See how National Instruments is improving airplane production efficiency.

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UK engineering bodies are aiming at the Government with a detailed report about Brexit, called ‘Engineering a future outside the EU: securing the best outcome for the UK’.

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I sometimes despair that our government has to make decisions based on facts. Because so few politicians or MPs appear to have any real grasp of statistics or numbers. That said, there are a few people who can understand numbers near the government, and there are some very good Lords* – Gus O’Donnell, for example, knows …

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You’d have thought that what most Americans are most dreading is their choice of President next month but, according to CB Insights, this is what the Americans are most afraid of: The top ten fears are: Corrupt government officials 60.6 Terrorist Attack/Manmade Disasters 41 Not having enough money for the future. 39.9 Terrorism/Crime 38.5 Government …

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Linear technology is to show two third-party IoT network product ranges at Electronica in Munich, based on its SmartMesh radios. Norwegian company Vicotee Njord is offering wireless sensors to replace wired sensors. “The product is an off-the-shelf solution that will enable companies and public services to connect with traditional wired sensors over the Internet through …

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Australian engineers create a long-lasting quantum from the spin of a silicon atom and an electromagnetic field – existing for 2.4ms before de-phasing.

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An interesting experiment has been proposed by Dr Davidson of Battersea College of Technology, London, in a letter to Nature. So, 56 years ago, started a piece in Electronics Weekly’s edition of December 28th 1960. He suggests the use of an artificial satellite carrying a caesium atomic clock. A measurement could then be made of …

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AWS is excited to announce immediate availability of the new US East (Ohio) Region. Ohio joins Northern Virginia, Oregon, Northern California, and AWS GovCloud as the fifth AWS Region in North America and as the fourteenth worldwide, bringing the total number of AWS Availability Zones to 38 globally. 

“What is the Department doing about the IoT?” I ask the Permanent Secretary. “The Department can do nothing about something incapable of definition, Secretary of State,” replied the PS. ‘Connecting things to eachother via the Internet,” I suggest. “Connecting things like what, Secretary of State?” “Oh, fridges to toasters, that sort of thing.” “De minimis …

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Antenova, the Hatfield antenna manufacturer, is sampling an antenna for small devices in the 433MHz ISM band. The antenna measures 101.0mm x 20.0mm x 0.15mm, and weighs 0.5g, with a peak gain of 2.80dBi. It is suitable for any small electronic device in the 433MHz band, typically remote monitoring, robot control, smart meters, home automation …

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