Robin Mitchell

Robin Mitchell is an electronic engineer who has been involved in electronics since the age of 13. After completing a BEng at the University of Warwick, Robin moved into the field of online content creation, developing articles, news pieces, and projects aimed at professionals and makers alike. Currently, Robin runs a small electronics business, MitchElectronics, which produces educational kits and resources.

Tesla showing signs of struggle – New plants losing billions

Recently, Elon Musk stated that the newest gigafactories used to manufacture Tesla electric vehicles are burning through billions of dollars, and a separate report from Bloomberg s

01-07-2022

AI Containment – What is it, and why could it be needed?

As AI continues to advance, there is a growing concern that a sufficient advanced AI system in the future would be able to interact with the world around it and effectively break f

AI | 30-06-2022

Wrist-worn health trackers able to detect COVID at early stages

In another demonstration of the power of AI, researchers have recently reported detecting COVID at early stages before symptoms show up just by analysing data from wrist-worn healt

29-06-2022

OpenHW Group announces RISC-V CORE-V MCU kit

Recently at Embedded World 2022, OpenHW demonstrated their latest RISC-V development board that shows off their CORE-V MCU. What advantages will RISC-V present to the microcontroll

RISC-V | 29-06-2022

Looks like Germany’s green energy plan did quite work out

Recently, Germany has had to turn to coal power after restricting the use of Russian fuel and dependency on green energy. How has Germany created the perfect storm, what coal plant

28-06-2022

How AI could be the key to deep space exploration

Deep space exploration presents many exciting opportunities, but current technology prevents humans from going beyond the moon’s orbit. What challenges do humans face with deep spa

AI | 28-06-2022

An argument for internet access as a right

The internet is an essential tool for modern life, but while roads provide rights to access for all citizens, the internet is still a privatised industry whose access is entirely d

27-06-2022

4 million UK broadband customers could be sharing Wi-Fi unknowingly

Surveys often need to be taken with a pinch of salt, but a recent survey published by Konnect shows a worrying statistic that as many as 4 million broadband customers may have othe

27-06-2022

Stackable chips pave the way for reconfigurable hardware

Recognising the challenges posed by the permanent nature of semiconductors, MIT researchers have demonstrated a new interconnect technology that allows for chips to be stacked as n

24-06-2022