Key Takeaways: Hydropower's role is growing – As intermittent renewables increase, hydropower offers essential grid support through stable frequency and voltage regulation. Fatigue damage is a rising concern – Modern turbines face...

By Liam Critchley | 15-05-2025

Key Takeaways: Over 1 billion people globally live with visual impairment, with urban environments posing significant navigation risks due to fast-moving or sudden obstacles. A newly developed wearable device combines glasses and a...

By Liam Critchley | 08-05-2025

Key Thing to Know: Smart factories are reshaping manufacturing through hyper-connectivity, machine automation, and real-time data, driven by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Digital convergence of IT and OT enables near-co...

By Advantech | 09-04-2025

Key Thing to Know: Flexible pressure sensors are essential for enabling fine motor control in humanoid robots, but current versions often struggle with interference from moisture, bending, and electromagnetic fields in real-world environme...

By Liam Critchley | 07-04-2025

Key Thing to Know: Uranium in seawater is a vast, untapped resource, with ~4.5 billion tonnes—about 1,000 times more than land-based reserves—but traditional extraction methods produce impure uranium. Electrochemical extraction off...

By Liam Critchley | 04-04-2025

Key Things to Know: Miniaturization of FETs: Engineers are developing ultrathin silicon nanowires (below 30 nm) to create smaller and more efficient field-effect transistors (FETs) for advanced electronics. Challenges in Fabricatio...

By Liam Critchley | 13-03-2025

Key Things to Know: Zinc Flow Batteries as an Alternative: While Li-ion batteries dominate the market, zinc-based batteries—especially zinc polyiodide flow batteries (ZIFBs)—are emerging as safer and cost-effective options for grid-scale e...

By Liam Critchley | 11-03-2025

Key Things to Know: AI's Learning Limitations – Traditional AI models struggle with catastrophic forgetting, meaning they can't learn new information without erasing previous knowledge. Biological Inspiration – Researchers are desi...

By Liam Critchley | 06-03-2025

Introduction TSN: A Strategic Enabler for Avionics and Space Industries Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) is not merely an enhancement to Ethernet; it is a transformative approach that redefines the capabilities of networked systems in critical sectors. The Avi...

By Jack Pollard | 05-03-2025

Technical article by Srinivas Seshadri and Keyur Tejani of Texas Instruments Higher data rates in wireless communication systems and the use of narrower pulses in radars to resolve close targets demand greater performance and bandwidth in test and measurement...

By Jack Pollard | 05-03-2025

This article was written by Mark Baptista, internal application engineer at connector specialist PEI-Genesis. The rise of fibre optic technology has redefined how we transmit data and power, but how does it compare to traditional metal-based cabling? While fi...

By Jack Pollard | 12-02-2025

Key Things to Know: Triboelectric Tactile Sensors for Extreme Environments: New multi-modal triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG)-based sensors can detect both pressure and temperature, extending beyond human tactile perception limits....

By Liam Critchley | 11-02-2025

Article by Russell Crane - Product Marketing Engineer of Programmable Logic Devices, Texas Instruments Programmable logic devices (PLDs) play a crucial role in modern electronics, enabling engineers to integrate logic functions while reducing board space and c...

By Jack Pollard | 10-02-2025

Key Things to Know: Expanding Solar Energy: The U.S. aims to increase solar energy’s share in the national grid from 3% to 45% by 2050 as part of its decarbonization efforts. Wildfire Impact on Solar: Increasing wildfire activity p...

By Liam Critchley | 04-02-2025