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Call for papers – Smart Systems Integration 2012
August 28, 2011
Mesago, organisers of Smart Systems Integration, which will be held from 21st to 22nd March 2012 in Zurich, have issued a call for papers. Papers…
“Electronic aid”: an awesome idea
August 23, 2011
I'm so impressed by ELEKTRONIKPRAXIS' decision to devote issue 18 to the famine in East Africa. Times are really tough for publications, and for…
Social media platforms: engineers prefer forums…but which ones?
July 28, 2011
Napier has conducted a number of research projects to understand how engineers use social media, which found that forums - and not sites like Twitter…
Call for papers – PCIM Europe 2012
July 20, 2011
The organisers of PCIM Europe 2012 have issued a call for papers for the conference, which covers a broad range of topics, including recent…
What information sources are used by engineers?
July 14, 2011
I'm always looking for new data about the use of information sources by engineers, and so I was delighted to see the results from some research…
New Electronics to launch digital edition
July 14, 2011
New Electronics will launch a digital edition of the magazine, starting with the September 13th issue. Clearly the low cost of digital magazine…
Italian medical conference moved to 6th October 2011
July 12, 2011
The Italian medical electronics design conference, which is organised by selezione di elettronica and Farnell has been rescheduled. The conference…
Star Media expand Hearst portfolio
July 8, 2011
Hot on the news that they have resigned their role as sales representatives of EBP publications, including EE Times Europe, Star Media has announced…
Nick Walker to represent EBP titles in UK, Ireland and Netherlands
July 8, 2011
With Star Media choosing to focus on other publications, including the "Specifier" websites that are owned by a sister company, I wasn't surprised to…
Centaur Media merges Electronicstalk into The Engineer’s website
July 6, 2011
It wasn't long ago that the Pro-Talk websites were one of the hottest and fastest growing media channels in B2B tech. Chris Rand built a media…