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13 Jun 23

Germany set to make it easier for international tech talent to get work visas

Computer & Information Technology

A great work-life balance, excellent transport, a chosen spot of major tech companies, and a social culture featuring currywurst and Oktoberfest… welcome to Germany, a country that’s trying to make itself a top choice for workers keen to move abroad. Germany badly needs more skilled workers, but one major barrier…

13 Jun 23

James May: ‘Our attitude to engineering is a very British disease’

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

James May just likes talking about and getting stuck in with vehicles. When he’s not on our small screens presenting (in the past) ‘Top Gear’ or (currently) ‘The Grand Tour’, he’s tinkering about in workshops, creating videos of his adventures in making motorbikes out of Meccano, building model planes that…

13 Jun 23

Lidar and thermal imaging fitted to Northern trains to detect track problems

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The trains, which would still operate public services, will travel the network and feed information about the track and surrounding infrastructure to Network Rail. Horizon-scanning lidar cameras, thermal-imaging software and HD CCTV footage will be used to record infrastructure defects, environmental factors and maintenance issues. Once the train is stationary…

13 Jun 23

Germany’s world-beating chipmaker may move more production to US

Computer & Information Technology

Munich-based Infineon is considering moving a bigger chunk of its production to the US, the FT reports. The prospective move would be made to comply with the Biden Administrations’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — a $369bn package of subsidies and tax incentives, aiming to accelerate domestic production of green technologies,…

13 Jun 23

The Harvard Drug Group, LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Dronabinol Capsules, USP, 2.5 mg and Ziprasidone Hydrochloride Capsules, 20 mg Due to Label Mix-up

Biotechnology & Biomedical

Audience: Consumers June 13, 2023 – La Vergne, TN, The Harvard Drug Group, LLC d/b/a Major Pharmaceutical and Rugby Laboratories is initiating a voluntary recall of a single lot of Dronabinol Capsules, USP, 2.5 mg and Ziprasidone Hydrochloride...

13 Jun 23

8 things we’re most excited about at TNW Conference day 2

Computer & Information Technology

Ladies and gentlemen, friends and nemeses, the moment has finally arrived: TNW Conference is this week! After taking our show on the road to València in April, we’re returning to where it all began: Amsterdam. The two-day event kicks off on June 15 — and you’re all invited. Expect our usual…

13 Jun 23

Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Next year, the town of Colchester, England, will transplant four roughly 6-meter shipping containers onto the site of a new mixed-use development. The shipping containers, which house a Frankenstein-like assortment of machine parts—motors repurposed from Volvo truck engines, giant tanks of compressed air, huge silos of piping hot sand—are produced…

12 Jun 23

The Semiconductor Industry’s Most Important Tool Goes Green

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In the complex quest to keep increasing the density of transistors, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is the most critical tool. Costing more than US $100 million, these trailer-size systems bounce near x-ray wavelength light off of a complex cascade of mirrors and onto silicon wafers to create patterns with nanometer-scale…

12 Jun 23

New Nano-Tattoos Don’t Need Batteries or Wires

Computer & Information Technology

Researchers at two institutions in Istanbul have created nano-tattoos capable of passive wireless communications with nearby devices, without the need for external power sources such as batteries. The advance could lead to numerous bio-sensing technologies that have, up until now, been stymied by relying on a bulky external power source…

12 Jun 23

8 unmissable highlights of TNW Conference 2023: Day 1

Computer & Information Technology

Drumroll, please! The moment we’ve been waiting for has finally arrived: TNW Conference 2023 is taking place this week, on June 15&16 — and you’re all invited. This year we’re not only going to discover what’s next in tech, but also reclaim the future and join forces to explore how…