06/12/2018
Today, artificial neural networks underpin much of the research into artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
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22/11/2018
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are familiar terms, and can actually be dated back as early as the 1830s. Today, industry raves about their potential, so why is it that these technologies have still to deliver on the promises being made?
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29/10/2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) has kindled the imagination of computer scientists for decades and while the ambition and enthusiasm around AI has tended to clash with the complexity of the task, today’s computational power has risen exponentially and the ambition of general AI has been curbed sufficiently to match that power.
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25/10/2018
When it comes to engineering outreach, AESSEAL puts its money where its mouth is and proved a worthy Grand Prix Winner.
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26/09/2018
As the maker-market thrives, a new breed of engineer has appeared, and one which needs some nurturing.
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10/09/2018
By 2020, for every human, there are expected to be 26 smart devices and if that forecast from Intel is accurate, that means around 200billion connected ‘things’.
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10/09/2018
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The Cockcroft Institute is unique among institutions, bringing together industrialists, scientists and engineers to advance the science and technology supporting particle accelerators.
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27/06/2018
While the dominance of 300mm continues, it has come under unexpected pressure from its immediate predecessor, the 200mm wafer.
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25/06/2018
Health, social care and medical research are all witnessing profound change at the hands of technology. Could digitalised healthcare help to transform the provision of services?
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12/06/2018
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The NESD programme is looking to develop technology that can interface with single neurons in the brain.
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25/04/2018
Demand is growing for faster processor architectures to support embedded vision and artificial intelligence.
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10/04/2018
When it comes to delivering wearable devices the balance between power and performance remains the key design challenge.
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13/03/2018
Augmented reality is an old technology with new hopes – and could change the face of electronic design.
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14/02/2018
UKRI is to map the UK’s research and innovation infrastructure, looking to identify what will be needed for the UK to stay competitive in the next 10 to 15 years.
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11/01/2018
Oxford University has a reputation not only as an internationally recognised seat of learning but increasingly as a hotbed of commercial innovation and small business creation.
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13/12/2017
Last month saw the publication of the Industrial Digitalisation Review which outlined a series of proposals to boost the UK’s economy through the deployment of advanced digital technologies including: robotics, 3D printing, augmented and virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
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12/12/2017
At the turn of the 19th Century, Friedrich Heusler was surprised to find he could unlock the magnetism inside the distinctly non-magnetic metals copper, manganese and tin by combining them.
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28/11/2017
It is easy to see artificial intelligence (AI) as a naturally power-hungry technology; it demands racks of servers stuffed with a combination of multicore CPUs, GPUs and, increasingly, FPGAs that crunch through terabytes of data to form the connections between millions of virtual neurons.
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16/11/2017
Of all the new semiconductor device technologies that have been introduced over the past few years, gallium nitride (GaN) is arguably generating the most far-reaching effect across a number of different applications areas.
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14/11/2017
Set up in 1956 Roke Manor Research has over the past 60 years established itself as a world-class electronics engineering consultancy.
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25/10/2017
It’s not that many years ago that MEMS devices were regarded as something of a novelty, with early applications focused mainly in the automotive industry – airbag deployment, for example.
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24/10/2017
Many exciting and novel applications of MEMS technology lie in the medical industry, from improving macro-sized hospital equipment and portable medical instrumentation to enabling medical wearables and point of care devices.
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27/09/2017
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deep learning is the future of computing. Intelligent machines that understand the world as humans do, interpret our languages and learn from data will habitually be used to resolve problems too complex for the human brain.
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27/09/2017
Chipmakers are set to break the 10nm barrier as they move from the test-chip stage to full production on 7nm processes. The move marks another extension of a lithography technology that was meant to be phased out 15 years in favour of so-called next-generation lithography.
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07/08/2017
The defence industry is facing stagnating or tightening budgets in many of its traditional key markets while, at the same time, having to adapt to changing security threats and embracing new technologies.
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