Showing 111 articles for: Electrical and Electronic
At the frontier of space exploration
Tereza Pultarova
NASA’s Perseverance rover is exploring Mars with the help of British-made CCD technology.
Charging into the future
Michael Kenward OBE
The Jaguar I-PACE is the company’s first all-electric vehicle, and was recognised as a MacRobert Award finalist in 2020.
Replacing the batteries
Professor David Greenwood
As more and more electric vehicles are purchased every year and the UK government works towards net zero, researchers are developing battery technology to ensure that it stays efficient.
Hollowing out a future in fibre optics
Dr Matthew Partridge
A new generation of fibre optic cables with a hollow core are being developed, which will be able to transmit data over longer distances faster and more efficiently.
The right climate for efficient semiconductors
Richard Stevenson
Electrical circuits waste energy when changing voltage and switching between currents, but a new generation of semiconductor materials is helping to reduce these losses and cut the carbon footprint of many devices.
Suranga Chandratillake FREng - Natural born code writer
Michael Kenward OBE
Suranga Chandratillake FREng was instrumental in the setting up of Blinkx, a successful software startup. He is now sharing his expertise with the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Chips that changed the classroom
Michael Kenward OBE, Dr Eben Upton CBE and Dr Andrew Herbert OBE FREng
The Raspberry Pi has won the MacRobert Award 2017 for its innovative pocket-sized computer, which has changed how people are learning about coding.
The technology behind 'The Tempest'
Richard Gray, Sarah Ellis, Ben Lumsden and Tawny Schlieski
Motion-capture technology that is usually used on film sets is being employed live on stage to bring elements of Shakespeare’s play to life.
Solving a historical mystery
Sarah Griffiths and Professor Sarah Hainsworth FREng
The discovery of Richard III’s remains underneath a Leicester car park made headlines around the world. Forensic engineering science helped researchers find out how he died.
MacRobert award 2017
Supported by the worshipful company of Engineers
The 2017 finalists are Darktrace, the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Vision RT.
How I got here - Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan
Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan is Co-founder and CEO of PervasID. His company provides radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers for low-cost, long-distance sensing of passive RFID tags, for use in tracking in retail, security and healthcare.