A laser system that presently catches speeding motorists looks set to become a critical design element in making autonomous cars safe. LiDAR (Light detection and Ranging) refers

02-02-2018

Global data communications is running into a big problem. As modern living and ever-expanding commercialism puts immense pressures on data communication capacity and speed, so exis

24-01-2018

As far as consumers and their smart phone go, wireless charging sounds a great idea. And if it was a reality it would be. Let’s face it, relative to much of our technology-driven l

18-01-2018

The other week I wrote about what I consider the nightmarish scenario of your car being able to respond and manoeuvre according to your thoughts and emotions. Thankfully, the “B

10-01-2018

Imagine this. Your car reads a signal from your brain that you are about to turn the steering wheel or hit the brake pedal and it assists you by starting the action more quickly.

03-01-2018

Space. Not so much the final frontier but definitely the next frontier. No surprise then that President Trump has signed off a $20 billion funding package for NASA. The preside

19-12-2017

Developing 5nm chip designs has been on the minds of major semiconductors companies for years. Electronics designers have dreamed and schemed about a technology that will undoubted

07-12-2017

News this week that car thieves can now stand outside your house and pick up signals from your car keys stored inside your house (all too often near the front door) and then use th

29-11-2017

Despite all the known ecological, technical, life span and recyclability shortfalls of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries there is no doubt their use in cars and innumerous consumer pr

21-11-2017