The Arduino CTC 101 education kit for teaching the fundamentals of electronics, programming and mechatronics is now being sold exclusively in Europe by RS Components. Intended as an educational aid for the 13 to 17 age group at secondary schools, the Arduino-based kit supports programming and mechatronics with five themed modules and offers more than 25 hands-on experiments. Each CTC 101 kit includes: six ...
Three build events for Microsoft, Google and Apple will be hosted by hosted by Ipswich-based software company, Coderus at the University of Suffolk and Adastral Park in May and June. The events, which are free to attend, include live streams from the US. They are being provided in association with BT; Innovation Martlesham, University of Suffolk, Eastern Enterprise Hub, IWIC and Tech East. ...
US aviation regulator FCC looks close to scrapping plans that would have allowed people to make calls from their personal phones while on airliners. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai issued the following statement regarding his proposal that the FCC terminate its 2013 proceeding that sought to relax rules governing mobile communications on planes: “I stand with airline pilots, flight ...
With two years of hard negotiation about to begin, what will the tech sector be hoping the government can achieve from its Brexit deal? The main thing will be continuing access to Europe’s single market for digital products and services. But this also means being able to recruit much needed skills in engineering and science. There is an economic case ...
In today’s 2017 Budget statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled an investment strategy for bringing universal 5G internet access to the UK.
To mark International Women’s Day, the IET launches the call for entries for its 2017 Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards, which celebrate their 40th anniversary this year.
International Women’s Day will highlight the lack of status women still face in tech business and the need for gender diversity strategies.
Prime Minister Theresa May watches an engineering education programme run by the IET in action during a visit to a Cumbrian school last month
The tech sector is highly integrated with European markets and dependent upon legal frameworks established at EU level over many decades, says report.
Prime Minister Theresa May’s blueprint for a Modern Industrial Strategy is being welcomed by the industry and tech investment sector.
