Paul Whytock

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Paul Whytock is Technology Correspondent for Electropages. He has reported extensively on the electronics industry in Europe, the United States and the Far East for over thirty years. Prior to entering journalism, he worked as a design engineer with Ford Motor Company at locations in England, Germany, Holland and Belgium.

Automotive chip supply optimism moves up a gear

Talk to carmakers about when the shortage of automotive electronic components will end, and you'll get a whole variety of different predictions. But one thing is clear: there is no

07-10-2021

Thinking like a human is something AI will never learn

So much has been debated about the potential power of AI (Artificial Intelligence) that there are now some humans who think it will eventually control us. I don’t believe this will

AI | 02-09-2021

Government unplugged over electric vehicles and flat on battery technologies

The UK government is nowhere near implementing sufficient electric vehicles (EVs) and related strategies if it intends to meet its much-trumpeted plan to bring the UK’s greenhouse

09-08-2021

Driverless Cars Need to Hear As Well As See What’s Coming

If driverless cars are to become a reality they will have to have the same sight and sound abilities as humans. Until now we have heard plenty about technological breakthroughs reg

28-06-2021

Can neuromorphic vision accelerate the arrival of intelligent robots?

We all know that when it comes to processing gargantuan amounts of data computers are unbeatable and that industrial robots are champions at coping with mind-numbingly repetitive t

10-05-2021

Quantum Computing- The UK and Europe play catch-up with the USA and China.

The “my Quantum computer is bigger than yours” game has played out for many years, and the leading contenders in the Qubits superiority race are the USA and China. Now Europe want

24-03-2021

Full Artificial Vision for Humans Takes a Giant Leap Forward

Artificial eyes that offer two-dimensional vision capabilities are certainly remarkable but are still a poor substitute for the human eye despite many years of scientific developme

02-02-2021

Covid Killing Robots are 99.9% Effective

When I first read about Covid virus killing robots that will cruise around a building zapping the virus, I thought great. How about having one of these as a shopping buddy when vis

08-12-2020