Paul Whytock

Paul Whytock is Technology Correspondent for Electropages. He has reported extensively on the electronics industry in Europe, the United States and the Far East for over thirty years. Prior to entering journalism, he worked as a design engineer with Ford Motor Company at locations in England, Germany, Holland and Belgium.

Can neuromorphic vision accelerate the arrival of intelligent robots?

We all know that when it comes to processing gargantuan amounts of data computers are unbeatable and that industrial robots are champions at coping with mind-numbingly repetitive t

10-05-2021

Quantum Computing- The UK and Europe play catch-up with the USA and China.

The “my Quantum computer is bigger than yours” game has played out for many years, and the leading contenders in the Qubits superiority race are the USA and China. Now Europe want

24-03-2021

Full Artificial Vision for Humans Takes a Giant Leap Forward

Artificial eyes that offer two-dimensional vision capabilities are certainly remarkable but are still a poor substitute for the human eye despite many years of scientific developme

02-02-2021

Covid Killing Robots are 99.9% Effective

When I first read about Covid virus killing robots that will cruise around a building zapping the virus, I thought great. How about having one of these as a shopping buddy when vis

08-12-2020

Photon Modules Cut Radiation Risk from CT Scans

Radiation risks from computerised tomography (CT) scans have been a patient worry for decades, and this is understandable given that a CT scan can use anything from 70 to 200 times

09-11-2020

Alternative Metals Research Beats a Path Towards 2nm Technology Nodes

Electrically functional 2metal-level interconnects created with Ru semi-damascene, and airgap technology have for the first time shown an extended lifetime capability which is coup

03-11-2020

SDR Market Booms as Updates Get Easy

The SDR (SDR) market is rightly described as booming with a current value of around €20billion and is going to hit €32billion in another ten years’ time. Driving this rapid market

03-10-2020

EU Electronics Job Opportunities Resist any Pandemic Downturn

One of the commercial aspects of the living through the coronavirus pandemic has been the loss of jobs and the diminishing number of career opportunities, the latter situation impa

27-08-2020

Electrolysis Breakthroughs will make Hydrogen the Green Fuel No-Brainer

Forget petrol, diesel and electric vehicle propulsions systems; the future is hydrogen. The problem is that most of the world doesn’t see it that way…yet. But that could all change

03-08-2020