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Glass thinner than a human hair is now strong and flexible enough to be used in a wide variety of high-tech applications. The technology group SCHOTT is one of the few companies in the world that develops and manufactures ultra-thin glass for cutting-edge features in smartphones of the future, including cover glasses, substrates for flexible OLED displays and wearables, camera systems, novel micro batteries, processors and fingerprint and bio-sen...

Those of us who thought slavery was an unsavoury historical remnant would do well to think again following the enactment of the government’s new Modern Slavery Act 2015, which has significant implications for the UK electronic components supply network. ecsn Chairman Adam Fletcher explains.

Nissan has revealed an exciting glimpse into the future – with the first look at its fully connected vision of the future of mobility in association with renowned architects, Foster + Partners.The landmark partnership, between the manufacturers of the world’s best-selling 100% electric vehicle and the leading design studio, concluded that the fuel station of the future could actually be the car itself.

In recent months NSK Japan has been working in close conjunction with the Kanagawa Rehabilitation Centre, performing trials of the company´s innovative LIGHBOT autonomous guide robot which features indoor navigation and obstacle avoidance. The product already offers a number of advanced guidance, safety and usability functions, and NSK Japan will now continue its development efforts in readiness for LIGHBOT´s European launch in the au...

A new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is calling for urgent Government and industry action to encourage the greater use of autonomous and driverless vehicles. Philippa Oldham, Head of Transport, the Institution of the Mechanical Engineers, and Lead Author of the report, commented: “We need to urgently resolve legislative, technological and insurance issues to help encourage the rollout of autonomous or driverless vehicles....

The University of Portsmouth is to host a centre of excellence for satellite data, which will promote economic growth in the UK’s space sector. The centre will allow the south coast business community to tap into satellite technology that could improve their products and services, for example, developing technology to help robot submarines use live satellite data to inform their route through the ocean – similar to drivers using live ...

Top industry names will be exhibiting and presenting at Motiv8’s first free technical seminars. The first seminar covering LED and Lighting Design including IoT/M2M and Wearable Technology will take place on Tuesday March 8 at the Williams F1 Conference Centre at Grove, near Oxford.

Analog Devices has announced a PMU (Power Management Unit) designed to enable faster and more efficient energy harvesting in IoT applications where energy is scarce. Due to its unique circuit design, the ADP509x is among the most efficient energy harvesting PMUs on the market, converting harvested power down to 16μW with only sub-μW operation losses.

A UK initiative designed to study data critical to the efficient operation of driverless cars has secured funding from Innovate UK that will put the country at the forefront of connected and autonomous vehicles.The Atlas initiative, a consortium of UK businesses, will use the funding to research and develop communication between vehicles and roadside infrastructure.

Intel Corporation today announced industry partnerships and products that lay the groundwork for faster, smarter and more efficient 5G wireless networks designed to deliver 'amazing' new experiences throughout daily life. From embedded devices in athletes’ equipment and drones with collision avoidance capabilities, to autonomous vehicles, smart cities and more, connecting 'things' to each other, to people and the cloud is placing unpreceden...