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UKESF, Apple partner for ‘Girls into Electronics’ programme

The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) and Apple are partnering, to support 400 young women gain insight into a career in Electronic Engineering, for the ‘Girls into Electronics’ programme. The organisations hope the initiative will encourage more students from diverse backgrounds to consider careers in this area, which would help address a gender imbalance. “We ...

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Bluetooth SIG reaches for electronic shelf label wireless standard

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has released a new wireless standard for the electronic shelf label (ESL) market – Bluetooth ESL – which it describes as scalable, ultra-low power and highly secure. Designed to replace proprietary wireless protocols, it is based on Bluetooth technology and was created with companies involved in the market, such ...

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KSAT expands its global ground network

KSAT, the Norwegian ground network specialist, is expanding its antenna capacity both in Antarctica and the United States. The company, which is currently installing four new antennas in Antarctica, at the Troll ground station (pictured), is also adding multiple antennas in Hawaii, Alaska and the US Southeast. It has announced it is also expanding its ...

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EchoStar building global S-band network for satellite IoT

EchoStar, the U.S. satcom and Internet services provider, has turned to Astro Digital for the construction of a global S-band mobile satellite service (MSS) network addressing IoT. Astro Digital is a designer, manufacturer and operator of small satellite systems, and under the agreement it will manufacture the satellites for the EchoStar LEO constellation. Planned to ...

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Seraphim partners with ESA for space startup support

The Seraphim Space Accelerator – part of Seraphim, the London-based, space-focused VC – is partnering with the European Space Agency (ESA). The goal is to help the agency identify and support European-based space start-ups, providing access to the global Space Venture Capital market. This area accounted for £8bn of investment in 2022, according to Seraphim. ...

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Harwin designs GB Row Challenge microplastics sampling system

Harwin, the interconnects specialist, is helping study the build-up of microplastics in UK waters via this year’s GB Row Challenge, which has an ecological angle. The Hampshire-based company is one of the sponsors of the event and it has also been working with the University of Portsmouth to develop the pumps for the microplastic sampling ...

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UK space agencies launch SPIN placement award scheme for interns

The UK Space Agency (UKSA), in partnership with the Satellite Applications Catapult, is making £150,000 available under its ‘SPIN’ placement award scheme, to help support the development of interns in the space sector. SPIN stands for Space Placements in Industry. According to the bodies, the projects to be supported should be suitable to be carried ...

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Digi-Key launches technology development hub in Bengaluru

Digi-Key Electronics has launched, in India, its first Global Capability Centre (GCC) – a technology development hub. The 30,000 square foot facility is in Bhartiya City, Bengaluru (also known as Bangalore) and is the first of its kind to be set up by the Minnesota-based distributor. It says the GCC – described as an integral ...

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Flutter GUI toolkit sees Material 3, menu, and debugging support

Google has updated its cross-platform, embedded mobile GUI toolkit with the release of Flutter 3.7. The open source toolkit creates embedded graphic components from a single codebase via native Arm code. What is in the newest version? There’s the ability to create custom menu bars, cascading menus, improved Material 3 support, and some new debugging ...

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