Rob Coppinger

Rob Coppinger is a freelance science and engineering journalist. Originally a car industry production engineer, he jumped into journalism and has written about all sorts of technologies from fusion power to quantum computing and military drones. He lives in France.

Analog Devices announces breakthrough to accelerate 5G wireless infrastructure

A new solution for millimetre wave (mmWave) 5G networks with the highest available level of integration to reduce design requirements and complexity in the next generation of cellu

27-06-2019

Low Power Photonic Chip Uses Light Instead of Electricity

Optical neural networks could operate 10 million times more efficiently than their conventional electrical counterparts with a new photonic accelerator chip, according to simulatio

24-06-2019

Nanotube Forests Could Lead to Stretchable Supercapacitors

How Do Carbon Nanotubes Work? Forests of carbon nanotubes can act as a supercapacitor which is both stretchable and thin, key features for any self-powered wearable electronics’ po

20-06-2019

Wearable health devices could be powered by sweat

Health monitoring devices including those that deliver drugs could be powered by the patients’ own sweat using tiny microbial fuel cells embedded in what is called electronic skin.

17-06-2019

Quantum dot of gold could be the transistor of tomorrow

A two-dimensional (2D) quantum dot of gold could be the transistor of tomorrow’s electronics but 2D microchips are too small to make with today’s lithographic technologies. For dec

11-06-2019

One-way energy channel improves sensors and cooling

Laser light has interacted with mechanical vibrating membranes proving that energy can be made to flow in one direction only, potentially enabling more reliable quantum computing a

03-06-2019

Analog Devices Inc included in Corporate Knights 2019 list

Analog Devices Inc. has been ranked as one of the utmost sustainable companies in the Corporate Knights 2019 list of the 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. More than 7

30-05-2019

Changing lithium ion cathode expected to improve charging times

Consumer electronics, solar grid storage and electric vehicles could all see improved battery performance for charging if vanadium disulfide is added to a battery’s lithium cathode

28-05-2019

Flexible battery manufacturing techniques for a more-electric society

A new type of flexible and extremely thin bipolar plate is expected to make battery manufacture more cost effective, helping to commercialise the technology for mobile power suppli

22-05-2019