Recently, Xiaomi announced the production of their Cyberdog, which looks an awful lot like Boston Dynamics Spot. What features does the new Cyberdog have, how does it compare to Boston Dynamics, and is it a cheap imitation of Boston dynamics? What is the...

By Robin Mitchell | 13-09-2021

The NVIDIA ARM deal has been in the news so much, and it seems to be going nowhere. What challenges has the deal faced, why is the EU now involved, and will the deal even happen? Why has Nvidia faced so much challenge with its acquisition of ARM? L...

By Robin Mitchell | 13-09-2021

We cover wearable devices a lot on Electropages, but another kind of technology called hearables could also play a key role in future technology. What are hearables, what challenges do they face, and what problems could they help solve? What are he...

By Sam Brown | 10-09-2021

Recently, researchers from the UK and Netherlands developed yarn to generate power, detect temperature differences, and measure strain. What challenges do wearable sensors face, how did the researchers develop their yarn, and what applications could it be used...

By Sam Brown | 10-09-2021

Hydrogen is quickly becoming a candidate for future power storage and generation thanks to its lack of CO2 emission upon use. Why is hydrogen potentially better than batteries, what is blue and green hydrogen, and why should we exercise caution in hydrogen gen...

By Robin Mitchell | 09-09-2021

Dorset will be trialling a range of sensor systems to see how AI can be used in social care by medically vulnerable people. What challenges does care in hospitals present, what will the trial do, and could it be the future in post-op care? What challenge...

By Robin Mitchell | 08-09-2021

Recently, Intel announced that it has won a contract with the DoD to launch a new program called RAMP-C. Why are countries worldwide aiming for chip independence, what will the new program do, and should countries be striving for chip independence? Why are cou...

By Robin Mitchell | 08-09-2021

Recently Apple announced that it would integrate algorithms to detect illicit images on user devices but has since turned away from this. What was Apple’s original plan, why has Apple made a U-turn, and what does this tell us about user privacy? What was...

Privacy | By Robin Mitchell | 07-09-2021

Recently, researchers have developed a method for creating gates in FET transistors by adding the gate layer during wafer production. What challenges do small transistors present, what did the researchers do, and could this lead to a new method for building se...

Semiconductors | By Sam Brown | 07-09-2021

Researchers from Korea have recently developed a new FET that can detect molecules with a high degree of sensitivity and work with concentrated solid solutions. What challenges does molecular detection face, what did the researchers developed, and how could it...

By Sam Brown | 07-09-2021

Recently, Apple made job postings asking for engineers with RISC-V experience. What challenges does NVIDIA present to ARM, what is Apple’s history with ARM, and why could it be looking towards RISC-V? Apple looking into RISC-V Recently, Apple made...

RISC-V | By Sam Brown | 06-09-2021

Recently, Elon Musk announced that Tesla is developing a bipedal humanoid robot for helping with everyday repetitive tasks. What challenges could such a robot solve, why is this announcement likely another false promise, and how do we know that this will be an...

By Robin Mitchell | 06-09-2021