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COMMENT 5
As renewable power
generation exceeds
traditional sources of power,
a new type of infrastructure
will be required
NEWS
An eco-friendly energyharvesting
smart sensor
that can monitor driver
behaviour 6
Percepio has announced
Tracealyzer support for the
Azure RTOS ThreadX SM 7
AImotive integrates
MathWorks’ RoadRunner
3D scene editing
capability into aiSim 8
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COVER STORY 10
Innovation and new opportunities
With the latest group of start-ups graduating
from the Digital Catapult’s Augmentor
programme, Neil Tyler looks at the immersive
sector
EMBEDDED DESIGN 14
How low can you go?
Embedded machine learning is driving new
accelerator architectures but there are ways
to reduce its thirst for processor power.
By Chris Edwards
BOARD TECHNOLOGY 16
MOSA has momentum
The new Modular Open Systems Approach
(MOSA) opens the door to more innovative
possibilities, as Paul Garnett explains
SECTOR FOCUS 18
How AI is transforming the NHS
Whether being used to discover links between
genetic codes or to power surgical robots AI is
transforming the healthcare industry.
By Tom Austin-Morgan
SECTOR FOCUS 20
New opportunities for
medical devices
TINY applications for connected health
made possible by Bluetooth Low Energy,
as Adrie Van Meijeren explains
EMBEDDED SOFTWARE 22
Software unit verification
What engineers need to do to meet the
requirements for software unit verification
in IEC 62304. By Frank Büchner
DESIGN PLUS 25
Accelerated audio trends
What kind of audio market can we expect to
emerge after the pandemic? By Neil Tyler
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