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The HaptX Gloves: ‘Hands-on’ Haptic VR and How it Works

For engineers, HMIs, particularly those in VR and AR, are becoming an increasingly relied-upon approach to the design and manufacture of products, especially in the automotive industry. But aside from the audiovisual benefits of immersive computing, the user experience ideally needs to be tactile, too; and this is where haptic wearables, such as HaptX Gloves, come in.

3 months ago by Sam Holland

The Greatest Hazards Engineers Face in Work Environments

Engineers just leaving university are a vulnerable workforce in terms of health and safety and other work-related hazards for several reasons...

3 months ago by Biljana Ognenova

T&M Devices That Will Speed Up Commercialisation of Solid-state Batteries

Solid-state batteries are expected to usher in an era of safer, more compact, and higher density batteries with fast-charging capabilities. These new generation batteries have been hailed as the future of electric cars, but their commercialisation still hangs in the balance.

3 months ago by Sam Holland

Arm’s VP of IoT Cloud Services Shares The Greatest Challenges in IoT Utilities

As the IoT grows ever more crucial, the same goes for efficient and secure IoT deployments, especially in the increasingly-regulated utilities space. EP’s Sam Holland talked to SVP of software giant Arm’s IoT Cloud Services division, Himagiri Mukkamala, about his experience of optimising IoT solutions in the utilities sector, particularly in relation to Arm’s recent partnership with smart meter manufacturer, EDMI.

3 months ago by Sam Holland

Affordable Multimeters Known For Accuracy

Buying the right digital multimeter should never be a trade-off between efficiency and cost. That's why we have compiled a list of some of the most accurate, yet affordable products on the market.

3 months ago by Sam Holland

Boeing 737 MAX: The Electrical Flight System Identified as a Potential Culprit

Within five months of one another, two Boeing 737 MAX jets crashed, none of the passengers survived. Preliminary black box data has identified an electrical flight system as the possible culprit, but what exactly happened?

3 months ago by Luke James

Bluetooth 5.1: What the Latest in Generation 5 Has to Offer

'Bluetooth' is named after the English translation of 'Blåtand': the surname of King Harald Blåtand, who unified Denmark—so in his memory, it’s no surprise that the wireless standard has remained an important part of the connected world since the late 90s. Now, it’s more communicative, efficient and scalable than ever: here’s a look at what’s putting the '.1' in 'Bluetooth 5.1'.

3 months ago by Sam Holland

Jon Hawkins, Director of Newbury Innovation, Discusses the EE Industry and Newbury Group

Earlier in March, Electronics Point published the first part of its interview with Jon Hawkins about his experience in engineering. In this second part, the director of PCB specialists Newbury Innovation discusses the field further still, as EP writer Sam Holland asks for his views on industry at large—starting with the controversial skills gap.

about 4 months ago by Sam Holland

Why Europe is More Primed for Autonomous Vehicles Than China

The KPMG Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index places four European countries among the top ten best prepared to deal with autonomous vehicles. China is ranked 16th on the index of 20 countries, which includes four factors in the total score calculation: policy and legislation, technology and innovation, infrastructure, and consumer acceptance.

about 4 months ago by Biljana Ognenova

PCB Fuel Cell Breakthrough Set to Revolutionise Portable Power

A recent breakthrough in fuel cell manufacturing is set to revolutionise several industries that have been trying to integrate hydrogen fuel cells into their power systems.

4 months ago by Emily Gray-Fow

Are We Making Any Progress With Medical 3D Implants?

Back in 2015, market research firm Gartner predicted that 3D implants were set to make a big impact on the medical field. In fact, the prediction was that by 2019, 10% of people in the developed world would be living with 3D-printed items either on or in their bodies.

4 months ago by Lianne Frith

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.

4 months ago by Sam Holland

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.

4 months ago by Sam Holland

Intel’s Loihi CPU: A Neuromorphic Chip Modelled on the Human Brain

Neuroscience, with its huge volume of complex interactions, is a field that offers an enormous amount of insight for the potential of hardware architectures and algorithms. The behaviors and properties of biological neurons have, to date, proven difficult to model let alone replicate. However, while the vast majority of biological neuron interactions will remain a mystery for some time, simplified abstractions of neural networks are now possible.

4 months ago by Lianne Frith

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.

4 months ago by Sam Holland

A Doctor on Your Wrist? The Rise of Wearable Technology in European Healthcare

Western medicine has seen huge growth in the use of technology for the treatment of disease and in preventative medicine. Many centres in Europe are leading the way in the use of smartwatches and fitness trackers to treat a number of different conditions, making innovative new leaps in how these body-worn sensors can help keep us fit and well.

4 months ago by Emily Gray-Fow

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.

4 months ago by Sam Holland

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.

4 months ago by Sam Holland

Tomorrow’s Engineering Jobs: What’s On the Horizon?

With so much talk about which jobs may not exist in a few years’ time, let’s take a moment to consider what new engineering disciplines or specialisms may come about alongside further technological developments.

4 months ago by Luke James

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.

4 months ago by Sam Holland

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