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The global market for autonomous systems is growing quickly: an estimated €76bn will be spent on robotics by 2025. To keep pace with this development, Finland is launching RAAS, a new innovation ecosystem for autonomous systems. The aim is for RAAS to grow into one of the world’s leading development environments.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has confirmed it will integrate the widely used ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards into its forthcoming Common Regulatory Framework on Cyber security (CRF). The CRF will serve as an official UN policy position statement for Europe.

Scientists have developed a computer tool that can spot if somebody has filed a fake police statement based purely on the text included in the document. Using a combination of automatic text analysis and advanced machine learning techniques, the tool has been able to successfully identify false robbery reports with over 80% accuracy.

Academics at Cardiff University have conducted the first independent academic evaluation of Automated Facial Recognition (AFR) technology across a variety of major policing operations.The project by the Universities’ Police Science Institute evaluated South Wales Police’s deployment of Automated Facial Recognition across several major sporting and entertainment events in Cardiff city over more than a year, including the UEFA Champion&...

Renewable energies covered 38% of Germany’s gross power requirement in the first three quarters of 2018, according to the Federal Association for Energy and Water (BDEW). The new figure is a three percentage point rise on the figure for 2017 and was boosted by an exceptional weather year for renewable energies, with plenty of wind through the spring and an exceptionally sunny summer.

As the long cold winters are being predicted, Chris Lloyd, Managing Director of Spelsberg UK, is recommending that owners and operators of industrial plants take pre-emptive action before the weather turns bad by checking existing equipment.He has suggested that installing thermostats and trace heating is a simple and cost-effective way to ensure operations are not brought to a standstill by the sub-zero temperatures that are sure to hit the UK.

The Guinness World Record for the heaviest payload lifted by a drone has been broken by FPT Industrial and Forvola, during FPT Industrial’s Tech Day event in Turin, Italy, on 23rd November. Forvola’s megadrone, with its 16 propellers, lifted a box full of FPT Industrial spare parts weighing 101kg to a height of almost 1.5 metres for more than one minute and three seconds.

If a product is improved or obsolete components have to be replaced, these changes will affect every process in electronics manufacturing. From solder paste printing to assembly, inspection, and testing, none of these steps will remain unchanged for long. In-circuit testing (ICT) is often a major challenge for redesigns.

William M. Lowe, Jr., who has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kemet since 2008, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Lowe succeeds Per-Olof Loof, who, in agreement with the board, has resigned as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board.

A team from Anritsu has been working within an IEEE standards committee to help develop and release standards for the switch to 5G networks. Following its first April 2016 meeting, the IEEE 1914 working group established, developed, and published the IEEE 1914.3 standard in October 2018. As a voting member of this team, Anritsu continues work on other areas within the working group.