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.


The Power of AI: Exploring ChatGPT's Performance Degradation Over Time

Recently, OpenAI shut down its AI detection tool due to low accuracy. This event highlights the challenge of distinguishing AI-generated content from human-written material. Moreover, a new study has shown a decline in the performance of ChatGPT over time. Thi...

By Robin Mitchell | 11-08-2023

Solar Panels 3x More Carbon Intensive: Renewable Energy Implications

Solar panels are supposed to be the future of green energy, and yet, a new report has highlighted that the carbon impact from solar panels could be three times higher than previously thought. What makes silicon panels so carbon intensive, what does the new rep...

By Robin Mitchell | 08-08-2023

Smart Home Success Story: Intelligent Device Detects a Faulty HVAC

Imagine a home that can diagnose its own problems and even call for repairs. Sounds futuristic? A recent story published on The Verge shows that we might be closer than you think, but there are still hurdles to overcome. This article explores the challenges sm...

By Robin Mitchell | 07-08-2023

LED Technology in Agriculture: A New Era of Food Quality Control

Researchers have developed a novel method using LEDs to detect water concentrations in rotting foods, a breakthrough that could help identify spoiled produce earlier and reduce food waste. What challenges does produce face, what did the researchers develop, an...

By Robin Mitchell | 03-08-2023

Lead Cables: A Past Threat or a Present Danger to the UK?

A recent report from the Wall Street Journal has highlighted that lead cables still in active use could be poisoning underground water sources, but while this may be the case in the US, the UK is hardly at risk. What challenges does lead infrastructure pose to...

By Robin Mitchell | 31-07-2023

Nature-Inspired Robotics: How the M4 Robot Mimics Animal Locomotion

Modern-day robotics (especially soft robotics) take a lot of inspiration from nature. A lot of these inspirations come from trying to mimic how animals move to give robots a better degree of locomotion. Many animals can navigate tricky terrain by using multi-f...

By Liam Critchley | 28-07-2023

GGtag: The Reusable & Reprogrammable ePaper Badge Tackling E-Waste

In a world of consumption and waste, it is amazing to see how copious amounts of technology quickly find their way into landfills with little regard for recycling. Recognising the waste caused by ID cards, Eurolan has demonstrated a new ePaper-based ID card th...

By Robin Mitchell | 24-07-2023

Jellyfish Robots: A Novel Approach to Tackling Ocean Plastic Pollution

Recently, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems demonstrated an experimental jellyfish robot that could one day be used to clean up the oceans of plastic waste. What challenges does plastic waste present, what did the researchers de...

By Robin Mitchell | 20-07-2023

The Economics of Green Energy: A Case Study of Wind Ranchers in Texas

You don’t have to believe in clean energy to embrace renewable technology – you just have to like money. John Davis owns the Pecan Spring Ranch in Wind-Swept, West Texas. When a developer offered cash in exchange for the right to install an array of wind turbi...

By Gary Elinoff | 19-07-2023

Flip Electronics: Your Trusted Partner for EOL Semiconductor Solutions

Recently, Flip Electronics completed its acquisition of Resurgent Semiconductor, which provides obsolete semiconductor manufacturing IP acquisition and manufacturing services for end-of-life semiconductor components. In an exclusive interview, Electropages tal...

By Robin Mitchell | 17-07-2023

AI in Toys: A New Frontier or a Dangerous Path?

It is clear that the rapid development of AI will eventually find its way into children’s toys, and while AI will help provide children with unique interactions, it could introduce some serious challenges. How could AI be integrated into toys, what dangers wou...

By Robin Mitchell | 14-07-2023

The Environmental Impact of EV Batteries and the Search for Alternatives

We all know electric vehicles (EVs) will dramatically help to improve the quality of the air we breathe, and we all know how important that is. Take, for example, just one statistic. Research in the US estimates that over 7000 Americans a year die as a direct...

By Paul Whytock | 13-07-2023

Metallic Gel: The Game-Changer in 3D Printing and Electronics

In a groundbreaking development that could revolutionize the world of manufacturing and electronics, researchers have unveiled a novel metallic gel with the extraordinary ability to be 3D printed into solid objects at room temperature. This development could p...

By Robin Mitchell | 11-07-2023

Solar Railways: Innovative Solution or Impractical Idea?

I thought we saw it all when Solar Roadways thought that replacing roads with solar panels was a good idea, but a new idea floating around the internet has certainly challenged that; solar railways. What idea is being proposed, why is it another level of stupi...

By Robin Mitchell | 10-07-2023