26/03/2018
With the number and sophistication of cyber-attacks and cybercrimes on the increase how can vulnerable businesses best protect themselves?
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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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01/03/2018
Though often used as synonyms, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) is really the controlling of radiated and conducted Electromagnetic Interference (EMI); and poor EMC is one of the main reasons for PCB re-designs. Indeed, an estimated 50% of first-run boards fail because they either emit unwanted EM and/or are susceptible to it.
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01/03/2018
As part of the UK’s Healthcare Technologies strategy, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council launched a competition in 2016 to identify promising research projects addressing challenging issues. Among the eight winners, announced in 2017, were Dr Rylie Green of Imperial College London and Dr Frankie Rawson of the University of Nottingham.
Dr Green’s efforts centre on implantable polymer bioelectronics for devices such as bionic eyes and cochlear implants. Her aim is to create a soft and flexible conducting polymer.
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28/02/2018
By 2045, according to the Office for National Statistics, the UK’s population will have risen to some 76million and almost 25% will be 65 or older. The health and social care implications will be significant – and that will create an opportunity for innovative healthcare devices.
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28/02/2018
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With automation accelerating around the world, according to the International Federation of Robotics, one of the fastest growing segments of the industrial robotics market is that associated with collaborative robots.
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28/02/2018
In January 2018, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) celebrated its 20th anniversary. Formed in 1998, the group was started with just a handful of companies who were looking to replace wire for mobile voice and data. Today, membership stands at more than 33,000 companies.
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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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23/01/2018
The demands of the IoT are pushing wireless MCU developers to create devices with more processing power, a range of connectivity options and ultra low power consumption.
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23/01/2018
At this year’s CES voice took centre stage as ‘big technology’ companies appear to view it as the next major evolution in computing.
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13/12/2017
The Internet of Things is developing from being a concept just a few years ago to something far more tangible. But the whole idea of the IoT is dependent upon collecting masses of data from billions of so called edge devices, analysing it and deciding on actions. That data needs to be collected by sensors of all description – and those sensors need to be low cost if the aims of those creating products for the IoT are to be realised.
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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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29/11/2017
Established in 2003 by Professor Bob Stone, Birmingham University’s Human Interface Technologies (HIT) Team, based within the university’s School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering (EESE) has been a pioneer in the development of interactive media and telerobotic technologies in the UK, building on Stone’s long experience in virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality, simulation and telerobotics.
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28/11/2017
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) was established in 1900 with the aim of bringing ‘scientific knowledge to bear practically upon our everyday industrial and commercial life’ and, over the past 117 years, it has established itself as a world class centre of excellence in measurement science. Not only that it has maintained the nation’s primary standards of measurement while developing and contributing to a host of innovations and technologies, from radar to atomic clocks.
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15/11/2017
A report published earlier in 2017 by consumer body Which? reinforced the perception that companies designing products for the Internet of Things don’t take security seriously enough.
In what it called a ‘snapshot’ investigation, it set up a network featuring such smart gadgets as wireless cameras, smart padlocks and children’s toys, then hired a team of ethical security researchers to hack it. While some of the devices proved harder to hack than others, eight of the 15 appliances on the network had at least one security flaw.
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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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26/07/2017
Applications using ultraviolet (UV) light were first used back in the 1900s, but it was not until the 1940s that it was used on an industrial scale curing resins and inks and being deployed to sterilise and then disinfect medical equipment.
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26/07/2017
Robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) are one of the Eight Great Technologies, identified in 2013 by the previous UK coalition government, in which the UK could become a global leader.
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25/07/2017
In June 2013, Sir Mark Walport and Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, co chairs of the Council for Science and Technology, sent a letter to then Prime Minister David Cameron entitled ‘The Age of Algorithms’. The letter contained eight recommendations, the sixth of which was the establishment of a National Centre to promote advanced research and translational work in algorithms and the application of data science. “This could fittingly be named the ‘Alan Turing Centre’,” they noted.
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25/07/2017
Despite the UK economy’s reliance on the financial and services sectors over the recent past, there remains an understanding that the development of technology has – and will continue to have – an important role to play. And if that technology can be translated into the creation of thriving companies, then all the better.
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25/07/2017
While the UK has less than 1% of the world’s population and accounts for just 3.2% of global R&D spending, it produces 16% of the world’s most cited research papers. Meanwhile, the Global Innovation Index ranked the UK third out of 128 countries in 2016.
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27/06/2017
Since the announcement in the Queen’s Speech to Parliament in May 2015 that a referendum would be held on the UK’s continuing membership of the European Union (EU), there have been considerable expressions of concern about the potential effect of a withdrawal on the country’s research and development efforts.
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23/05/2017
The pressure on those developing new battery chemistries is increasing as consumers demand the ability to use their electronic devices for longer between charges. And it seems that researchers are responding with a range of potential solutions, not only based on lithium, but also exploring other elements. Beyond that, solid state electrolytes are beginning to show promise.
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26/04/2017
The risks and pitfalls of bringing a product to market on time and within budget are legion yet, as the IoT helps to lower the barriers associated with the deployment of new technology, a growing number of start-ups are looking to take their ideas to market.
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