Technology is constantly evolving to address the needs of the people and planet. With growing concerns over climate change, societal inequalities, medical conditions and more, there are few stones left unturned when it comes to innovating for good - however, noise pollution has become a recent topic of discussion for many tech giants.

The past two decades have seen investment in space tourism from the private space sector. 2021 was an enormous year for private companies and space travel, but 2022 is set to be even bigger. 

The government recently launched a £375 million package for energy technologies powering British homes and businesses.

In February 2022, Nissan announced it wants to end all combustion engine development and switch its focus to electric vehicles (EVs). With the help of NASA, it has created an efficient electric car battery set to revolutionise the EV market.

There has been a lot of activity in the GaN (gallium nitride) market recently, writes Caroline Hayes. Companies are joining forces to convince the industry of GaN’s potential for smaller, lighter, more efficiency in-vehicle power systems.

To design an autonomous robot, one of the most important features to consider is how it can find its way around. An ‘intelligent walk’ approach is often chosen, which means that the robot combines information from multiple sensors (excluding visual sensors) to help it plan a path and navigate. As Charles Pao, Senior Marketing Specialist at CEVA explains, an essential part of the intelligent walk technique is ‘dead reckoning&rsqu...

Designers must balance system size and power consumption while enabling more precise signal measurements at higher bandwidths, says Mark Berarducci, engineer at Texas Instruments.

The Metaverse, which can be loosely defined as a point wherein the Internet and immersive computing (particularly VR and AR) form one seamless whole, is an exciting tech term that suggests users’ current, limited – and frankly niche – use of online VR could explode in the foreseeable future. But that doesn’t mean it’s not going to be creepy. This piece considers why an eerie sensation may soon unfold...

The amalgamation of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) has amounted to an umbrella term: Extended Reality (XR). With hype and anticipation around the capabilities of the metaverse, the race is on for tech giants to brings users immersive experiences in all aspects of life.

AND Technology’s CEO, Nicola Thorn, shared her experience of growing her consultancy which focuses on product development in the IoT. Nicola was joined by her mother Valerie Lynch, who is the founder of AND Technology. Diverging from traditional companies that use the patriarchal suffix ‘& Sons’, Beatrice O’Flaherty offers a refreshing account of this female-led and family-run business.

Surveying the surface of Mars since February 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover has recorded the acoustic environment of the planet for the first time.

Nottingham Trent University engineers have created a ‘breakthrough’ smart arm sleeve that can help to reduce swelling and discomfort for patients with lymphoedema.

100 NHS hospitals will introduce an A&E demand forecasting tool to tackle waiting list backlogs. The tool was co-developed by Faculty, a British AI firm.

While devices – particularly smart devices, like smartphones – are becoming ever more versatile, many design engineers still have to work around an age-old truth: a jack of all trades is a master of none. Using alarm clocks as a product example, this article by Sam Holland looks at how, despite the rise in so-called ‘general-purpose’ devices, there is still (and perhaps always will be) a market for purpose-built devices li...

Did you know that 113 phones are lost or stolen every minute? Almost a third of data loss cases are caused by accident and 30% of computers are already infected with malware.

Public concerns continue to grow with the development of technology. Many argue that its capabilities are evolving at too quick a pace with not enough checks and balances to maintain civil liberties.  Electronic Specifier looks back at three examples of technology testing boundaries and nearly crossing the line.

With so much excitement and traction around the metaverse, questions have begun to arise regarding data exchanges and safeguarding.

Medical connectors provide interconnect solutions within medical technology, meaning they must always be safe and hygienic.

Electronic Specifier takes a look at the top power products to have been released in March.

Plans are in place to build the world’s largest and longest network of drone ‘superhighways’ which would link towns and cities across the UK.