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Virtual Reality (VR) has been around for some time now, with the first goggles and gloves being developed as early as the mid-1980s by Jaron Lanier, Founder of VPL Research. Nearly 40 years later and this technology has become integrated into the mainstream and is now something the public can access and use. Many of us will have had the chance to use VR or see it in action, whether it’s been at a theme park, a VR centre or having a turn on ...

The global cashless payment solution, Tappit has announced a partnership with the grass-roots music festival,Leopallooza. The partnership will see Tappit’s cashless solutions rolled out to the festival’s 5,000 attendees and signifies the continued growth and success of Tappit’s UK base.Now in its 13thyear, Leopallooza will offer festival-goers a cashless experience with spending tied to their personal RFID wristband.

To help meet the requirements of the updated BS 7671 IET Wiring Regulations, Marshall-Tufflex has extended its range of Firefly fire clips. In the event of a fire the clips are designed to prevent cables falling and creating a hazard, providing a safer evacuation and allowing easy access for fire service crews.

Virtual Reality is expected to make a big impact on the world; how we interact with other people, opening up opportunities to experience life on other planets, transforming our health and more.

Recent research carried out by the Subcon engineering show here in the UK has suggested that there has been a massive leap in business over the past few years and therefore we don’t need to do anything else to encourage women into manufacturing as a career.In 2018 a similar survey was carried out and showed seven percent of people within the industry believed everything that could be done to encourage women into the field of engineering has...

Providing a window into cable management, Marshall-Tufflex has launched its Recycled PVC-U Calculator, showing users exactly how much recycled material is included in each of its products and therefore saved from being sent straight to landfill. With sustainability and recycling increasingly in the spotlight, Marshall-Tufflex has provided transparency into the environmental impact of its products with the launch of its Recycled PVC-U Calculator.

Living and working in space requires human perseverance.

This year saw WES (The Women’s Engineering Society) celebrate its 100 year anniversary. A lot has changed for women over the last century, as Electronic Specifier’s Anna Flockett found out at the organisation’s centennial conference.WES’s centennial conference which was held last month, titled: ‘Celebrating the Past, Transforming the Future’, set out to discuss the past, how far women have come, some of our ama...

As this year will mark 20 years since the start of the DSEI shows, the UK defence industry can look at not just how the sector has developed in this time, but also what to expect from the next 20 years. So, it is fitting that the RAF has announced the theme of its first DSEI Aerospace Capability Conference as, ‘Delivering the Next Generation Air Force’.

This blog post kicks off a space and astronomy series that followsWind River missions and technologiesthat are shaping the views of modern science today. This month follow the remarkable mission given to Opportunity, the last one of the rover twins. Guest blog written byAndreea Volusincu, Wind River.