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How Space-based Fabrication Can Revolutionise Manufacturing

Everything we use is manufactured on our planet. Even if the temperature, environmental atmosphere, and pressure can be increased beyond Earth normal, other factors are locked. Gravity, for instance, is a somewhat static element of manufacturing materials. Zer...

By Christian Cawley | 19-10-2018

New generation Bluetooth with longer battery life

New generation Bluetooth beacons with longer battery life and longer range will allow for easy deployment of smart logistics and location services. A recent report from Transparency Market Research (TMR) forecasts a whopping 16.05% CAGR in the global beacon ma...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 17-10-2018

What's all this solar power political penny-pinching all about – anyhow?

Millions of us would have seen or heard about the latest IPCC report on global warming, the content of which was extremely scary to say the least. In simple terms if things don't change within the next 20 years this planet is in serious trouble. The signs a...

By Paul Whytock | 16-10-2018

Boron nitride semiconductor could convert power more efficiently than silicon wafer technologies

Boron nitride is a semiconductor that could be used to make electrical equipment able to convert power more efficiently than silicon wafer technologies, up to three to 4% more efficiently than what is possible today. To achieve this higher energy efficiency, a...

Semiconductors | By Rob Coppinger | 15-10-2018

Simulation tools, ‘Digital twins’ set to overhaul the workplace

The use of simulation tools, ‘digital twins’, in production is fast growing and will soon become an integral part of the Smart Factory and the Internet of Things (IoT). Digital twins are digital copies of physical assets including all their modelled characteri...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 08-10-2018

Low cost silicon microchips for mass production of quantum computers

Quantum computers could be mass produced at low cost with silicon microchips that have large-scale waveguides, optical tracks, for photons, instead of circuits for electrons controlled by transistor switches. These silicon photonic chips could solve two challe...

By Rob Coppinger | 05-10-2018

Benefits Mobile/Desktop Convergence Technologies Bring to the Office

The desktop PC has supposedly been dying for years. But one look around the office shows that it is alive and well. But could the humble smartphone be the greatest weapon against desktops, and even laptops?   The Ultimate Bring Your Own Device Corpor...

By Christian Cawley | 04-10-2018

Collaborative robots (Cobots) move into the human workspace

The market for collaborative robots, so-called ‘cobots’ that work alongside human operators, is expanding fast and looks set to render the future industrial workplace unrecognisable in the coming years. Universal Robots, the Danish producer of robotic arms and...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 02-10-2018

Computer cooling could be improved by boron-arsenide defect free semiconductor

A heat sink more than three times better than copper could be commercially available in a couple of years after engineers found a way to make the semiconductor boron-arsenide virtually defect free. Researchers are speaking to potential commercial partners for...

Semiconductors | By Rob Coppinger | 28-09-2018

Is Legacy Hardware Being Correctly Reused or Disposed?

Over the years, old desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, printers, docking stations, PDAs, and long abandoned mobile devices have accumulated. Entire rooms (perhaps even buildings) are dedicated to the storage of old technology. This is happening despite the prolife...

By Christian Cawley | 27-09-2018

Connectors address bandwidth and ruggedness challenge

The global connector market is growing by leaps and bounds. One recent estimate puts the total size of the industry at $80.4 billion by 2023, having grown at a CAGR of 4.9% in the five year period from 2018. The key drivers are the growth in 3C applications, t...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 26-09-2018

Recycling Challenges the Electronics Industry to Clean Up its Act

The progress made in phone handsets and other forms of consumer electronics over the past two decades has led to impressive technological capabilities being realised. The processing speed available to users of iPhone X smartphones can rival that of a modern la...

By Mark Patrick | 24-09-2018