Sam Holland

About:

Sam Holland received a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Portsmouth in 2012, and he's currently working towards a copywriting distinction from The College of Media & Publishing. Sam has considerable experience in the electrical engineering publishing field, having worked with Industrial Media Limited as an assistant editor. He's fascinated by all things artificial intelligence and hopes to write more about emerging trends in neuromorphic computing. Sam currently resides in the UK.

Articles

Will Brexit Cripple Automobile Manufacturing in the UK?

Brexit has been one of the most discussed topics in the UK in the past year. The implications of a deal or no-deal consensus between the UK and EU will affect every facet of the economy due to the multi-level trade agreements the country has had with EU member states for decades. More specifically, a no-deal Brexit will certainly impact the vehicle manufacturing industry.

about 4 hours ago
Opinion

Human Machine Interfaces That Will Bring About Extended Reality (XR)

Throughout history, our idea of reality had been based on feedback from our natural senses about the state of the physical world around us. However, with giant leaps in the fields of digital reality and spatial perception, we can now experience so much more than what is physically there.

2 days ago
Product Highlights

Perovskite-based Solar Cells: The Future of Solar Power Technology in the UK

Against the backdrop of climate change and rising global emissions from fossil fuels, Europe, like the rest of the world, is grappling with the urgent need to implement renewable technology to meet its current and future energy demands.

4 days ago
Opinion

4 Key Software Programs That Are Critical for Hardware Engineers

There are certain types of software programs that just about every hardware engineer is going to be working with on the job, whether they are employed by a small startup or an established firm. This software is critical to the timely completion and future success of the projects that you work on. Much of them, like IDEs and PCB design software, are used in higher education classes, while others, like project management software, is something that you learn on the job.

6 days ago
Opinion

Critical Components for EV and Self-Driving Vehicles

With so many countries recognising the danger of climate change and the environmental stewardship needed to counteract its effects, electric vehicles are seen as a green alternative that is both environmentally friendly and practical.

one week ago
Product Highlights

Jon Hawkins, Director of Newbury Innovation, Discusses His Background in Industry

It is no mean feat to start from a modest educational background and work your way up to being the director of Newbury Innovation (NI): the design division of leading UK-based PCB manufacturing and assembly CEM, Newbury Electronics. Electronics Point spoke to Jon Hawkins about his background in the engineering industry.

one week ago
Interviews

The Components That Make Smart Clothes Possible

Smart clothing may already be here, but it will take a while before the average person is reading their heart rate statistics through the very fibres of their jumper. For now, let’s discuss the components and engineering considerations involved that, once mastered, could eventually commercialise this latest breakthrough in wearable tech.

2 weeks ago
Product Highlights

Creative Air Purification Solutions for Cleaning up Polluted Cities

Over 90% of the population is breathing in air that exceeds the World Health Organization’s standards, the authority says. But at least every smoggy, CO2-filled cloud has a silver lining: there are many engineers out there bringing breakthrough air cleaners to the urban landscape.

2 weeks ago
Product Highlights

Why We Love to Hate MATLAB But Secretly Need It

Electrical engineers working in diverse industries use software tools to model and test their ideas before implementing them. The system-level design attempts to simulate the behaviour of a system using a high-level programming language.

2 weeks ago
Opinion

CES 2019 Innovations That Impact Hardware Engineers

CES 2019 has already been and gone. From it, we learned about some exciting new innovations in hardware that are destined to make a real difference to our world and the hardware that we interact with on a daily basis.

about 3 weeks ago
Opinion

RISC-V’s Ted Marena Discusses his Career and the Benefits of an Open Set Architecture

The RISC-V Foundation believes their solution has paved the way for the next 50 years of computing design and innovation, and it’s easy to see why: RISC-V’s open set instruction architecture ensures a future of more extensible, long-lasting hardware. Western Digital’s Ted Marena, director of RISC-V’s ecosystem, talked to Electronics Point about his background and knowledge of the platform.

3 weeks ago
Interviews

A Breakthrough Alternative to Traditional Password ‘Security’

Passwords are often guessed, and fingerprint cloning is an infamously easy way to trick the usual biometric scanners. Now, brain and heart biometrics, used in tandem, may be the key to breakthrough authentication.

3 weeks ago
Product Highlights

What The Gatwick Drones Say About The Future of Airport Security

From the 19th to the 21st of December 2018, hundreds of flights were cancelled due to malicious drone activity disrupting the airspace of Britain’s second busiest airport, London Gatwick—just in time for Christmas! Here are the lessons learned, and the lessons that at least should be learned, for present and future airport security.

3 weeks ago
Opinion

GBatteries: The Future of Lithium-Ion?

As we’re all aware, the tech world is gradually drifting from over-reliance on fossil fuels and tilting further towards environmentally-friendly and sustainable sources of energy–renewables.

about 4 weeks ago
Opinion

How Closely Can Computing Compare to a Human Brain?

As computing grows more sophisticated, the question arises as to how much it can be likened to human intelligence as we currently understand it.

one Month ago
Opinion

Three Key Industries Being Redefined by VR

Virtual reality is making its mark worldwide across all industries and verticals, with entertainment now proving to be just the icing on the cake. Here are three key areas where VR is coming into its own.

one Month ago
Opinion

Why We’re Stuck with Lithium-ion Batteries (Maybe Forever)

Lithium-ion batteries not only mark the present–they may well be the future, too. Consumer demand, especially in the EV industry, is both pressuring and incentivizing manufacturers such as Tesla to keep the power supplies alive and kicking for the foreseeable future.

one Month ago
Opinion

Why Everyone Loves App Notes and Hates Reading Them

Application notes are of course a major part of electrical engineering. These documents introduce technical products (such as ICs) with crucial information for customers–both engineers and general enthusiasts alike–but why are many readers dubious of them?

one Month ago
Opinion

Why Are We Designing IoT Devices Without a Solid Plan to Secure Them?

As the IoT continues to grow worldwide, we must ask ourselves: with such widespread connectivity showing no signs of stopping, what are the reasons behind the lack of security measures from the very design phase?

one Month ago
Opinion

This Implantable Tech Subculture Will Horrify You

There’s no denying that implantable tech is on the rise, and while this is already provoking ethical questions about data security, there are those who are making the privacy issues all the more concerning.

one Month ago
Opinion

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