We are all used to hearing about implantable medical devices such as pace-makers etc, but what about medical implants containing small motors driving pumps or dosing drugs within the human body. It sounds like science fiction, but the truth is more and more companies are exploring the possibilities (more...)

Mouser Electronics has announced its first Digital AI Conference. The free, interactive online event will offer a multitude of enlightening activities focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology, specifically on how new innovations are driving intelligence and automation (more...)

As the UK lockdown begins to ease, RARUK Automation is preparing to reopen the UK’s first Universal Robots Authorised Training Centre at its headquarters in Shefford on the 4th August 2020. RARUK Automation has issued a statement on ‘Staying COVID-19 Secure in 2020’ confirming (more...)

PI (Physik Instrumente) has recently launched its online shop for the UK, offering new and existing customers direct access to some of its most popular off-the-shelf products, as well as details of offers and pricing information. Customers benefit from the basic advantages of an online shop – (more...)

Renishaw is committed to maintaining global supply chains and supporting its customers worldwide. During these uncertain times that means adapting, and helping industry to adapt, to new priorities and requirements. As Tarquin Adams, Renishaw's Group Marketing Manager, explains, “In these (more...)

RS Components has released RadioGlobe, an open-source DesignSpark engineering project that features a real globe as its user interface. By turning the globe, users can tune into internet radio stations from around the world. RadioGlobe has been designed and released in collaboration with (more...)

Atkore International, which owns Unistrut, Marco, Vergokan and Flexicon, is rebranding and updating the image of these well-known and trusted market leading brands to strengthen their association with Atkore. As a global organisation, Atkore has sales of $1.9bn with manufacturing and distribution (more...)

Automatica, the leading international trade fair for intelligent automation and robotics, and the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MSRM) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are jointly creating a new and globally unique AI platform: munich_i will provide answers to (more...)

Comau has signed a multi-year partnership with Tecnomatic, an Italian automation provider specialized in advanced hairpin stator technologies. Integrating Tecnomatic’s expertise and patented hairpin technology – from prototype co-design and development all the way to the insulation of (more...)

Electrocomponents has joined The Valuable 500, a global organisation committed to advancing disability inclusion in the workplace. The goal is to persuade 500 influential multinational companies that have 1,000 employees or more to make a public commitment to advancing disability inclusion in their (more...)