£3.9m to develop 3d printed RF PCBs in the UK

£3.9m to develop 3d printed RF PCBs in the UK

Loughborough University is to develop an additive manufacturing technique to produce PCBs for RF circuits, removing the waste associated with the conventional etch-laminate-and-plate process. The process has been branded Symeta (synthesising 3d metamaterials, pronounced sci-meta) and has £3.9m funding from the EPSRC. “Now we have a ground plane, components and transmission lines,” Professor Yiannis Vardaxoglou ...

steve bush

£3.9m to develop 3d printed RF PCBs in the UK

£3.9m to develop 3d printed RF PCBs in the UK

Loughborough University is to develop an additive manufacturing technique to produce PCBs for RF circuits, removing the waste associated with the conventional etch-laminate-and-plate process. The process has been branded Symeta (synthesising 3d metamaterials, pronounced sci-meta) and has £3.9m funding from the EPSRC. “Now we have a ground plane, components and transmission lines,” Professor Yiannis Vardaxoglou ...

steve bush

£3.9m to develop 3d printed RF PCBs in the UK

£3.9m to develop 3d printed RF PCBs in the UK

Loughborough University is to develop an additive manufacturing technique to produce PCBs for RF circuits, removing the waste associated with the conventional etch-laminate-and-plate process. The process has been branded Symeta (synthesising 3d metamaterials, pronounced sci-meta) and has £3.9m funding from the EPSRC. “Now we have a ground plane, components and transmission lines,” Professor Yiannis Vardaxoglou ...

steve bush

Robots fall with grace

Robots fall with grace

Bipedal robots will inevitably fall over, and researchers at Georgia Tech have identified a way to teach falling robots how to land with grace, and reduced damage. The resulting algorithm, developed by Dr Sehoon Ha and Professor Karen Liu, tells a robot how to react to a variety of falls – from a single step ...

steve bush

Robots fall with grace

Robots fall with grace

Bipedal robots will inevitably fall over, and researchers at Georgia Tech have identified a way to teach falling robots how to land with grace, and reduced damage. The resulting algorithm, developed by Dr Sehoon Ha and Professor Karen Liu, tells a robot how to react to a variety of falls – from a single step ...

steve bush

Robots fall with grace

Robots fall with grace

Bipedal robots will inevitably fall over, and researchers at Georgia Tech have identified a way to teach falling robots how to land with grace, and reduced damage. The resulting algorithm, developed by Dr Sehoon Ha and Professor Karen Liu, tells a robot how to react to a variety of falls – from a single step ...

steve bush

Broadcom brokers home automation standards peace treaty

Broadcom brokers home automation standards peace treaty

Broadcom is acting as an honest broker in trying to get the various ecosystems aimed at delivering home automation technology to agree common standards. “Everyone is trying to solve the problem in different ways,” says Broadcom evp for worldwide sales, Mike Hurlston, “it has to be solved and it will be solved.” Heavyweights like Apple, ...

David Manners