Tech talk

As English is now the working language in high tech, acquiring sufficient language skills is as important as a strong background in math. Universities and higher vocational education institutions should better prepare future engineers for an English-spoken career, says Marcel Pelgrom.

Keynote - Digital twins, the do’s and don’ts

What is becoming increasingly important in processes in industry are overview, insight and visualization. This is where the concept of digital twins makes its appearance. During the Digital Twin Conference in Eindhoven on 31 October, Guido van Gageldonk (Unit040) will talk you through the why, how and what, and the do’s and don’ts.

Headlines

Lightyear rides with Finnish manufacturing partner over VDL

Smart lens from Flanders sees €8M in Series A investment

Intel rumored to be interested in buying Globalfoundries

Dutch companies join hands to supply commercial quantum computers

New center for THz technology launches at TUE

Neuromorphic AI developer Innatera boasts new chairman of the board

Printed-electronics startup Keiron sees funding lift off with NWO grant

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.

In other news

Amazon Sidewalk is a new long-range IoT network (Techcrunch)

NASA to build asteroid-hunting space telescope (Ars Technica)

Alibaba unveils its first AI chip (CNBC)

DataOps: the key to operational AI

With many companies increasingly depending on data, analytics and AI, the quality of the data and the stability of data pipelines are of increasing importance. Make sure you give your data the attention it deserves.

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