University Electronics

National Instruments is holding its annual NIDays London 2017 technology conference at Sandown Park Racecourse in Esher, on Tuesday 28th November. Focusing on NI’s software-defined systems in test, measurement and control, a stand-out this year will be a presentation from guest speaker Stuart Dawson, Chief Technology Officer at The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). Dawson will discuss ...

Scottish scientists believe they have made an important discovery in the practical application of high-speed photonic circuits.

It uses a new form of cooling technology that could allow superconducting detectors to be used in cancer treatments, driverless cars and quantum communications.

A tech cluster centred on the University of Oxford could be vital in helping the UK to develop technology for autonomous vehicles and digital health

Graduates can now have their skills in embedded C, C++ or UML assessed for free by software training company Feabhas.

CST Global, the Glasgow-based manufacturer of millimetre wave and optical semiconductors using a non-silicon III-V process, is readying its new, metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) machine. This is a collaboration with the University of Glasgow and commissioning of the processing machine is expected to be completed in time for the 2017 / 2018 academic year. Neil Martin, CEO of CST ...

IBM has committed to a $240 investment into research on artificial intelligence (AI) hardware, software and algorithms in a joint project with MIT.

Researchers at the University of Southampton have created a robot to mimic the swimming style of a prehistoric sea creature. Luke Muscutt, a PhD student in Engineering and the Environment, lead the team which worked with partners at the University of Bristol to analyse the propulsion method of plesiosaurs –marine reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs and ...

Researchers at Imperial College London have applied optical measurement technology used in solar panels to evaluate the materials used in a gauntlet from a 16th-century suit of armour. The gauntlet is part of the the Wallace Collection in London and conservators wanted to investigate a surface effect applied to the metalwork in swords and armour. The effect is called blueing ...

The government must stand ready to seize the semiconductor opportunity that 5G presents and not repeat the mistakes of the past. In 1989, mobile phones were not much smaller than house‑bricks. And few people used them. But the UK government, convinced by its advisers that something very important was about to happen in personal communications, took the imaginative step of ...