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COVID-19 could reshape mental health treatment
According to WHO, depression is the number one cause of disability worldwide. As the coronavirus pandemic exacerbates, telehealth services to treat mental health conditions remotely, including Flow Neuroscience, may become widespread, as part of social distancing efforts.
In-mould electronics HMI solution for OEM
TactoTek, the Finland-based company that develops, industrialises and licenses in-mould structural electronics (IMSE), and Alps Alpine, a designer and manufacturer of high-quality electronic products, have announced that they have collaborated to develop an in-mould electronics HMI solution for a German automotive OEM.
Electric trucks: an impending revolution?
This webinar shares some of the research for the new IDTechEx report, Electric Trucks 2020-2030. Like other sectors of the automotive industry, the medium and heavy-duty truck market is being forced to evolve.
COVID-19 Task Force provides strategic business support
Powerbox is not only working diligently to reduce the risk inherent to the COVID-19 to the ecosystem, but equally to ensure that its customer support and service continue without interruption. PRBX Standard and Custom power solutions are used in medical equipment such as ventilators, infusion-pumps, remote patient monitoring, anesthesia machines, ultrasound, MRI and mobile X-ray equipment.
Touchscreen hygiene in the age of COVID-19
With the Coronavirus crisis continuing in the UK and worldwide, many are rightfully looking to ways they can minimise the risk of the virus spreading in public places, such as supermarkets, train stations and petrol station forecourts. Many such locations now depend upon self-service touchscreens and anxiety over their use is on the rise.
Demand grows for UK’s hybrid tech sectors
Job roles within tech increased by 40% in the first third of the year thanks to a surge in-demand within the ‘hybrid tech sector’ – namely fintech, edtech, healthtech, and agritech – according to global recruiter Robert Walters.
ID key-operated switches replace passwords in HMI
Human-Machine-Interfaces (HMIs) are dashboards that act as an interface between a user and a machine or device. They are designed to present information in a graphical format about the status of a process to an operator. HMIs can be password protected to only give authorisation and access to operators with the correct security clearance. However, a growing and recurring problem has been the loss or misplacement of these critical passwords, c...
Full Spectrum LEDs outperform standard lighting
It has been announced that Full Spectrum LED products outperform conventional solutions, according to a study into the visual impact and perceptual performance of LED lighting by the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP) in Stuttgart, Germany.
COVID-19 exposes weak link in video conferencing tools
Business tool Zoom has seen a 20-fold increase in users recently, as COVID-19 forces millions to work from home. However, reported problems with privacy and security have sparked concern about using video conferencing tools amongst governments and businesses worldwide.
Electric vans: the time is now
The driving force for electrification in light commercial vehicle sector is increasingly the economics. Whilst environmental and public health concerns have been the main motivation for the electrification of on-road vehicles, in the LCV sector, businesses are recognising that electrification of their commercial fleet is also likely to save them money.