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Duo collaborate on 'Ride Like a Pilot' charity cycling challenge
Starting on 5th September 2019, four members of the UK Royal Air Force Cycling Association will conduct a 1,900 mile (3,050km) ride, raising money for SSAFA - The Armed Forces Charity. They will be wearing Everysight Raptor smart glasses throughout the journey. A spin-off from Elbit Systems, Everysight Raptor glasses are designed for cycling and use Augmented Reality (AR) technology developed by Elbit for fighter jet helmet mounted display s...
Production of functional air intake prototype cuts manufacturing time
Briggs Automotive Company (BAC), the British manufacturer of the recently launched Mono R, and Stratasys have revealed the impact additive manufacturing is having on the design and production of the latest edition to the BAC elite supercar offering. When faced with detrimental delays to the design process of an essential airbox, the team turned to Stratasys FDM additive manufacturing to produce fully functional prototypes in r...
Farnell joins with Xilinx to help FPGA engineers
Farnell is continuing its efforts to make developing with programmable logic devices easier, quicker and more advantageous for its community of engineers with the launch of its Path II Programmable series, sponsored by Xilinx.
New apprentice training hub to boost product innovation
As part of the continued drive to address the skills gap within the engineering sector, Harwin has formally opened its Apprentice Training Hub, along with a new R&D Centre. Located at the company’s Portsmouth headquarters, construction and kitting out of the unit that will house both these operations has been completed and they are now ready to be staffed.
Back to school: How to talk to kids about online safety
Children are getting back to school, and that means more time spent on the internet. But that also brings an increase in online threats. That’s why parents should talk to their kids more about internet safety — but not every parent knows how. “The internet is a great place where kids can learn many things, but their curiosity can lead to dangers, too. That’s why parents should educate their children more about interne...
Ultra-thin base materials miniaturise PCBs
Almost all markets are experiencing increasing demand for smaller and thinner electronic devices and the aerospace and automotive industries desire smaller and lighter devices for example to lower fuel costs and reduce emissions. New approaches are needed to meet the increasing demand for smaller and thinner electronic devices.
Nineteen inch enclosures give design engineers wide choice
METCASE now offers a wider range of standard and customised 19” aluminium enclosures for desktop and portable instrumentation. Its new TECHNOMET 19” mini-rack enclosures and proven INSTRUMET 19” cases offer solutions for test and measurement, laboratory instrumentation, networking and communications, industrial computers, sound/audio systems and industrial control.
Girls close the gender skills gap following GCSE exam results
Here at Electronic Specifier we are always keen to champion female engineers and to highlight the growing skills gap in STEM related subjects, made worse by the significant gender disparity in technology, science and maths.
HARTING commissions new European Distribution Centre
The HARTING Technology Group has opened its European Distribution Centre (EDC) in Espelkamp. Up to 20,000 order items will be processed every day, with goods dispatched to customers on the day of order. Costing an estimated €45m, the European logistics centre is the largest single investment in the 74-year history of HARTING.
Offices get maximum energy efficiency with new lighting controls
The latest in a prestigious range of commercial developments across Scotland, Maxim 10 marks another project for lighting controls specialist CP Electronics and electrical contractor AKD. Completing their part of the project within nine months, the comapny helped the investor achieve the objective of a safe, comfortable and energy-efficient space.