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Wafer-Scale Chip to Power Edinburgh Supercomputer

Edinburgh’s EPCC (formerly the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre) supercomputing facility has recently announced that it will be using the Cerebras CS-1, the world’s fastest artificial intelligence computer processing system, in the Edinburgh International Data Facility.

4 months ago by Luke James

Renewable Energy Resources and Their Investment in Scotland

Electric energy produced in Scotland comes from renewable resources such as wind, hydro, solar energy, and biomass. Following the UK’s announced plans to go ‘net zero’ on carbon emissions, we focus on Scotland’s renewable energy efforts—including its major wind farm project: the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm.

4 months ago by Asma Arooj

Bioinformatics: How Electronics Can Inform Biomedicine

DNA letter patterns and protein sequences essentially form the ‘language’ of the human body. This metaphor simplifies bioinformatics, which deals with reading information hidden in biological processes and drawing evolutionary conclusions about their possible functions). We look at the vital research area.

5 months ago by Biljana Ognenova

Geothermal Energy: The Challenges and Developments

Given its high costs and risks, geothermal energy harnessing is far from the most popular energy solution. Nevertheless, engineers have been developing new and improved methods of tapping into our underground resources. We consider geothermal energy developments and their overall potential.

5 months ago by Lianne Frith

Could Transparent Solar Panels Mean That Tomorrow’s Windows Will Generate Electricity?

Solar panels, being opaque due to their semiconductor layers, can traditionally only be mounted on buildings. Recently, however, scientists at Incheon University, South Korea created a transparent version of the energy harnessing technology. Could these see-through solar panels ever be integrated into windows?

5 months ago by Lianne Frith

Is It Time to Call into Question the Viability of Commercial eVTOLs?

Convenience is an important aspect of urban air mobility. If we consider safety, security, speed, and affordability as minor components of the umbrella term ‘convenience’, engineers have an arduous ahead road to make eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) technology convenient...

5 months ago by Biljana Ognenova

Accurately Detecting Earthquakes: Can We Engineer a Solution?

While there has been much progress in disaster predictions in certain areas, such as hurricanes, earthquake detection is falling behind. Now, engineering teams are stepping up to the plate, hoping that they can use AI areas, such as machine learning and complex algorithms, to create the beginnings of a solution.

5 months ago by Lianne Frith

Exploring Cooling Technologies for Electronic Systems

Increasingly, today’s electronic equipment and devices integrate additional functionalities, but this inadvertently results in greater heat flux. We explore the various techniques used to adequately handle heat flux to ensure that electronic systems operate with efficiency.

5 months ago by Emmanuel Ikimi

Exploring the Viability of Electric VTOL Aircraft for Commercial Transport

The reduction in conventional traffic congestion and greenhouse gases are just some of the advantages that eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft offer over current transport in growing cities. However, are we ready to adopt the technology as a means of commercial transport anytime soon?

5 months ago by Emmanuel Ikimi

Various Wireless Power Transfer Techniques in Neural Stimulators and Other Implantable Medtech

Wireless power transfer technologies are being extensively studied and developed for use in implantable medical devices, the advantages of which include the early detection of diseases and the treatment of specific defective organs. This article will explore wireless power transfer in neural stimulators and outline the key benefits and design challenges.

5 months ago by Emmanuel Ikimi

AI Accelerators And How Engineers Can Utilise Them

Understanding the role of AI accelerators in artificial intelligence gives an insight into its benefits in the world of electronics and computing, particularly as our collective interests in human-level intelligence increase. We look at the technology and how it may benefit engineers.

5 months ago by Emmanuel Ikimi

Motiv Space Systems’ Vice President of Business Development Discusses Motiv’s Collaboration with NASA

Motiv Space Systems, a Pasadena-based company specialised in space robotics, is collaborating with NASA JLP on the development of the Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm), a sophisticated robotic arm that can efficiently operate on the Moon and in other celestial environments.

5 months ago by Ingrid Fadelli

The Scientific Instruments of the Mars Perseverance Rover

The successful landing of the Mars Perseverance Rover was not just a breakthrough for the world: it also marked the first time that the very latest sensor technologies may be used outside our planet. We look at the ground-breaking designs and other details behind the instruments on the rover.

about 6 months ago by Kristijan Nelkovski

The E-Waste Problem and How a Circular Economy Can Solve It

The push for greener habits has become global, and for good reason. As this mentality is applied to waste produced by electrical and electronic equipment, we're seeing positive changes to the daily life of engineers.

about 6 months ago by Nicholas St. John

TPS3899 Voltage Supervisor Featuring Programmable Sense and Reset Delay

Texas Instruments’ TPS3899 Voltage Supervisor is characterised by having a small body size (just 1.50 millimetres by 1.50 millimetres) and has applications in a wide range of sectors including consumer electronics and motor drives.

6 months ago by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

Teledyne T3VNA Family of Vector Network Analysers

Measuring tools, such as oscilloscopes and spectrum analysers allow electronic engineers to test and monitor signals when designing circuits and devices. The Teledyne LeCroy company is one of the leading companies that provide test tools for such engineers to use in their projects and have recently released the Teledyne T3VNA family of network analysers.

6 months ago by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

RaRE Project Aims for Sustainable Electric Vehicles

Birmingham University is partnering with Bentley on a project that they hope will deliver a sustainable source of rare earth magnets for electric and hybrid vehicles.

6 months ago by Luke James

Renewables Power Sweden’s Future ‘Green Steel’ Facility: H2 Green Steel

Green energy is set to provide energy and hydrogen to the world’s largest ‘green steel’ plant in Sweden, which will be operational by 2024.

6 months ago by Luke James

€1.8b Quantum Plan Puts France on the Map for AI

In 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron presented the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) roadmap: his vision and strategy to make France a leader in AI technology. Now, Macron has presented a new national strategy for quantum technologies, a five-year €1.8 billion plan that will finance research in quantum computing, communications, and sensing.

6 months ago by Luke James

Autonomous Boeing Aircraft Makes Its Maiden Flight

In what may be a major leap forward for the future of autonomous aircraft, ‘Loyal Wingman’, Boeing’s autonomous uncrewed fighter-style, jet-powered drone, has taken to the skies for the very first time in a historic test flight, carried out by Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

6 months ago by Luke James

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