Analysis
TE Connectivity and Nikola are changing the trucking industry
When you’re leading a revolution in the trucking industry, you don’t want to go at it alone. Nikola Corporation has set out to reduce the environmental impact of the trucking industry with its zero-emission hydrogen-electric vehicles. To solve for the connectivity challenges this new technology brings, Nikola has partnered with TE Connectivity, a world leader in connectivity and sensors.
Digi-Key, ADI measurement platform kickstarts designs
Digi-Key has forged a partnership with Analog Devices to offer its new MeasureWare platform. This will allow Digi-Key customers to kickstart designs by providing immediate access to availability and pricing of qualifying products.
Over two-thirds of young people criticise the digital diversity
According to a nationwide OnePoll survey commissioned by the Institute of Coding, 70% of young people believe that the digital sector is run entirely by those that are of white, British ethnicity. The Institute of Coding, is the government-funded national consortium of educators and employers dedicated to solving the digital skills crisis, and the nationwide poll of 1,000 16-18 year olds also found that more than half want more diversity (56...
Old aged entrepreneurs thriving in difficult trading climate
Nearly 10,000 (9,381) businesses have been set up by entrepreneurs over the age of 60 in the past twelve months, with eleven founders in 2019 being over the age of 90, according to the latest Companies House statistical research by carried out by Countingup.
Fully automated chip factory invests in sustainable growth
To ensure its sustainable growth over the long term, Infineon has invested in a new, fully automated chip production facility in Villach, Austria, which will have around 60,000 m² of floor space when completed. This will also create around 400 new jobs for highly skilled workers. Construction began in the first half of 2019 and is well under way. Infineon is using the automation and digitalisation concepts from its Dresden location in the ne...
Ricardo demonstrates militarised version of Ford Ranger
Ricardo has a longstanding reputation for the creation of high quality, cost effective special vehicles for the world’s armed forces, based both on bespoke concepts and on the adaptation of existing automotive platforms to meet the required level of robustness and in-field serviceability. The company was responsible, for example, for the design and construction of a fleet of WMIK light attack Land Rovers and the all-new Foxhound vehicles, b...
Project for UGV system submitted to European Commission
A consortium led by the Estonian Milrem Robotics and composed of several major defence, communication and cyber security companies and high technology SMEs established in the EU submitted their application to the European Commission’s European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) for a multi-mission unmanned ground system capable of being teamed with manned and aerial vehicles.
Acquisition to add IIoT products to growing portfolio
Dialog Semiconductor has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Creative Chips, a supplier of ICs to the IIoT market. Headquartered in Bingen, Germany, with an additional design centre in Dresden, Creative Chips is a fabless semiconductor company with a growing IC business supplying a broad portfolio of industrial Ethernet and other mixed-signal products to top-tier, blue-chip manufacturers of industrial and buil...
The search for quantum-resistant cryptography
Quantum computing is set to transform the IT industry. This new computing architecture takes advantage of quantum mechanics to deliver capabilities beyond what traditional binary computing can achieve. However, these capabilities come at a cost. Once quantum computers reach a certain state of maturity, they are destined to render the cryptographic underpinnings of today’s digital systems insecure.
Strengthening HAPTIC-related product development
Alps Alpine, a manufacturer of high-quality electronic products, has entered a joint collaboration agreement with Immersion Corporation (San Jose, California, USA), a developer and licensor of touch feedback technology. Signed in September 2019, the agreement covers product creation relating to HAPTIC technology.