UK gets tough on data protection laws
Digital and Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has told businesses to prepare for stronger data protection laws. Speaking from Davos, where he has been reaffirming the UK’s commitment to AI, Secretary of...
View ArticleTech job numbers rise, Java & AI skills in demand
The number of jobs advertised in the UK technology sector grew by 12% last year, one of the fastest rates across UK industries, according to new data from Reed Technology. The agency’s survey also...
View ArticleGovernment signs Charter to boost gender diversity in tech jobs
The Government is promoting gender diversity in the tech sector and will sign up to the Tech Talent Charter, an initiative tackling the gender imbalance in the tech workforce. The Tech Talent Charter...
View ArticleTech sector takes a lead in tackling modern slavery
TechUK moves to further drive out modern slavery from tech supply chains. A report on modern slavery reporting standards in the tech sector from techUK makes recommendations for both businesses and...
View ArticleHarwin appoints specialist in socially responsible supply chain
With the growing importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the sourcing of raw materials, connector and shielding manufacturer Harwin has appointed Ottawa-based regulatory software and...
View ArticleSiemens creates big data skills lab at Newcastle University
Boosting the digital skills of UK students is the remit of an on-going collaboration between Siemens and Newcastle University. The University this week saw the opening of the MindSphere Lab which will...
View ArticleWoman engineer debunks myths about working in industry
The theme for International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2018, which takes place on 23 June, is to raise the bar for women in engineering. It sees a need to heighten expectations for female...
View ArticleFormer HP UK CEO widens EngineeringUK appeal
Former CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services UK, Jacqui Ferguson has taken a role at EngineeringUK as a trustee. EngineeringUK has plans to broaden its industry and business support activities...
View ArticleAirbus and ESA hope space will encourage young engineers
Airbus has teamed up with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Autodesk in an educational initiative which taps into the excitement of space exploration. The Airbus Foundation, ESA and Autodesk have...
View ArticleUK schools robot competition lead by EPSRC
A robotic design competition for the UK’s school children, based on an on-line game, has been launched by the government’s UK Robotics & Autonomous Systems Network (UK-RAS Network) and educational...
View ArticleNanolumens launches Bright Thinking educational content series
Nanolumens has announced the launch of a content series designed to demystify digital signage. The series will target beginners through electrical engineering experts, explaining specific topics within...
View ArticleUS opens 6GHz band for Wi-Fi
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has allocated its 6GHz spectrum to un-licensed use, opening 5.925 – 7.125GHz for uses such as Wi-Fi in the US. Unlicenced users will share it with licensed...
View ArticleBSI weaves formal framework around automated driving
The British Standards Institution has published its the first taxonomy for specifying the operational design domain of automated driving systems. ‘PAS 1883 Operational design domain (ODD) taxonomy for...
View Article‘Open source hardware’ no longer vague as DIN pins down the definition
German national standards body DIN (Deutsche Institut für Normung) has defined exactly what ‘open-source hardware’ is, and what it isn’t. This should mean an end to ‘open-washing’ – marketing partially...
View ArticleReader-friendly guide to open-source hardware DIN Spec
A reader-friendly guide to the recently-announced open-source hardware specification DIN Spec 3105 has been published, written on behalf of the Journal of Open Hardware by Jérémy Bonvoisin of the...
View ArticleSilicon Labs wins IoT security certification from PSA and ioXt Alliance
Silicon Labs has earned IoT security certifications from both PSA Certified and the ioXt Alliance. The company’s ‘Secure Vault’ is a suite of security features including: secure boot based on hardware...
View ArticleUK standard for self-driving car safety observation
UK national standards body BSI has published a standard covering automated vehicle trial data collection and management for incident investigation. It is the fourth publication from the CAV Standards...
View ArticleWireless-to-DALI Gateway specification from DALI Alliance
The DALI Alliance has specified wireless-to-DALI gateways to link existing DALI wired products with Bluetooth mesh or Zigbee wireless ecosystems. “Wireless to DALI gateways provide the flexibility to...
View ArticleMicrochip puts its courses on-line
Microchip is offering on-line courses for engineers. Built around company products and under the umbrella of ‘Microchip University’, the courses and webcasts cover a range “diverse embedded design...
View ArticleJEP181: JEDEC standard for thermal simulation
JEP181 from JEDEC is a neutral file XML-based standard for thermal models. The chosen file format is ECXML, for ‘electronics cooling extensible mark-up language’. “A de facto standard for a number of...
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