Some more useful Apple iPhone apps for electronics , including V=IR, Calc4, iResistor, SchemRef, E-Formulas, and the Electronics Toolkit...
A look at some choice multimeters from Fluke, Megger, Gossen Metrawatt, Amprobe, Metrix and Benning, with links to the products on the Web...
Some classic projects from our Gadget Freak blog, including building LED cubes, QRSS detecting devices, MCU-operated tea makers, and surveillance cameras...
Computer-on-module (COM) technology is finding its way into many embedded apps. To accommodate power-saving technologies, the new Qseven COM definition was adopted...
From the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, awards range from Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough to Mobile Personality of the Year and Best Mobile Handset...
Rebuilding the oldest working computer in the world. Used from 1951 to 1957 at the Atomic Energy Reserach Establishment, it is being rebuilt at The National Museum of Computing ...
Take a visual tour of the much-anticipated Apple iPad device, unveiled by Steve Jobs. With 3G and Wi-Fi, it has a 9.7 inch LED-backlit, IPS display and features Multi-Touch technology ...
A round up of some of the slates, tablets, and UMDs on show - from the likes of Freescale, Qualcomm, Lenovo and Dell - at the Consumer Electronics Show 2010 in Las Vegas...
A look behind the scenes at Nexeon, a battery materials and licensing company developing silicon anodes for the next generation of lithium-ion battery....
A first look at the Snapdragon-based Nexus One - Google's own-branded phone based on the Android 2.1 (Eclair) mobile technology platform...
A round up of some of the apps that are available for Apple iPhone-owning engineers. From RPN scientific calculators to logic tables, unit converters and German translation tools...
Viewpoints from some leading industry figures, giving their views, comments or analysis on the downturn in 2009 and future trends and developments.
Behind the scenes at Swansea University's Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating, following the launch of the Plastic Electronics Strategy For Success: Realising the UK Potential.
A taste of this year's event, giving you another chance to recognise friends or colleagues, and see the party, at the London event.
Pictures of the winners - Elektra Awards 2009. The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Professor Sir Martin Sweeting OBE, FRS.
A look at some of the uses of Philips' flexible Lumiblade OLED lighting technology: chandeliers, desktop lamps, video art installations, and a comparison with fluorescent lighting...
From the HTC Hero and Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 to the Palm Pre and the Motorola DEXT. Not forgetting, the iPhone 3GS or the BlackBerry Storm 2...
A photographic look at ZiiLabs' ZMS-08, the first 1080p Hi-profile (Blu-ray quality) media processor for handhelds, which was designed in Surrey.
Ahead of next month's Elektra Awards 2009, we take a look back at the winners from last year's event, held in Munich as part of Electronica 08.
Ahead of next month's Elektra Awards 2009, we give a taster of last year's event, giving you a chance to recognise friends or colleagues at the Munich event.
An insight into the work of researchers at Georgia Tech, who have made a three-dimensional photovoltaic cell based on optical fibre. The conversion structure is dye-sensitised.
A detailed look at the ARM Cortex M3-based EFM32G range from the Norwegian microcontroller firm Energy Micro, claimed to be the most energy efficient MPUs available.
Some manufacturers of electronic goods still use lead, mercury, phthalates and Brominated Flame Retardants in products. This can affect the Third World where waste is sometimes dumped.
UK scientists directly measure magnetic charge moving in a solid, and prove the movement exactly parallels the flow of electric charge in ionic solutions.
A look at the latest oscilloscopes: the Agilent 9000, the LeCroy WaveSurfer 104Xs-A, the National Instruments USB 5132, the PicoScope 5000, the Tektronix 70000 and Yokogawa DLM6000.
The University of Utah uses a network of ZigBee transceivers to track people using radio tomography. We show pictures of the experiments and equipment.
A look at the key technologies featured at the IMEC 2009 Technology Forum, Leuven: Inchworm actuators, multicrystalline silicium solar cells, organic solar cells...
A retrospecive look at the key technologies highlighted at Intel IDF Fall 2009, San Francisco: 22nm, Core i7, Light Peak, Tangent Bay...
IBM Research aims to build a nanoscale DNA sequencer - a "DNA Transistor" - to help drive down the cost of personalised genetic analysis.
The Umicar Inspire solar car is set to compete in the World Solar Challenge (Australia, 24-31 October 2009), sponsored by semiconductor firm Microsemi.
QuantaSol's record-breaking solar cell is GaAs-based with multiple quantum wells to broaden its absorption spectrum, and is made in the UK.
The University of Michigan has used air and planar process fabrication to implement programmable control logic and memory with pneumatics.
A selection of photos of the Enigma, M209, Tirpitz, NEMA and Portex machines, to mark the 70th anniversary of Bletchley Park.
Ofcom's map of UK mobile coverage, for the O2, Orange, 3, T-Mobile and Vodafone networks. How does your provider measure up?
A tour of the large hadron collider at CERN, in Switzerland, covering the exhibition centre, the UA1 detector, bending magnets, OPAL, and more. Photos by Cliff Saran.