Wednesday, 18 March 2015
When Driver Error Becomes Programming Error
Ninety percent of automobile accidents now involve human error. If scientists succeed in producing computer-driven cars, responsibility may shift to programming errors. In that case, who sues whom? Who is liable?
Monday, 16 March 2015
Energy harvesting trees
Scientists at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd have developed a prototype of a tree that harvests solar energy from its surroundings
Friday, 13 March 2015
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Apple watch latest
The iPhone-tailored smartwatch is an expensive convenience gadget, according to this review.
Monday, 9 March 2015
Fever alarm
University of Tokyo researchers have developed a "fever alarm armband," a flexible, self-powered wearable device that sounds an alarm in case of high body temperature.
Friday, 6 March 2015
Mortal Motorola
Was Motorola a company whose reach exceeded its grasp? Or is there more to this story than meets the eye?
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Monday, 2 March 2015
Life imitates art or vice versa?
Oscar Wilde considered that life imitates art far more than art imitates life and in the wider scheme of things he may be right. However Eddie Redmayne’s depiction of physicist Stephen Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything is a truly remarkable portrayal of life, relationships and scientific endeavours whilst dealing with an advancing debilitating illness. Also, Benedict Cumberbatch recently gave resonance to the brilliance, the anguish and ultimately the tragedy of cryptanalyst Alan Turing in the film The Imitation Game.
Life can have travails but perhaps both Oscar and the Oscars can be a source of both thought and inspiration.
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
In Brief
A Swiss led international team of scientists have made the first germanium-tin semiconductor laser.
Apple Inc. made a profit in the last three months of 2014 of a mere $18 Billion, selling 34,000 iPhone 6 and 6 Plus every hour. The Apple watch will go on sale in April.
France leads the world in providing internet access through local Wi-Fi hotspots. It has over 13 million hotspots compared to 9.8 million in the USA and 5.6 million in the UK.
Intel has announced its intention, along with partners, to develop and introduce many products in the area of wearable computing. Intel will sponsor their "Make it Wearable" challenge again later this year.
Apple Inc. made a profit in the last three months of 2014 of a mere $18 Billion, selling 34,000 iPhone 6 and 6 Plus every hour. The Apple watch will go on sale in April.
France leads the world in providing internet access through local Wi-Fi hotspots. It has over 13 million hotspots compared to 9.8 million in the USA and 5.6 million in the UK.
Intel has announced its intention, along with partners, to develop and introduce many products in the area of wearable computing. Intel will sponsor their "Make it Wearable" challenge again later this year.
Friday, 6 February 2015
News from our partners
k-Space Associates and
SUNY Polytechnic Institute to advance III-N Research
Thermo Scientific XPS Simplified webinar programme has started, next webinar in early March. If you want a link to last week's first in the new series, please email us.
PVD Products ships a combination sputter deposition tool to a major semiconductor manufacturer.
Riber launches an effusion cell that solves the Al creep problem especially in nitrogen containing environments.
Thermo Scientific XPS Simplified webinar programme has started, next webinar in early March. If you want a link to last week's first in the new series, please email us.
PVD Products ships a combination sputter deposition tool to a major semiconductor manufacturer.
Riber launches an effusion cell that solves the Al creep problem especially in nitrogen containing environments.
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