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

EPDT October 2019 issue (inc. Sensor & Automotive features) now available online

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 (13/09/2019)
  
  Engineering could be one of the most poorly understood careers in the UK, according to new research. The Royal Academy of Engineering has highlighted that misconceptions about engineers and lack of understanding of the profession means young people are missing opportunities to make a difference to our world.
- 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.
- Quantum sensors market to grow 13% annually through 2024, boosted by R&D & IoT (09/09/2019)
  
  Extensive global R&D activity & growing demand for increased security in IoT networks are two factors driving sustained growth in the quantum sensors market, according to a report by BCC Research, “Quantum Sensors: Quantum Entanglement for Communications & Beyond”.
- 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...
- Porsche invests in Israeli vision start-up, TriEye to increase road visibility & safety (21/08/2019)
  
  Israeli start-up, TriEye, whose short-wave-infra-red (SWIR) sensing technology enables vision in adverse weather & night-time conditions, has expanded its Series A funding round to $19 million with an investment from German sports car manufacturer, Porsche.
- 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.
- On #ALevelResultsDay, BAE Systems futurists predict top careers by 2040 (15/08/2019)
  
  On A-Level results day, BAE Systems futurists have predicted the top careers by 2040, finding that emerging technologies such as virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI) & robotics will influence the work we do in the future.

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