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Senseglove gets a feel for VR

After developing a physical therapy device for the rehabilitation of stroke victims, Senseglove augmented its scope. Now, the Yes!Delft start-up is using simulators to give trainees at Volkswagen, Google Deepmind and other customers a virtual ‘feel’ for the job.

Ushio sells its first EUV light source

Ushio has received the first acceptance of its laser-assisted discharge produced (LDP) EUV light source. After 15 years of development, the company may earn a place in the EUV arena after all – in the mask shops, not the fab, though.

In other news

China poised to lead in chip equipment spending (EE Times)
Amazon and the all-electric future of fleet vehicles (Wired)
Philips to exit Signify in €357 million deal (Reuters)

Merging mechatronic systems engineering and software engineering

Traditionally at Demcon, the mechatronic systems engineer took the lead in model-based design, but the software engineer turned out to be indispensable in defining a software architecture. Over the years, both disciplines have come together.