Photoionisation has been accurately measured for the first time and with zeptosecond accuracy. To fully grasp just how precise this is a zeptosecond is a trillionth of a billionth of a second. Or put another way, 0.000000000000000000001 seconds. Scientists hav...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 16-11-2016

RS Components’ Tim Peberdy explains the increasingly strict efficiency limits on consumer electronics power supplies specified by global legislation. Since the mid-2000s, designers of external power supplies for computers and consumer electronics have come...

By Tim Peberdy | 03-11-2016

A haptic technology that uses ultrasound and provides users with a touch sensation to virtually “feel” switches, buttons and other controls in mid-air has been developed by haptic specialists, Ultrahaptics. This development kit can be used for the evaluation a...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 03-11-2016

A haptic technology that uses ultrasound and provides users with a touch sensation to virtually “feel” switches, buttons and other controls in mid-air has been developed by haptic specialists, Ultrahaptics. This development kit can be used for the evaluation a...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 03-11-2016

Artificial Intelligence (AI) should not replace or seek to replace human thinking. This is a view held by 7000 people surveyed recently across seven countries. AI has been billed as possibly the greatest innovation that could work harmoniously with humans or d...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 01-11-2016

Artificial Intelligence (AI) should not replace or seek to replace human thinking. This is a view held by 7000 people surveyed recently across seven countries. AI has been billed as possibly the greatest innovation that could work harmoniously with humans or d...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 01-11-2016

The latest revolution to hit the manufacturing sector will introduce new and innovative ways of interacting with and controlling automated processes. By Mark Patrick, Mouser Electronics. These days, the word ‘smart’ seems to be a legitimate prefix for almos...

By Mark Patrick | 28-10-2016

The recent publicity frenzy focusing on the Samsung 7 phone fires has created more questions over the safety of Lithium batteries than any previous event, including a potentially catastrophic one such as whether or not Lithium battery fires could bring down a...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 28-10-2016

The recent publicity frenzy focusing on the Samsung 7 phone fires has created more questions over the safety of Lithium batteries than any previous event, including a potentially catastrophic one such as whether or not Lithium battery fires could bring down a...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 28-10-2016

Could it be possible that the architectural and computational performance of future computers lies within the anatomy of a 1mm long roundworm? Quite possibly is the answer to that if the continuing research by the Si elegans project proves successful. But just...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 19-10-2016

Could it be possible that the architectural and computational performance of future computers lies within the anatomy of a 1mm long roundworm? Quite possibly is the answer to that if the continuing research by the Si elegans project proves successful. But just...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 19-10-2016

A technology breakthrough that removes the need for dynamic random memory (DRAM) refresh and is claimed to provide power, efficiency and compatibility benefits has been unveiled by US non-volatile memory specialists Kilopass. Based on vertical layered thyristo...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 12-10-2016