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Calibration helps keep your world up, running and safe. Though most never realise it, thousands of calibrations are quietly conducted every day around the world for your benefit.  When on your next flight or taking medication or passing a nuclear facility, you can expect that the systems and processes used …

The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has appointed Helen Weedon as managing director. The appointment marks significant restructuring of the innovation forum. Helen succeeds Martin Coleman who will commence as a member of the group’s advisory board. Helen has played a pivotal role within the group since 2011, in which time she has …

Optical non contact measurement systems do not require physical contact with a surface to determine the dimensions and other parameters of a component. Instead new systems use a light source which is passed through a range of optics and is then generated on the surface to be measured. The main …

University of Birmingham Professor of Robotics, Rustam Stolkin, has been elected as Chair of a new international Expert Group on Robotic and Remote Systems (EGRSS) – part of the OECD’s global Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), which brings together the governments of 33 member nations. Professor Stolkin was unanimously elected to …

The UK is leading the way on gender equality in the workplace by employing the most women researchers in the world, a study by specialist tax relief firm Catax has revealed. The UK employs 197,596 women in research and development out of a total workforce of 510,980, analysis of the most …

In this opinion piece, Amy Leary, marketing manager at eBOM.com, identifies trends for the electronics industry in 2020… So, it’s now 2020 and the festive season is over – many of us will have started new years resolutions along with new beginnings. For many people, January is a month where …

When Wanhua Chemical required both pressure and leak noise monitoring for their water network, they turned to HWM for a bespoke solution. Approaching HWM with a unique set of requirements, Wanhua Chemical needed accurate monitoring of both the pressure within their water network and leak noise to identify leaking pipes. To …

Israeli startup TriEye, whose Short-Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) sensing technology enhances visibility in adverse weather and night-time conditions, has announced a collaboration with the German sports car manufacturer Porsche, to further improve visibility and performance of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV). As ADAS systems are expected to operate under …

Good things come in threes – and automated driving is no exception. Before safe automated driving can become a reality, a third sensor principle is needed in addition to camera and radar. Consequently, Bosch is making long-range lidar sensors production-ready – the first lidar (light detection and ranging) system that …

Where accurate flow rate measurements are required it is imperative that the flow measurement sensors are working in the correct manner and are giving accurate and reliable readings. Undertaking regular maintenance, cleaning, verification and or calibration adjustment of the flow meter instrumentation is the only way to ensure you maintain …