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Did you know that until the 1960s, Boeing aircraft manufacturers used ferrets to carry cables to inaccessible areas? The animals were eventually retired because of a tendency to give up their task... or fall asleep. Here Darren Halford, Group Sales Manager, European Automation, discusses the role of the humble cable in today's industrial applications.

From the Wright Brothers' first powered flight in 1903, through the first solo global circumnavigation in 1933, to the proliferation of commercial aviation in the latter half of the 20th century, humanity has always held a special place in its heart for flight. On 9thMarch 2015, Solar Impulse 2 departed on the first leg of a groundbreaking mission: to fly around the world using only the power of the Sun.

Wind River has updated its VxWorks653 operating environment to include support formulti-core silicon and robust partitioning forapplications that enable multilevel RTCA DO-178C certification. Additionally, Wind River has announced support forthe Safety Base Profile of Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) 2.1 Technical Standard.

NG Bailey has been awarded a £4.3m contract to bring to life what is poised to become the world’s most advanced factory for aerospace research. The UK’s leading engineering, IT and facilities services specialists has been tasked with delivering all M&E (Mechanical and Electrical) design and installation work for the University of Sheffield’s £43m Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Factory 2050.

Vero Software have provided 20 seats of each of their leading VISI and Edgecam brands, to the AMRC Training Centre, which has been officially opened by HRH The Duke of York, KG.

A tool suite and RTOS developed by Green Hills Software now support the ARM Cortex-M7 processor. The Green Hills Probe and SuperTrace Probe, the MULTI IDE, the μ-velOSity RTOS and the ARM C/C++ compilers deliver both the fastest and smallest code in the industry, according to the company.

In order to provide DO-254 compliant design services for the aerospace industry, Microsemi and eInfochips have announced their collaboration. Critical avionics systems builders can utilise the immunity to configuration upsets of Microsemi’s FPGA-based products, such as SmartFusion2 and IGLOO2, and the leading design practices deployed by eInfochips to improve design efficiency, reliability and performance.

Delegates from 42 countries will converge at Printed Electronics Europe 2014, Europe's leading event on the topic, which brings together end users with suppliers. The event, held on 1-2 April 2014 in Berlin, Germany, features end users across multiple verticals presenting and attending to meet with the eco-system of leading suppliers.

Led by IDTechEx, a consortium of partners will launch the world's first flexible timer based on printed electronics at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe event in Berlin, April 1-2.The device consists of an electronic logic circuit implemented with thin film metal oxide transistors, powered by a printed battery, and integrated onto a paper substrate. It has four timing sequences and is designed for multi-functional use across four different ...

IDTechEx has announced a new report, 'Smart Packaging Comes To Market: Brand Enhancement with Electronics 2014-2024'. For this research, the company conducted extensive interviews with end-users in order to understand the challenges and opportunities they see for smart packaging. The companies interviewed were predominately consumer goods organisations totalling sales of more than $1 trillion (USD) a year. By Raghu Das, CEO, IDTechEx.