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

In my last column I mentioned that despite the relentlessly gloomy mainstream media Brexit machinations and perorative-prone politicians, electronics technology would always move a

09-11-2017

The answer is a resounding yes. But it’s not always easy given the mass of mindless misinformation that is unleashed on an almost daily basis by our national mainstream media, much

02-11-2017

Ask any manufacturer in the semiconductor business which market sector is their rock-solid banker, the one that not only ticks over year after year but steadily grows, and most wil

Semiconductors | 26-10-2017

Electronic gadget mania means that young people in this country reach for their gadgets every eight minutes of every day. This is just one of the results from a survey of 1000 p

18-10-2017

Improved sensor technology is a key element driving forward the creation of IoT systems and devices but the monumental amounts of data they will create has to be communicated and t

12-10-2017

Do People Want Self Driving Cars? There are now close to 280 companies worldwide working on technology related to the development of driverless (autonomous) cars. They include heav

05-10-2017

In Part I of this environmentally related look at how lithium battery powered electric vehicles (EVs) could have a substantially negative impact on our planet it became clear the p

Environment | 27-09-2017