Touch control and display technology is becoming an indispensable part of industry and today almost all industrial embedded solutions have some sort of graphical user interface. Manufacturers now integrate commercial PC technologies to provide customised solut...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 13-02-2020

Pharmaceuticals is a big business globally, although there are pockets of the world where more profit is made than others. Economics aside, how a drug interacts within its surroundings is a vital consideration for many modern-day therapies and pharmaceuticals....

By Liam Critchley | 12-02-2020

3D printing has become increasingly popular. And thanks to falling prices, high-quality budget 3D printers are available for everyday home use. Generally, 3D printing conjures up either filament-based (FDM) or resin (SLA) printers. However, outside of resident...

By Moe Long | 11-02-2020

Cable pull or draw wire encoders continue to shrink in size and now one company, Kübler, has unveiled what it claims is the thinnest cable encoder on the market. A draw-wire encoder is essentially a linear measuring device that consists of a spring-wound cable...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 10-02-2020

Hydrogen is abundant in the universe. It can be found - in one form or another - anywhere you care to point a telescope. Here on Earth, it can be found easily enough but not in its natural state. It is, rather inconveniently, bonded to other things. Like oxyge...

By Philip Spurgeon | 06-02-2020

Hyundai’s Road-noise Active Noise Control (RANC) system is to use Analog Devices Inc’s Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) technology for an industry first all-digital offering.  Hyundai’s RANC system dramatically reduces noise within the cabin of a vehicle. The system...

By Rob Coppinger | 05-02-2020

We live in a world where every screen is meant to be touched. At least that’s according to an old ad campaign from Microsoft. The problem with that laudable notion is that not every screen does something when you touch it. And there’s not always a situation wh...

By Philip Spurgeon | 04-02-2020

The use of LED grow lights for horticulture purposes is growing in importance within metropolitan areas and a number of ‘smart’ lighting systems are coming on to the market. The world population has been growing for many years but much of that growth is concen...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 03-02-2020

Green technology isn’t new per se. But it’s certainly on the rise with growing concerns about climate change. Algae notably plays a crucial role in green tech, sometimes quite literally since many algae are, well, green in colour. Learn more about algae and it...

By Moe Long | 31-01-2020

When it comes to maximising vision, technologists and nutritionist have a lot in common. Whereas the latter focuses on human eye health, electronics technologists see automotive vision systems as the current challenge in the development of autonomous vehicles....

By Paul Whytock | 30-01-2020

The increased adoption of automation technologies by industry, combining lasers and IoT, is a growing trend. Automation not only reduces costs but also increases flexibility and reliability by enabling material handling through remote sources. A key part of th...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 29-01-2020

The faster simultaneous tracking of many magnets is expected to improve head position following and therefore the display of correct graphics in virtual reality (VR) headsets. The time it takes for headset tracking systems to detect magnet movement, which is h...

By Rob Coppinger | 28-01-2020