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- On Ada Lovelace Day #ALD21: What can a flying horse tell us about the problem with STEM education? (12/10/2021)
  
  On Ada Lovelace Day, an international day celebrating the achievements of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering & maths), Professor Beverley Gibbs, Chief Academic Officer at new provider of higher education, NMITE (New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering), reflects on what Ada Lovelace’s flying horse can tell us about some very modern problems with educating engineers.
- IET YWE: Young women engineers make national final & get set to inspire more girls into STEM (12/10/2021)
  
  To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day (#ALD21), six young female engineers have been announced as finalists for the Institution of Engineering & Technology’s (IET) Young Woman Engineer (YWE) of the Year Awards 2021.
- Advanced V2X application scenarios for collision-free driving tested by NXP & partners (06/10/2021)
  
  NXP & partners to present V2X-enabled prototypes at world’s largest event for smart mobility & digitalisation of transportation, ITS World Congress, from 11-15 October in Hamburg – including a smart V2X-enabled e-bike prototype from premium manufacturer, Riese & Müller. V2X electronics can help protect bikes & other road users from accidents. NXP has also released a new applications processor for advanced V2X & IIoT applications.
- Facebook chooses u-blox timing technology to speed up its data centres – and open-sources the design (05/10/2021)
  
  Facebook has open-sourced the design of its Time Card (sharing the GitHub repository, including specs, schematics, mechanics, BOM & source code), which features the ultra-precise u-blox ZED-F9T timing module, providing easy access to nanosecond-level timing.
- Editor’s comment: Engineering is a team sport… (03/10/2021)
  
  A few weeks ago, along with many other parents, I dropped my eldest child off at university for the first time – with both of us feeling a heady mixture of excitement, anxiety & anticipation about the start of a new adventure & phase of life...
- EPDT October 2021 issue (inc. Sensors & Comms features) now available online (02/10/2021)
  
  This month’s issue, now available in print or digital editions, contains features on Sensor technologies & Communications applications, plus EPDT's productronica show preview.
- SDR for wideband & high bandwidth spectrum monitoring & recording (01/10/2021)
  
  Radio frequency (RF) communications has become an integral form of wireless communication, used widely across many industries, including both civil & defence applications. From television broadcasting to military radar systems, industries depend on RF technology to work free of interference & obstructions.
- The promise of 5G: hype versus reality (01/10/2021)
  
  Companies are always on the lookout for technologies that can help dramatically accelerate business processes while minimising costs & ensuring quality. Business innovators can capitalise on this by designing IoT products that cater to companies’ demands for speed while helping them keep costs to a minimum.
- Direction finding using Bluetooth Angle of Arrival (01/10/2021)
  
  Angle of Arrival (AoA) – used for locating & tracking of devices – was included in the Bluetooth 5.1 Core Specification, released in January 2019. As with most Bluetooth updates, there were several changes within that specification, but Angle of Arrival was the one that attracted most attention.

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