The space race is no longer the province of nations or pan-continental unions. In the 21st century, corporations are investing in the vehicles and infrastructure needed to profit from alien resources and zero gravity manufacturing. New materials and techniques...

By Christian Cawley | 04-06-2019

Laser light has interacted with mechanical vibrating membranes proving that energy can be made to flow in one direction only, potentially enabling more reliable quantum computing and cooler communication systems that have clearer signals. In electronics, the e...

By Rob Coppinger | 03-06-2019

The future of facial recognition promises so much. Security, direct marketing, improvements in AI, to name but a few. But all is not well in the world of facial recognition. Issues that should have been resolved long ago are causing controversies that threaten...

By Christian Cawley | 30-05-2019

Analog Devices Inc. has been ranked as one of the utmost sustainable companies in the Corporate Knights 2019 list of the 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. More than 7,500 global corporations with annual revenues of more than $1 billion were asses...

By Rob Coppinger | 30-05-2019

Improved technologies are on the verge of making electric vehicles a much more viable proposition in just a few years time. A recent study published by Cornwall Insight the provider of research and analysis in the energy markets, indicates that the average ele...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 29-05-2019

Consumer electronics, solar grid storage and electric vehicles could all see improved battery performance for charging if vanadium disulfide is added to a battery’s lithium cathode and cobalt oxide removed. A battery consists of two electrodes, an anode and a...

By Rob Coppinger | 28-05-2019

What is Geothermal Energy? Geothermal energy technology is currently underused but starting to emerge in certain suitable locations as part of the overall mix of renewable energy sources. It works on the principle of drilling down into a known geothermal reser...

By Mark Patrick | 28-05-2019

The power of tides and waves has always presented our society an attractive potential source of energy, but there have been many engineering challenges associated with trying to capture it. Advances in tidal technology - from stronger composite materials to mo...

By Mark Patrick | 24-05-2019

For years, virtual reality has been posited as the solution to several technological challenges. From architecture to surgery, Virtual reality (VR) has been rightly lauded. But at a time when VR is mostly used in gaming, it's time for augmented reality to step...

By Christian Cawley | 23-05-2019

The use of air ionisers to eliminate the build-up of static charges on non-conductors in the workplace or at home is growing as electronic components become ever more static electricity-sensitive. Air ionisers work by flooding the atmosphere with positive and...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 22-05-2019

A new type of flexible and extremely thin bipolar plate is expected to make battery manufacture more cost effective, helping to commercialise the technology for mobile power supplies for domestic and industrial use and eventually to power electric vehicles. Ba...

By Rob Coppinger | 22-05-2019

Facial Recognition in Law Enforcement Be in no doubt, you are being watched. Londoners on average will be CCTV'd 300 times a day and across the UK there are about 4.3 million cameras in operation. When it comes to crime and terrorist prevention this is a good...

By Paul Whytock | 21-05-2019