pureLiFi, the Edinburgh Lifi specialist, has brought out its latest system, Kitefin XE, designed to protect networks at a time of growing security threats. The technology, first released exclusively within the National Security community, is now available to a wider spectrum of sectors, from government and defence to enterprise customers and beyond. Guaranteeing data security has become an increasingly complex ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is funding £10 million for new facilities at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC), the research institute in Edinburgh. Specifically, new lab spaces will be built to assemble optical benches. These are for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, investigating gravitational waves in space. The investment will approximately double UK ATC’s construction capabilities. Optical ...
The Higgs Centre for Innovation, in Edinburgh, is relaunching its Space Testing Facility after upgrading the clean rooms and advanced testing equipment. Funding of £400,000 from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) enabled the change. The aim is to make the centre more accessible to a wider range of space companies and technology SMEs. Facilities The facilities – to ...
Cambridge-based analogue building block intellectual property company Agile Analog is to establish an engineering team in Edinburgh. “Our Edinburgh office will increase capabilities in analogue design, digital design, software and hardware to support increased customer activities and company growth,” said Agile chairman Pete Hutton (right). “Scotland is a worldwide centre of excellence in semiconductor engineering and deep-tech developments.” Some posts ...
Space Scotland is producing a Space Sustainability and Net Zero Roadmap, with the goal of making Scotland’s space progress as green as possible. In collaboration with AstroAgency and Optimat, and supported by Scottish Enterprise, Space Scotland expects the roadmap to be endorsed by commercial, governmental and academic partners in the space industry. “From greener rocket propellants to using satellites to ...
London to Edinburgh in under an hour is the vision proffered by Hyperloop One, which is one of several companies looking to commercialise the evacuated tube transportation concept. If Hyperloop is deemed practical, HS2 would look redundant. Hyperloop One is looking at two other UK routes – Liverpool to Glasgow and Cardiff to Glasgow. The London to Edinburgh route offers ...
28th Edinburgh International Science Festival The 28th Edinburgh International Science Festival takes place between 1 – 16 April, at 29 venues across the Scottish capital from April 1 to 16. There are 270 events in total, and it is described as Europe’s biggest festival of science. Edinburgh International Science Festival, founded in 1989, is an educational charity that aims to ...
Spiral Gateway, the Edinburgh dynamically reconfigurable processor company, is to run its next IC on a multi-project wafer (MPW) at TSMC in April.
ATEEDA, the Edinburgh mixed signal test company with a tool which allows digital testers to test mixed signal chips, has got another £750,000 from backers Archangel Informal Investment and the Scottish Co-Investment Fund.
Electronics Weekly puts its questions to an industry figure: George Elliott is chairman at miniature OLED display company, Edinburgh-based MED. The former CFO at Wolfson Microelectronics reveals his thoughts on breaking into the market in China, technology triggers for venture backing and the state of the high tech start-up community in Scotland.
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