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Journalism graduate Anna grew up as a Tulsa Driller in Oklahoma, and is now both editorial assistant for eeDesignIt as well as the Engineering editor for Electronic Specifier. Previous Sheffield Hallam student Anna also did some work for the BBC before returning back home to the South of England.

Consumer

Do You Know The Correct Way To Charge A Smartphone?

Anna Flockett Jul 31, 2017

Smartphones are the center of many people's social lives, and some people could not live without them, so how do we manage when they are constantly dying? We have the answers the these problems!

Design

A New Pathway That Leads To Cheaper Chips

Anna Flockett Jul 25, 2017

Engineers can cut size and power in half by stripping away the unused logic gates from general-⁠purpose microcontrollers.

Featured

The Evolution Of Our Trusted Elevators

Anna Flockett Jul 25, 2017

Back in 1857 the first successful and safe elevator was designed, and since then designers and architects have explored a lot of possibilities offered by elevators.

Sensors

There’s More Than Meets The Eye With These Temporary Tattoos

Anna Flockett Jul 24, 2017

A wearable sensor has been developed by Japanese researchers, made from nanoscale meshes containing a water-soluble polymer and a layer of gold.

Featured

One Lightweight Motor Drive… One Giant Leap To Space

Anna Flockett Jul 24, 2017

In 2018 ESA is sending a Solar Orbiter into space which will be equipped with a thick heat shield, and motors and drives from Maxon Motors.

Drones

Step Aside Formula 1, Could Drone Racing Be The Next Big Thing?

Anna Flockett Jul 21, 2017

The ever-increasing popularity of drones took centre stage at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017, with some of the world's leading pilots competing.

Sea

Wave Goodbye To The World’s Ocean Pollution

Anna Flockett Jul 17, 2017

Trash accumulates within five ocean garbage patches, so The Ocean Cleanup has developed a system to efficiently clean up all the ocean's plastic within the next five years.

Automotive

Formula E is Electrifying The Big Apple

Anna Flockett Jul 13, 2017

Once again Formula E will be taking over this weekend, as it becomes the first international motorsport series to race in one of the five boroughs of New York City.

Consumer

Do My Eyes Deceive Me?

Anna Flockett Jul 13, 2017

Artificial intelligence technology can now be used for creating fake audio and video that’s difficult to distinguish from reality.

Featured

The Road To Digitalization With Mitsubishi

Anna Flockett Jul 13, 2017

Picture a world where everything connects, Mitsubishi are also trying to. An Industry 4.0 utopia, where all parts are interlinked, and can co-exist with each other is what companies are aiming to achieve.

Automotive

Self-driving cars need to learn to trust and cooperate

Anna Flockett Jun 29, 2017

Autonomous vehicles will need to be able to communicate and work with each other, as sensing is most effective for identifying objects and movement immediately.

Consumer

Unlocking your smartphone with your face

Anna Flockett Jun 29, 2017

Low power AI algorithms uses facial recognition technology and allows users to unlock smartphones without password protection.

Consumer

There’s more to taking a good picture than ‘say cheese’

Anna Flockett Jun 23, 2017

Apple have released a series of short tutorial videos about how to properly use the camera on the iPhone with some interesting tips and tricks.

Consumer

Bumblebee drone replacement gets people buzzing

Anna Flockett Jun 22, 2017

As the population of bumblebees is significantly decreasing, Japanese researchers have developed a replacement drone to carry on pollinating our plants.

Medical

Find your veins easily with HD imaging

Anna Flockett Jun 6, 2017

Trying to find a vein during a blood test can be one of the worst things, but now with the VeinViewer, HD imaging technology illuminates your veins so the procedure can be quick, simple and painless.

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