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

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- Q&A: Distribution in the time of corona… (01/01/2021)
  
  The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has had a tremendous impact on how people all across the world live & work – including all those working in the electronics industry. EPDT talked to Rob Rospedzhowski, President, EMEA Sales at electronic components distributor, Farnell to ask him how his firm has fared during the pandemic – and how it has supported customers…
- Identifying hazards: IEC 62368-1, the new hazard-based testing standard for consumer electronics (01/12/2020)
  
  As innovation has seen the lines blur between previously distinct technologies, compliance requirements for multimedia products have increasingly been falling in both IEC 60065 (AV equipment) & IEC 60950 (IT equipment).
- BBC Doctor Who HiFive Inventor launched by BBC Learning & Tynker on Dr Who Day (19/11/2020)
  
  BBC Learning & Tynker have collaborated on coding for kids with a next-generation education technology RISC-V mini-computer, the BBC Doctor Who HiFive Inventor, designed for IoT coding & available to purchase from November 23, 2020 – Doctor Who Day!
- Editor's comment: Reducing e-waste through design & manufacturing… (02/11/2020)
  
  October 14th was International E-Waste Day, I was reminded in the run up to it. Electronic & electrical waste is fast becoming a global crisis, as more devices of every type incorporate sensing, intelligence & connectivity – all powered by electronics.
- COVID career dream changers search for answers as Tomorrow's Engineers Week begins... (02/11/2020)
  
  A generation of young people are rapidly reassessing their career dreams according to new research from EngineeringUK, released to mark the start of its national campaign to inspires the engineers of the future, Tomorrow’s Engineers Week 2020 (#TEWeek20).
- New online & in-classroom STEM activities for This is Engineering Day 2020 (21/10/2020)
  
  In the run-up to the second This is Engineering Day on Wednesday 4th November, themed #BeTheDifference, new online & in-classroom STEM activities for students are now available from lead organiser, The Royal Academy of Engineering, including a downloadable Entertainment activity pack, as well as teaching support resources.
- Innovative 99% germ-killing UV-C lighting product could prove crucial in the COVID-19 era (19/10/2020)
  
  Essential in the post-COVID-19 era, germ control & disinfection of surfaces can now be achieved using mere light with the newly launched Purelight Flow UV-C from LED lighting & smart home specialist, LED Direct.
- Young women engineers reach national final & get set to inspire more girls to join the sector (13/10/2020)
  
  To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, six young female engineers have been announced as finalists for the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) Young Woman Engineer (YWE) of the Year Awards 2020.
- The Big Bang goes digital for 2021 (09/10/2020)
  
  For this 2020/21 academic year, the Big Bang programme will be delivered digitally, ensuring schools & young people can take part in its popular, inspirational STEM activities while removing the uncertainty around face-to-face events, including The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair.

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