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Engineers Without Boarders launch People Design Challenge
Engineers Without Borders UK, leading a movement to put global responsibility at the heart of engineering, has launched the 2020/21 cycle of the award-winning Engineering for People Design Challenge in partnership with Engineers Without Borders South Africa and the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CfAT), Australia.
Automation to be supplied hydrometallurgical plant
Valmet will supply automation to Fortum’s new hydrometallurgical plant in Harjavalta, Finland. The new facility can efficiently recycle the valuable metals found in lithium batteries used in electric cars, along with various waste fractions generated in the battery production chain.
Contract awarded to Stratasys by the US Navy
The US Navy has issued Stratasys a $20m contract to purchase up to 25 Stratasys F900 3D printers over the next five years, with delivery of the first eight expected before the end of 2021. In addition to the printers, the contract includes initial support and sustainment, materials, and development of initial training for the supplied systems.
NVIDIA share expressive speech synthesis research
Expressive speech synthesis research gives developers and creators access to conversational AI models to generate voices for characters, virtual assistants and personalised avatars.
The world’s first direct-drive sidebot
Wyzo, the world’s first direct-drive pick-and-place sidebot, will be showcased to the US market for the first time at PACK EXPO Las Vegas on 27th-29th September. From artisan companies taking their first steps into automation to established large-scale manufacturers, visitors tobooth 6027can experience first-hand how Wyzo can work safely side-by-side with humans with zero protective barriers or performance compromises.
Crossover to electric aircraft progressing
Electraflyer has announced that it has passed crossover, meaning it now sells more battery-electric aircraft than polluting ones. Pipistrel sold over 100 battery-electric aircraft last year as they take over from its traditional offerings. Bye Aerospace does not even make conventional aircraft. With its Tesla-style approach, its order book exceeds 720 battery-electric aircraft evenly split between two and four-seaters.
Top 5 sensor products in November
Electronic Specifier takes a look at the top sensor products to have been released in November.
Opening doors for Britain's women of STEM
2019 figures from the UK Government state that there are now just over one million women in the STEM workforce. This translates to an increase of more than 350,000 women (24%) entering these areas of work. While this may be encouraging to hear, there is still a long way to go for gender equality in these male-dominated industries.
Ultrahuman raises $17.5m for wearable glucose tracker
Ultrahuman have raised $17.5m for its wearable glucose tracker, aiming to help over one billion people in the world suffering from a metabolic health disorder. This brings the total funds raised so far to $25m. Ultrahuman is committed to making metabolic fitness accessible to millions of people globally. The funds raised will be used for geographical expansion and to improve their biomarker technology.
The sensor fusion for tomorrow's urban driving functions
BASELABShas introduced BASELABS Dynamic Grid, an algorithm that generates a consistent environment model from high-resolution raw sensor data.