Insights

The blog posts that delve into the electronics industry's trends, offering insights and commentary on topics like robotics, e-waste solutions, green energy, electric vehicles, and security. Additionally, the articles investigate innovative approaches to address global challenges.


Amazon AI Foundation Model Drives 1M-Robot Deployment

Key Takeaways: Amazon has deployed over one million robots across more than 300 fulfilment centres, signalling a major shift in how large-scale logistics are powered. DeepFleet, a new AI foundation model, improves robotic movement...

By Robin Mitchell | 10-07-2025

Ultra-Wide-Bandgap Power for Military Electronics

Key Takeaways Ultra-Wide-Bandgap Power: Gallium-Oxide & Diamond Devices for Military Systems: Gallium Oxide and Diamond are Ultra Wide Bandgap materials    The wide bandgaps, in excess of those characteristic of WBGs such as Si...

By Gary Elinoff | 08-07-2025

Power from Scotch Tape: Energy Harvesting at 300Hz

Key Takeaways: Researchers at the University of Alabama have developed a low-cost triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) using store-bought Scotch tape and a vibrating plate. The system produces up to 53 mW of power at 40Hz and remains...

By Robin Mitchell | 07-07-2025

Reconfigurable AI Chips Could Solve AI’s Hardware Crisis

Key Takeaways: AI-specific hardware often becomes outdated faster than the models it’s built to support, creating a costly bottleneck. Imec is developing programmable AI chips using supercell and 3D stacking technologies to improve...

By Robin Mitchell | 07-07-2025

Hobbyist Semiconductor Dopant Using Spin-On Glass

Key Takeaways: A hobbyist-developed spin-on glass dopant offers a cost-effective alternative to commercial semiconductor doping techniques. This method uses safer, accessible chemicals like boric acid and phosphoric acid, eliminati...

By Robin Mitchell | 03-07-2025

Customer Loyalty Built by TME Through Speed and Service

Key Takeaways: People-first approach: TME builds long-term loyalty by assigning dedicated sales representatives to each customer, ensuring personalised and consistent support. Logistics that deliver: Same-day shipping, next-day del...

By Matthew Walker | 02-07-2025

Digital Twins of Human Heart Improve Disease Modelling

Key Takeaways: UK researchers have created nearly 4,000 digital heart twins using real patient imaging and ECG data—offering new insights into how age, sex, and BMI affect heart function. Machine learning and surrogate modelling si...

By Robin Mitchell | 02-07-2025

RISC-V and AI: Innatera’s PULSAR Shakes Up the Edge

Key Takeaways: RISC-V is emerging as a flexible alternative to ARM for embedded and AI applications, but its ecosystem is still developing. Innatera's PULSAR is the first mass-market neuromorphic microcontroller, designed to bring...

By Robin Mitchell | 24-06-2025

Samsung UK Tech for Good at Big Bang Fair 2025

Key Takeaways: Over 1,500 students participated in Samsung’s tech-for-good design sprint at the Big Bang Fair 2025. 442 innovative ideas were submitted, including emotion-sensing wearables and health-tracking smart devices....

By Matthew Walker | 23-06-2025

Intel Xeon 6 HPC Supercomputer Chosen by Imperial College

Intel Xeon 6 6900P processors with Performance-cores will power Imperial College London’s new HX2 supercomputer, built on Lenovo’s liquid-cooled ThinkSystem SC750 V4 Neptune platform. Part of the ICICLE collaboration, HX2 launches this year to drive...

By Matthew Walker | 20-06-2025

Sustainable Humidity Sensor Uses Inkjet Printing Tech

Key Takeaways: Sensor waste is a mounting issue in the IoT era, with billions of short-lived devices contributing to global e-waste. Researchers at the University of Münster have developed a fully inkjet-printable humidity sensor m...

By Robin Mitchell | 20-06-2025

Reconfigurable Flexible CMOS Circuits Advance Modular Design

Key Takeaways: Rice University researchers have developed reconfigurable carbon nanotube transistors capable of switching between p-type and n-type behaviours. These polarity-configurable thin-film transistors (PC-TFTs) enable flex...

By Robin Mitchell | 19-06-2025

SiC Power Modules Driving Military Electrification

Laser Weapons will depend heavily on Silicon Carbide (SiC) Semiconductors. Key Takeaways about SiC Power Modules: The New Backbone of Military Electrification: Modern power converters based on wide bandgap semiconductors offer many advanta...

By Gary Elinoff | 18-06-2025

Mitsubishi Backs Next-Gen Tech for Electronics Recycling

While smartphones, laptops, and smart appliances have transformed modern life, their rapid turnover and complex construction have created a mounting environmental concern: electronic waste. Despite widespread awareness, most e-waste still ends up in landfills...

By Robin Mitchell | 18-06-2025