Women, we need you! Promoting the role of women in the industry
ON Semiconductor (ON) will showcase its latest LiDAR technology at CES 2020. In particular, ON will demonstrate its family of high- resolution, wide fi eld-of-view (FoV), single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays, designed for short-, mid- and long-range LiDAR applications.
www.onsemi.com
u-blox has unveiled the BMD-380: a new, ultra-small, high performance Bluetooth module. Measuring at 7.5 x 9.5mm, including the ceramic antenna, it meets Bluetooth 5.0 specifi cations and supports IEEE802.15.4, with its long range protocol suitable for implementing communication in harsh radio environments, for use cases in industrial automation, healthcare, smart cities, smart buildings and homes and wearables.
www.u-blox.com
Xilinx has released its AI inference development platform, Vitis AI, for download free of charge, as it hopes to empower software developers with deep learning acceleration, as part of their software code.
www.xilinx.com O
dgers Berndston have partnered with companies such as Vodafone and Google for Rebus, an initiative looking to enhance the presence of women in the UK technology sector. Specifi cally, this initiative aims to provide women intending to lead their careers towards executive and board positions, with objective advice and guidance from experienced mentors to help build confi dence and aid those women in achieving their ambitions. There is no cost, nor barrier into the programme, a benefi cial point when one considers how some women lack the resources or role models to reach these positions. “The readiness of big players in tech to take a lead in mentoring female leaders is extremely
encouraging,” said Holly Addison, partner and head of consumer technology at Odgers Berndtson, and co-founder of Rebus: “Our focus is fi rmly on women in senior management roles, aiming to help them navigate the path to board level. Having that self-belief can make all the diff erence.” Hugh Dickerson, senior industry head at Google, added: “I am very excited to be a part of the Rebus programme as it is important that a business’ senior team best refl ects the diversity of the consumers they serve, and how supporting women to reach their true potential is a critical component in this endeavour”.
Odgers Berndtson
www.odgersberndtson.com
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Datateam Business Media acquires What’s New in Electronics Live
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hat’s New in Electronics Live, the dedicated electronics and manufacturing event, has been
acquired by Datateam Business Media, and will now join the company’s portfolio of existing events and supporting publications, including Electronics, Electronics World and Components in Electronics (CIE) titles. With extensive experience in industry events covering a range of industries and sectors, Datateam is positioned to support and implement the next growth phase of the WNIE Live event in the UK. The show will now sit alongside Sensors & Instrumentation Live, and both events will run in hall 1 at the NEC, Birmingham on the 29-30 September 2020. The development of this acquisition will be led by business director Louise Pudney and her team, who are excited about the upcoming combination and
Guinness World Record broken with AR screen
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he Department of Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has just been awarded with the Guinness World Records (GWR) title for the ‘Largest Augmented Reality (AR) Screen’, as part of an augmented-reality advertising campaign to promote the UAE capital as a popular holiday locale, showcasing some of Abu Dhabi’s landmarks on the
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the prospect of delivering prominent, pertinent events to the market. Claire Saunders of New Events, responsible for
running the UK event for over 20 years, comments: “Datateam are investing in the UK electronics, manufacturing and industrial sectors, and will be adding WNIE Live to their existing event portfolio. They also have magazines that will support these events and we are confi dent the new team will deliver attentive customer service and an event relevant to its visitors.” For information on exhibiting at What’s New in Electronics Live or Sensors & Instrumentation Live, please contact Louise Pudney:
lpudney@datateam.co.uk | 01622 699104
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40-foot digital billboard dubbed ‘The Piccadilly Lights’, located in London.
The augmented reality screen has also been designed to allow passers-by to play a starring role. By standing near the fountain in the square, people are captured by the hi-tech, on-site audience camera, which transports them to some of Abu Dhabi’s most famous attractions, such as the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, on the screen. Each one of the capital’s landmarks has been brought to life using innovative 3D augmented-reality overlays. DCT Abu Dhabi
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he decade has come to a close and has brought so much with it as we enter the next stage: advanced automated assistants such as Alexa proved popular and demonstrated the potential for domestic AI, while wearable devices such as the Google Glass suggested the foresight of developers in bringing wearables to the forefront. Electronics looks to act as the guiding hand from this successful decade into the new one, with a December/ January issue that covers power applications in the rapidly developing medical (p. 30) and solar sectors (p. 32), the proposal for a standardised IoT security platform (p. 39), and previews on the shows that look to exhibit the technologies of the soon to be (p. 12, p. 20).
Christian Lynn - Editor / ELECTRONICS
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