What caught your eye? (Research recruitment, Sodium-ion batteries, Skyrora)

We’re talking about the recruitment of researchers, a new positive electrode for sodium-ion batteries predicted by Machine Learning, and a space-based launch vehicle telemetry relay system…

The Electronics Weekly team share some fingerposts – their picks of the week, in terms of announcements, developments, product releases, quotes, or anything else in the wide world of electronics, that caught their eye…

David Manners, components editor
What caught my eye this week was Huawei looking to recruit Western researchers by tempting them with European-style cities and US-style salaries.

Steve Bush, technology editor

A new positive electrode for sodium-ion batteries has been predicted by a carefully-crafted stack of machine learning tools at the Tokyo University of Science, which were unleashed on results from a decade of careful electro-chemical research. Chemists were able to make the predicted material, and it works.

Alun Williams, web editor

What caught my eye was  Skyrora – the Scottish space launch company – completing a successful ground test of Viasat’s InRange, a space-based launch vehicle telemetry relay system. InRange aims to provide continuous transmission of telemetry data, from launch to payload deployment. This includes transmission of data beyond the horizon line without relying on ground stations.

What caught your eye in the world of electronics this week? Leave a comment below.