top 15 stories on EPDT in August 2019... (03/09/2019)
  
  As September 2019 begins, we've reviewed the most popular stories – as determined by our readers – across EPDT’s website & newsletter during the last month...
- 5G: the next big driver of change (01/09/2019)
  
  2019 is the year 5G finally begins to deliver on its promises. Services are already available in some US cities, and another 80 operators in 46 countries plan to launch 5G services between now & 2022. In the UK, all current mobile network operators have announced they will roll out 5G networks this year.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.

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