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The Board of Directors of Schaffner Holding AG appointed Daniel G. Zeidler as Head of Power Magnetics division and member of the Executive Committee. He will take up his duties at Schaffner no later than 1st March 2019.

A leading tech entrepreneur is calling on politicians to help combat the dangers posed by the growing use of facial recognition software. Mike Cowin, CEO of Touch Biometrix, one of the Top 20 fingerprint technology companies in the world, says facial recognition is the ‘biggest threat to democracy’ in today’s society.

Employees plan to delegate tasks that they are not that confident with robots completing, and this has sparked research to show that millennials plan to use robots to avoid human interaction at work, commissioned byABBYY.The research, of 1,200 employees in the UK, found that 17% of 18-34 year olds hate speaking to customers, yet only 4% of over 55s felt the same. What’s more, 1 in 10 (10%) of 18-34 year olds would delegate speaking to custo...

For couples hoping for a baby via in vitro fertilisation, chances have improved. A process that once took hours now takes minutes: Cornell scientists have created a microfluidic device that quickly corrals strong and speedy sperm viable for fertilisation.Conventional methods to separate vigorous, motile sperm is tedious and may take up to several hours to perform.

adi Group have welcomed ten fresh-faced apprentices through their doors this week, which includes their first ever female trade apprentice.Of the ten apprentices, Abbie Beaver is doing it for the girls and will be taking on the role as a fabrication and welding apprentice.

Following the acquisition by TE Connectivity of ABB’s ENTRELEC terminal block business, TE has now formally changed the name of ABB Poland to TE Connectivity Industrial Poland. The change, which is effective immediately, aligns with global efforts to present a unified brand and company for customers.

Aerotech will present innovative linear and rotary tables for demanding laser machining processes at this year’s Micronora precision and microtechnology fair in Besançon France, 25th – 28th September. For the first time, the IGM linear motion platform, developed to meet the highest precision requirements, will be presented to a broad specialist audience.

In its first season, all teams competing in the ABB FIA Formula E championship were supplied with the same electric vehicle (EV). Now, teams can get more creative under the bonnet and automotive manufacturers are using Formula E as a test bed to fine-tune their green technology.

We are officially in a digital age, there is no escaping that, but have you ever wondered how digitalisation will affect different sectors?Well Engineering Specifier editor Anna Flockett spoke to Adrian Timbus, Technology and Solutions Manager in Smart Grid and Renewables at ABB to find out more about what digitalisation holds for the energy sector, and to learn more about virtual power plants.

At this year’s Micronora precision and microtechnology fair in Besançon France, 25th to 28th September, Aerotech will present innovative linear and rotary tables for demanding laser machining processes. For the first time, the IGM linear motion platform, developed to meet the highest precision requirements, will be presented to a broad specialist audience.