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GITAI limbers up for space robotics demonstration outside ISS

Japanese space startup GITAI will be carrying out a demonstration of its space robotics technology demonstration outside International Space Station (ISS) in 2023. Specifically, the company has announced it will demonstrate – working with Nanoracks – the capabilities of its autonomous robot when mounted external to the space station on the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock. Based ...

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EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Shrouk El-Attar

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 Shrouk El-Attar, a Lead Senior Electronics Engineer at emm Technology . Achievement Shrouk ...

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Elektra Awards 2023 – Deadline for entries extended

For the Elektra Awards 2023 – which are now in their twenty-first year – we have extended the entry deadline to midnight Thursday 27 July, which gives you two more weeks’ time to get your entries in. The awards evening highlights and celebrates the best achievements in the UK and European electronics market. Enter for ...

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SaxaVord Spaceport completes test exercise ahead of launches

SaxaVord Spaceport, in the Shetland Islands, has completed a test exercise at its site, up to the point of launch. Dubbed “Operation Freya”, it was intended to allow for a full testing of processes and procedures that are being developed for eventual spaceflight later this year. Specifically the spaceport is on the Lamba Ness peninsula ...

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SatixFy demonstrates 5G link through LEO satellite constellation

SatixFy, a UK manufacturer of electronic systems for communications over satellite, has demonstrated a 5G link through a LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite constellation.   Using its compact fully electronically steered multi-beam multi-orbit antenna terminal, the Farnborough-based company described it as the first ever demonstration of a high-speed, low-latency link with a LEO constellation incorporating ...

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NMITE scholarship boost for female engineers

The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) has announced a scholarship totalling £5,000 for every woman who will be joining their undergraduate Master’s Degree in Integrated Engineering. The programme for this course will begin in September 2022. The aim of the scholarship – dubbed ‘She/Her=Future Engineer’ is to attract more women into engineering ...

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Viewpoint: Race is on to avert an EV battery supply crisis

With global demand for EVs growing at pace, the race is on for battery innovators to avert a supply crisis due to shortages of various elements found in the earth’s crust, such as nickel, cobalt and lithium, writes Ben Palmer, a partner and patent attorney at Withers & Rogers. Diminished availability of these much-needed raw ...

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Astrocast partners with ArrowSpot for SatIoT into supply chain management

Astrocast, the Swiss nanosatellite IoT network operator, has announced a partnership with ArrowSpot, a supply chain logistics specialist. The agreement will see Astrocast integrating its Satellite IoT (SatIoT) technology into ArrowSpot’s tracking devices and its ArroWatch application. Specifically, Astrocast’s technology will be in ArrowSpot’s new ArrowTrack SAT device (pictured), which combines cellular and satellite communication ...

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