Analysis
Captec snaps up Aleutia to drive growth
Captec, a designer and manufacturer of specialist computing equipment, has acquired Aleutia, a company founded in 2006 with the mission of supporting education in Africa. It experienced significant success in providing high performance, low cost, fanless computing to African classrooms by overcoming the challenges posed in extremely hot environments.
Project-based learning key to AI conversion courses
The government has announced a £18.5m cash injection to drive up skills in AI and data science and support more adults to upskill and retrain to progress in their careers or find new employment. Up to 2,500 people will have the opportunity to retrain and become experts in data science and AI, thanks to a £13.5m investment to fund new degree and Masters conversion courses and scholarships at UK academic institutions over the next three...
Joint lab to accelerate development for China's automotive market
Renesas Electronics has announced that it has established the 'Automotive Electronic Joint Laboratory' with SAIC Volkswagen Automobile Co., (“SVW”). The SAIC-Volkswagen-Renesas Joint Laboratory will accelerate research and development efforts to support emerging automotive electronics applications, starting with cockpit and vehicle control, for the Chinese automotive market.
Industry optimistic despite sales slow down
Many years ago, on hearing of another optimistic forecast that predicted a first half downturn would be followed by a second half upturn, Jean-Phillipe Dauvin, a respected forecaster of the semiconductor industry, drily observed, “In my next life I will only live in the second half of the year”. Well we’re at it again with seasoned observers reckoning the industry will not enter a third successive quarter in retreat, writes Mick...
Bulgin sponsors MATE International ROV competition
Rugged connector and component manufacturer Bulgin has announced its involvement in the 18th annual MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Education) International ROV competition. Bulgin will be sponsoring the finals, which will be held from June 20th to 22nd, at the Kingsport Aquatic Center and MeadowView Conference Resort and Convention Center in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Delivering a traffic management platform with global V2X
Specialist in V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication solutions, Autotalks, is supplying its chipset to NoTraffic’s autonomous traffic management platform, which enables the delivery of infrastructure sensor information to vehicles through V2I (Vehicle-to-Infrastructure) communications.
Primary school pupils challenged to design and build EVs
Primary school pupils from ten schools across the Coventry and Warwick area will take part in a celebration event and competition on the 11th June hosted by Schneider Electric and Primary Engineer, to showcase the results of their hands-on experience of designing, building and styling their own electric vehicle.
Smart mobility: Ukrainian city selects CIPURSE for transit ticketing
The city of Vinnitsa, Ukraine, is implementing a new system for automated fare collection based on the CIPURSE open security standard. Infineon Technologies has been selected as sole supplier of the security chips to be embedded into 200,000 transportation cards for the city’s trams and busses. The cards will be issued from summer 2019 onwards.
China renewables experts plan sustainable energy future
University of Birmingham scientists joined their Chinese counterparts at the 2019 UK-China Future Energy System Development Forum to explore new and innovative ways of accelerating the adoption of renewable energy.
UK Prime Minister launches London Tech Week
Prime Minister Theresa May today launches the sixth annual London Tech Week festival, spearheaded by Informa Tech, bringing together many of the biggest names from global technology and business.