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ECSN: cautious optimism for 2024

Caroline Hayes — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:39:32 +0000

Last year, Aubrey Dunford, the ECSN (Electronic Components Supply Network) market analyst declared the UK electronics components market had returned to normality. At this year’s Electronics Components Forecast, he reclassified ...

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IET: ‘Engineers most trusted after nurses’

Steve Bush — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:31:52 +0000

87% of people trust engineers to tell them the truth, after nurses an 89% and before doctors at 85%, according to the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). “Engineers are ...

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EngineeringUK: UK could be sleep walking towards a net zero skills shortage

Steve Bush — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:01:53 +0000

Not-for-profit EngineeringUK is warning that lack of Government planning and resources in the STEM educational pipeline is putting de-carbonisation at risk. “It’s clear that we could be sleep-walking towards a ...

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Embedded World: No shortage of industrial Raspberry Pi MCUs

Steve Bush — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 17:25:58 +0000

At Embedded World today, Raspberry Pi was giving away its Pico development boards to all comers, to emphasise that there is no shortage of its RP2040 microcontroller, which was recently ...

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Cardboard boxes are greener than plastic alternatives?

Steve Bush — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:46:51 +0000

Carton packaging for small electrical goods has a lower carbon footprint than plastic alternatives, according to Pro Carton, the European association for carton and cartonboard manufacturers, which is highlighting a ...

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Parliamentary committee calls for transparency and no bias when artificial intelligence meets the public

Steve Bush — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:16:13 +0000

The UK Parliament’s Committee on Standards in Public Life has warned of the potential for obscure and biased decision-making as artificial intelligence is used by the public sector, in a report on ...

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Survey results show Britons unconcerned about smart home security

Alex McCarthy — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:59:45 +0000

A survey carried out by Specops Software, a “password management and authentication solution vendor,” asked 1,230 people from the UK and US their opinions on the security of smart home ...

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Cisco, Autodesk, Osram and TSMC amongst world’s sustainable companies

Steve Bush — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:46:50 +0000

Amongst the worlds companies, Cisco is the fourth most sustainable, CAD company Autodesk fifth and semiconductor-maker Osram is not far behind, while TSMC is 25th, according to the ‘Global 100 ...

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Mapping on-line hate reveals team work is the only useful countermeasure

Steve Bush — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:41:37 +0000

Policing on-line hate from within a single platform, such as Facebook, can make the spread of hate worse, and will eventually generate global ‘dark pools’ in which hate will flourish, ...

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AEF to launch online database for ISO-certified agri-tech

Alex McCarthy — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:47:35 +0000

The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation will speak at Agri-Tech East’s ‘Re-visiting the Vision of the Connected Farm’ about its initiative to provide a database of information to farmers about ISOBUS ...

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