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Innovate UK funding to accelerate development of electric aircraft awarded to TT Electronics

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 (02/08/2020)
  
  For more than 20 years, EngineeringUK, the not-for-profit organisation working in partnership with the STEM community to inspire tomorrow’s engineers & increase the STEM talent pipeline, have published a comprehensive report on the state of engineering in the UK – covering educational routes into engineering, as well as key statistics describing the sector & its workforce.
- 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.
- Increasing manufacturing productivity for the ‘new normal’: outputs vs. inputs (01/08/2020)
  
  As the manufacturing industry emerges from lockdown and approaches a ‘new normal’, the competitive landscape will see some changes – and those quick off the mark could gain an advantage...
- 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.
- UK manufacturers well positioned to lead green revolution, growing jobs & GDP, says new report (27/07/2020)
  
  A new report published by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), 'Decarbonisation: Future Growth for Manufacturing', asserts that, if the UK moves towards green manufacturing, between £8-£20 Billion could be added to UK GDP, as well as up to 1 million new jobs created.
- 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.
- World's first hybrid electric 70+ seater aircraft unveiled by UK's Electric Aviation Group (20/07/2020)
  
  British design offers a blueprint for sustainable mass air transportation, as well as creating more than 25,000 UK jobs & unlocking $5 billion of investment in the UK aerospace industry.

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