28/03/2019
Is the sun setting on plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) in the UK?
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12/03/2019
This year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) was described by John Hoffmann, the CEO of the GSMA (the event organisers), as a bringing together of a “global ecosystem spanning multiple sectors and reflecting the expanding role of mobile connectivity.”
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06/03/2019
While in-ear systems appear to be rather simple designs, the devil is in the detail.
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04/03/2019
The wearables market may have slowed but developments in sensing technology and AI suggest we haven’t seen
anything yet.
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01/03/2019
The setting up of the new Future Networks Lab looks to support and enable the adoption of IoT, LPWAN and 5G technologies.
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28/02/2019
Blockchain users are rediscovering hard lessons from real-time systems and game theory.
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26/02/2019
Our continued reliance on mobile devices means that users are keen to keep their devices always on and charged.
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22/02/2019
With Mobile World Congress less than a week away (25-28 February), what can visitors expect? Here, industry gives its views, predicting what will be this year’s biggest trends at the Barcelona based show.
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11/02/2019
A the end of 2018 Gatwick airport and the UK authorities were forced to bring in military teams, using advanced techniques developed on the battlefield, to search for an unauthorised drone buzzing the airport’s runway.
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04/02/2019
Screen time is something we’re hearing a lot about at the moment. In the UK alone, people check their smartphone on average every 12 minutes of the waking day, according to a report from Ofcom.
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23/01/2019
As more and more consumers look to film their experiences and share short-form videos through their mobiles, it’s fair to say that while camera technology has continued to advance, the audio quality of many videos has tended to remain poor.
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21/01/2019
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Earlier this month the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) took place in Las Vegas, and with over 4,500 exhibitors and upwards of 180,000 visitors it remains the largest consumer electronics show in the US, with a global impact to match.
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14/01/2019
It’s essential that companies consider managing their intellectual property rights.
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14/01/2019
From the first autonomous vehicles to 5G and the realisation of mobile AR devices, here’s what to look out for in the year ahead.
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06/12/2018
Capacitive touchscreens are constructed using an orthogonal grid of transmitter and receiver (or ‘drive’ and ‘sense’) electrodes which are usually formed on either side of a transparent substrate and behind a transparent touch surface such as glass.
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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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21/11/2018
Last month saw over 2500 people from over 70 countries gather at a 4G/5G Summit organised in Hong Kong by Qualcomm. It was a chance for carriers, equipment providers, OEMs and software providers to come together to discuss how the industry was working to make 5G a reality and, despite accusations of hype, it appears that they are nearer to realising 5G than was previously the case – even just a few months ago.
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12/11/2018
Blockchain is the technology behind cryptocurrency, but many have suggested it as a new way to approach security. Bethan Grylls looks at whether there’s any substance behind the hype.
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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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11/10/2018
As the amount of data soars and computational power accelerates, data centres are set to have a bigger carbon footprint than the aviation industry. What can be done to address this?
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03/10/2018
The LED lighting industry is contributing to the adoption of IoT for building communications and controls. Smart lighting systems coming to market supporting two-way communications are helping to revolutionise the convergence of building and lighting control, using the same infrastructure extensible to support the IoT and to manage other building systems.
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02/10/2018
The gender gap is closing. Around 11% of the engineering workforce is female – that is a 2% rise from 2015 figures, according to the Women’s Engineering Society. It’s great to see that more women are deciding to enter into STEM, but it’s a slow journey.
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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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26/09/2018
Arm’s collaboration with the University of Southampton hits 10 years. Here we celebrate a decade of innovation in mobile and embedded systems.
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10/09/2018
IoT security is notoriously lax leading to headline grabbing attacks that seed fear among consumers and threaten adoption. Typically, only nine percent of vendor budgets go on security implementation and testing. Even if we allow for the fact this low figure may be due to security being outsourced, it’s clear that security is too often, a secondary consideration with production and time-to-market dictating spend.
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