The coming together of biology and electronics is moving forward apace with ‘bioelectronics’, specifically bio-molecular, changing the face of a wide spectrum of industry disciplines. Electronic biological materials (e-biologics), produced with microbes or des...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 28-04-2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the global economy with oil prices now in the red, unemployment at an all time high, and the FTSE 100 index price falling by unseen amounts. But how has this pandemic affected the electronics industry and what ca...

By Robin Mitchell | 27-04-2020

Clean transportation, renewable energy, sustainable water and circular economy adapted products could benefit from the net proceeds of a $400 million green bond issued by Analog Device Inc (ADI). The company’s green bond issuance consisted of a $400 million ag...

Environment | By Rob Coppinger | 22-04-2020

Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillators (OCXOs) are rapidly gaining ground across a range of high performance applications. An OCXO is a temperature-controlled device that maintains a quartz crystals’ constant operating temperature. This prevents changes in the sp...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 22-04-2020

There is a saying that “nature is the world’s greatest scientist”. This statement is true, and millions of years of evolution have created highly complex systems that can perform a number of functions that humans only wished that they could replicate. After al...

By Liam Critchley | 21-04-2020

In writing this article, I have the most wonderful “problem” that any science or engineering writer can possibly have. And that is, developments in this area are happening so fast that actual progress may well have surpassed the content of this article by the...

Articles | By Gary Elinoff | 20-04-2020

In writing this article, I have the most wonderful “problem” that any science or engineering writer can possibly have. And that is, developments in this area are happening so fast that actual progress may well have surpassed the content of this article by the...

Insights | By Gary Elinoff | 20-04-2020

In writing this article, I have the most wonderful “problem” that any science or engineering writer can possibly have. And that is, developments in this area are happening so fast that actual progress may well have surpassed the content of this article by the...

Educational | By Gary Elinoff | 20-04-2020

This week, YMTC have announced their latest FLASH memory chip, the X2-6070, which stores 1.33Tb of data with access speeds up to 1.6 Gb/s. What is QLC memory and what advantages does it have over other traditional FLASH memory architectures? QLC Memory Flash m...

By Robin Mitchell | 17-04-2020

The use of robots in the hospital setting for disinfecting purposes is being ramped up rapidly in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. Recently, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) the body that represents the robotics industry and research a...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 15-04-2020

There's a wide range of electronic devices that are being used in the fight against the recent coronavirus (COVID-19-, SARS-CoV-2) outbreak which is causing disruption on a global scale. These same electronics have been used in many other outbreaks, from SARS...

By Liam Critchley | 14-04-2020

The world has evolved to where every company is a data company. While the likes of Facebook and Netflix might offer services like social media and streaming, the cruz of the company is data. And there’s a particular niche where data is proving even more helpfu...

By Moe Long | 11-04-2020