Electronics Weekly Electronics Design & Components Tech News
The Electronics Weekly team share some fingerposts – their picks of the week, in terms of announcements, developments, product releases, quotes, or anything else in the wide world of electronics, that caught their eye…
Caroline Hayes, editor
Less US dollars invested in China has had an impact but what will the imminent US presidential election mean for US-China investors? China’s unicorns diminishing (electronicsweekly.com)
David Manners, components editor
What caught my eye this week was Malcolm Penn’s “Horrible Uncertainty” about the state of the chip industry.
Steve Bush, technology editor
It might not be the most forceful technology in the world, but electrostatic-hydraulic actuators are simple and can be surprisingly fast. Now researchers at Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems have shown that this technology, even open-loop, has useful inherent characteristics for robot legs covering varied terrain, and it can be nimble as well as agile when feedback is added.
Alun Williams, web editor
Ofcom indicates its ‘preliminary view’ is that it will license Kuiper, Amazon’s satellite constellation, to deliver broadband connectivity and mobile telephony to UK residents.
