For half a century, electret condenser microphones (ECMs) dominated the microphone market. In that time they were pivotal in landline telephones (particularly during the 1980/1990s), hearing aids, headsets, GPS devices, digital voice recorders, mobile handsets...

By Mark Patrick | 27-05-2020

Fast arc protection is essential in today’s electrically wired environment given that electrical energy distribution systems continue to be prone to arc flashes (electrical equipment explosions). Typically, an arc protection system is made up of a trip relay,...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 26-05-2020

Where once tattoos were taboo and carried a stigma, getting inked now is pretty commonplace. Body art may even be considered mainstream. The United States alone boasts a whopping 20,000 tattoo parlours, with 36% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 havin...

By Moe Long | 22-05-2020

Scientists from Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), working with counterparts McMaster University and University of Pittsburgh, have developed a method of controlling light with light. The method may form a foundation for optical compu...

Articles | By Gary Elinoff | 21-05-2020

Scientists from Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), working with counterparts McMaster University and University of Pittsburgh, have developed a method of controlling light with light. The method may form a foundation for optical compu...

Insights | By Gary Elinoff | 21-05-2020

Scientists from Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), working with counterparts McMaster University and University of Pittsburgh, have developed a method of controlling light with light. The method may form a foundation for optical compu...

Educational | By Gary Elinoff | 21-05-2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is presenting engineers with a range of technical problems to solve and detecting those with the virus before they can spread it is one area in particular that has the US military interested.  Preventing Transmission The COVID-19 pandemic...

By Robin Mitchell | 20-05-2020

Particulate matter in the air has been a severe pollutant since the industrial sector started to become a big industry in the 1700s. It is known that many different manufacturing and industrial process, the burning of agricultural waste in some countries, and...

By Liam Critchley | 19-05-2020

Cost-effective metal 3D printing with powder bed fusion is increasingly becoming a reality as we move towards full production metal parts, and away from the use of plastic based prototype versions, accelerates. Indeed, the metals sector is the most rapidly gro...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 18-05-2020

The world is currently experiencing one of the most significant cases of lockdown since the second world war and has had a profound medical, economic and social impact on the lives of people in all corners of the world. The current situation is one that is lik...

By Liam Critchley | 15-05-2020

Collaborative robots (cobots) are coming to the fore across a broad swathe of industries including the aerospace, medical, and automotive sectors enabling better quality, better processes and thereby helping manufacturers to improve their overall operations. U...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 14-05-2020

The electron microscope allows magnifications of about ten million times, as compared to the one or two thousand times possible with a classical optical microscope. It empowers researchers to delve into realms not previously accessible to them. An Electron Mi...

Articles | By Gary Elinoff | 13-05-2020