Just over 40% of British adults have been affected by data breaches. In other words, had their personal information compromised by an organisation, putting them at risk of identity theft or identity fraud. Of these 64% are concerned that it could happen to them again in the future – so says information services firm Experian, after a survey of 2,000 ...
0ne in five people regularly throw old and used electrical items and 43% do not recycle electricals because they do not know how, according to a survey conducted for WEEE producer compliance scheme Repic. It also suggests 57% wanted to find out more, rising to 60% for young people. The UK-wide survey of 1,000 people found that 1 in 10 ...
Technology and engineering companies are still very worried about a lack of recruits with the necessary skill levels for the job. Companies even believe the skills shortage is serious enough to restrict business growth over the next few years, according to this year’s CBI/Pearson Education and Skills survey. The CBI/Pearson, which surveyed over a million employees in 310 UK-based companies, said ...
2015 will not be the year of wearable tech but better luck next year, says Simon Holt, Strategic Alliance Marketing Manager at Premier Farnell In September 2013 Forbes magazine reported on the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Gear and boldly declared 2013 “the year of wearable tech”. Then, following slow adoption rates over the next three months, this deadline was later ...
Jet engines are amongst the options for extending the range of electric cars, according to market research firm IDTechEx. According to IDTechEx, over eight million hybrid cars will be made in 2025. Many of these will be ‘series hybrids’ where only the electric motor is connected directly to the wheels – as in an electric vehicle – and the fuel ...
The future and recent past of electric flight and electric vehicles is the subject for a report by market research firm IDTechEx. For example, according to the firm, the UK’s University of Newcastle developed an ultra-light weight motor for a Boeing upper-atmosphere electric aircraft intended to stay aloft for months, while Versa Power Systems and QinetiQ worked with US military ...
Europe’s electronics industry is in recovery right now, says economist Nenad Pacek. Pacek, founder and president of Global Success Advisors and co-founder of the CEEMEA business group said: “The electrical and electronics manufacturing industry is showing definite signs of recovery, especially in Europe, the US and Japan, and despite recent currency downturns in certain areas, emerging markets are still an important ...
The next generation of scientists and engineers continues to prove elusive for the industry.
The technology sector in the UK grew faster than the rest of the economy in the last quarter of 2014 and so avoided the slowdown seen across the wider UK economy, according to the latest KPMG/Markit Tech Monitor UK survey. The report found that tech sector jobs growth accelerated as a result of the widest performance gap between the tech ...
The automotive semiconductor market has bounced back very strongly in 2014 with 10% growth year over year to reach $29bn, according to market analysis IHS. The fastest growing segment for automotive semiconductors is hybrid electric vehicles, and IHS estimates that semiconductor revenue in this application could achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR 2013–2018) of 20%. Other product segments to ...
