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TDK Corporation is pleased to announce that TDK-Lambda UK achieved highly at this year’s North Devon Manufacturers Association (NDMA) awards ceremony. Recognising its collaborative approach to innovate, the company received the ‘Team of the Year’ award for product design and a special award for ‘outstanding achievement’ for its work with Ilfracombe Academy.  Team of the Year Martin Coates, engineering project manager …

Bedtime stories are experiencing a boom in popularity amongst UK families, thanks to gadgets such as tablets and iPads according to new research. The survey of 1,009 British parents carried out by gadgets and technology e-tailer, LaptopsDirect.co.uk, found that 69 per cent of UK families have used gadgets and technology for bedtime stories …

The new RF-R3x0 from HARTING is a versatile UHF RFID reader that combines software flexibility with an extremely robust and compact design that enable its deployment in a wide range of application scenarios. Thanks to the use of M12 industrial connectors and aluminium die-cast housings, the reader is rugged enough to …

Human expertise and artificial intelligence will combine when BOFA showcases its latest innovations in laser fume extraction in Hall 4 Stand 4D19 at the LASYS trade show in Stuttgart, Germany from June 5-7. Members of BOFA’s world-renowned research and development division, along with in-house laser health and safety experts, will …

The more electronics steer, accelerate and brake cars, the more important it is to protect them against cyber attacks. That is why 15 partners from industry and academia will work together over the next three years on new approaches to IT security in self-driving cars. The joint project goes by …

GTK UK has recently refreshed the displays section of its website, making it easier for engineers to navigate and identify the product that most suits their application, as well as review different customisation options for their design. Clive Dickinson, business manager for displays at GTK, said: “The website refresh is …

An international research team led by physicists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed molecules that can be switched between two structurally different states using an applied voltage. Such nanoswitches can serve as the basis for a pioneering class of devices that could replace silicon-based components with organic …

Schaffner, the international leader in the field of electromagnetic compatibility and power quality, posted dynamic growth in the first half of 2017/18 in a positive economic environment. New orders were up 14.8 per cent year-on-year to CHF 114.4 million (previous year: CHF 99.6 million), and net sales rose 14.5 per …

Recently certified to ISO9001:2015 Cliff Electronics has added the popular and widely used ST Fibre Optic Connector to its very successful range of 24mm-diameter XLR Panel cut-out connectors. These Straight Tip connectors utilise a bayonet-style coupling enabling a simple twist-on and twist-off installation. The ST connector is one of the …

Chris Barrett, an industry veteran with over 20 years’ experience in engineering, R&D, operations and product development has joined FRAMOS as its vice president of Sensor Engineering. FRAMOS is the leading technology provider in embedded vision, industrial, scientific and medical image processing with a comprehensive portfolio of imaging components and …