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.

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

Will America’s Protectionist Stance Against Chinese Technology Come Back to Haunt Them?

It's an industry-given that protectionism often does as much harm to the instigator as it does to the target of trade restrictions, which is why the current spat between the USA an

02-07-2020

What’s got Pole Position in the Greener Car Grand Prix, Lithium Recycling, Re-Purposing or Ethanol?

City dwellers during the Covid-19 pandemic will no doubt have noticed and welcomed the improvement in their air quality. Rather than smelling and tasting like something being sucke

02-06-2020

Tech Innovations Start Trimming Lithium's Dendritic Stubble Trouble

Over sixty years ago a metallurgical abnormality was discovered that revealed metal surfaces could grow whiskers.  Thinner than a human hair and virtually undetectable to the human

29-04-2020

Capitalism can become the Carbon-Cutting Hero

When it comes to truly cutting our planet’s carbon footprint it's corporations, their banks and senior politicians that really hold the key to unlocking environmental strategies th

01-04-2020

Can Automotive Ai become as Smart as Lionel Messi’s brain?

Barcelona’s huge Mobile World Congress event may have been cancelled because of fears regarding coronavirus but the Embedded World electronics exhibition in Nuremberg went ahead de

05-03-2020

Will Autonomous Car Vision Systems Ever Replace the Human Eye?

When it comes to maximising vision, technologists and nutritionist have a lot in common. Whereas the latter focuses on human eye health, electronics technologists see automotive vi

30-01-2020

Photonics Technology Will Bring Fast Internet to the Masses, Not Politicians

As we move inexorably towards the new Christmas pantomime, or General Election as it's more usually called, the subject of high-speed Internet has become a political weapon. This c

25-11-2019

Cheap IoT Technology Paves the Way for a Global Hackathon

By the year 2025 there will be approximately 28 billion Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices in operation worldwide and this is a massive security accident just waiting to happen. In f

24-10-2019