Author Archives: Alun Williams

ESA signs up for more space on smarter European roads

The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking to extend the use of space-related technology along European roads. It has has finalised a Memorandum of Intent with ERTICO, the organisation for the European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination, a public-private partnership for the development of intelligent road systems. Specifically, the ESA’s Navigation Directorate finalised the agreement ...

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Second stage engine test moves Skyrora towards UK launch

Edinburgh-based rocket company Skyrora has successfully completed a static fire test of the second stage of its flagship Skyrora XL orbital rocket. Discover Space UK, at the Machrihanish Airbase on the Kintyre peninsula, hosted the integrated stage test, and it moves Skyrora closer to entering commercial operations. The company says an inaugural orbital launch is ...

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EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Jack Tufft

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Jack Tufft, a Mechanical Engineering MEng student at the University of Glasgow. Achievement ...

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EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Amy Suddards

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Amy Suddards, a PhD student in radio astronomy technologies at the University of ...

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Digi-key expands product distribution capability

Digi-Key Electronics is expanding its product distribution capacity, with the opening of new facilities in Thief River Falls in Minnesota. The official ribbon cutting ceremony of its new centre is pictured above. This increases the company’s headquarters’ footprint by 2.2 million square feet, it highlights, for a combined total of more than 3 million square ...

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EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Ana Reis

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Ana Claudia Reis, a Software Engineering Manager at Imagination Technologies. Achievement Ana is ...

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Farnell, NXP and Doulos webinar addresses Industry 4.0

Farnell, NXP and Doulos are partnering to provide a webinar entitled ‘Automation and Edge AI for Industry 4.0’. Scheduled to last one hour, the webinar will run on Wednesday 24 August at 10-11am (BST) for Asia and Europe (and 10-11am (PDT) for the Americas). It will be conducted by Rahul Dubey, an AI expert from ...

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EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Jessica Reading

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Jessica Reading, an Engineering Degree Apprentice at Siemens PLC. Achievement As the only ...

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Digi-Key, NI webinar – Automating NI DAQ hardware with Python

Using Python to Automate NI DAQ Hardware. This is the title of a data acquisition webinar Digi-Key will be hosting with NI. Free to attend, it takes place on Thursday, August 23, at 11 a.m., and will highlight the benefits of using NI hardware with Python. Specifically, during the webinar, Austin Stanton – a senior ...

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EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Alberto Progida

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Alberto Progida, a Mechanical Engineering Student at the University of Edinburgh. Achievement Endeavour ...

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