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Digi-Key has added Energy Micro’s EFM32 Gecko microcontroller products to its  distribution linecard in Europe and around the world.

Queen’s University Belfast is proposing fast data networks based on person-to-person wireless transfer. “In the past few years a significant amount of research has been undertaken into antennas and systems designed to share information across the surface of the human body,” said Dr Simon Cotton of the University’s wireless communications research group. “Until now, however, little work has been done ...

Under the slogan 'Showcasing the best of UK science and technology', Technology World will is running in partnership with UK NanoForum. The two previously separate events have been brought together, to run 7 - 8 December at the ExCeL Centre in London.

The collapse of the microcomputer market at Christmas 1984 had dramatic consequences for the UK manufacturers – Sinclair, Oric, Dragon, Acorn and others.

Currently the EU regulations that restrict certain halogenated flame retardants are RoHS and REACH. RoHS currently restricts PBB and PBDE with no exemptions. The proposed recast will not include restrictions on any other halogenated flame retardants but will introduce a comitology procedure (i.e. carried out by the EC) for restricting additional substances which will include these types of compounds and, ...

More imaginative investment can unlock future opportunities, Steve Haynes, president at Avnet Memec Europe tells Electronics Weekly. “A British-designed processor sits at the heart of most of the world’s mobile phones. A British designer is the brains behind Apple, the world’s most successful consumer electronics brand,” says Haynes. “I believe we now have an opportunity to lead the world again ...

Glasgow Subway has become the first UK transport system to provide 3G and Wi-Fi networks underground. The service, which uses The Cloud’s mobile Wi-Fi and Arqiva’s communication infrastructure services, provides connectivity for Wi-Fi-enabled devices in 15 stations and on subway platforms across Glasgow. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) owns and operates the Glasgow Subway. “This is a real breakthrough for ...

Inductive charging of electric vehicles has taken a step forward with a floor-mounted charging pad that does not need accurate alignment for efficient coupling. "We can put power across a 400mm gap with...

Apple is the cleverest company on the planet and the wireless network operators are among the stupidest, so the result of an upcoming battle between the two is probably a foregone conclusion.