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Tuesday 15th January 2019, the British International Education Association (BIEA) will host its first Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) conference aimed at identifying technology solutions to protect vulnerable species and ecosystems, it will be run in conjunction with international wildlife charity Born Free.

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The BMI088 high-performance inertial measurement unit (IMU) from Bosch Sensortec is now being shipped by distributor Mouser Electronics. Borrowing from Bosch’s proven automotive technology, the IMU delivers an extremely stable, low-noise 6-axis inertial sensor designed for industrial and harsh-environment drone and robotics applications.

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.

As Christmas approaches, thousands of people across the UK will purchase a drone amid a technological phenomenon with an endless range of uses and purposes. In 2017, the CAA estimated that 1.5 million drones were bought during the Christmas period. Drones are being used to film dramatic landscapes, identify crime suspects and fly medicines to remote locations, and their use is expected to increase.

Drones are becoming increasingly popular within the construction industry as more businesses begin to adopt the technology, so much so that their usage has increased 239% year-on-year. Construction firms are utilising drones to save costs, improve efficiency and streamline projects. Some of the use cases for drones in construction can be seen in the infographic below.

Over 200 technology and innovation champions from all over the world are joining a two-day humanitarian hackathon in Brussels to foster innovative ideas and build new prototypes that may transform aid delivery and help eradicate hunger. The hackathon is an initiative of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo, together with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Hack Belgium Labs.

The OpenIMU solution from ACEINNA consists of three key parts. First is a family of Inertial Measurement Units consisting of three high-accuracy accelerometers, three high-accuracy gyros, and a powerful ARM Coretex. Zoom in on OpenIMU and OpenIMU CAN Second is an OpenSource tool chain and reference code for programming the IMU.

Manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M and the Internet of Things, Antenova, has developed a new SMD positioning antenna that achieves a high level of accuracy in the GNSS bands. It can pinpoint a location to within centimetres. The Raptor antenna utilises the L2, 1200MHz satellite bands which recently became available for civilian use.

A board designed for the evaluation of Renesas Electronics’ recently launched ISL81601 bidirectional buck-boost controller IC is available at RS Components. The ISL81601EVAL1Z evaluation board integrates the ISL81601, which is a true bidirectional four-switch 60V high-voltage synchronous buck-boost controller.