Happy birthday to the UPC barcode!
There’s a technology that’s had a tremendous impact on our daily lives, but for which we seldom spare a thought: the universal product code (UPC) barcode. It’s been around for some time – in fact it recently celebrated its 50th birthday. Originally developed in the 1960s by the National Association of Food Chains (NAFC) to
The Present and Future of Humanoid Robotics
What is humanoid robotics and why should it matter to you? A humanoid robot is a robot that resembles and acts like a human, having been engineered to imitate interaction, movement, and even facial expressions. They are designed for functional purposes to interact with human tools and environments. This follows logically from the fact that,
The ‘Messy Middle’
The term the ‘Messy Middle’ was first coined by a team of Market Insight specialists at Google. It refers to the non-linear way purchasing decisions are made. In this blog post, we explore the purchase journey engineers go on when deciding which components, supplies and providers to opt for. The ‘Messy Middle’ lies at the
Writing for Search Engines
The proliferation of AI-powered language models like ChatGPT has had huge implications on the way information is processed and shared. In this post we ask ourselves: Why provide information or content, when it might simply be scraped by a bot, regurgitated by AI and not properly credited? The practice of scraping content wholesale without attribution
IoT & Edge Commercial Adoption Survey Report 2023
The IoT & Edge Commercial Adoption Survey Report for 2023 has just been released by the Eclipse Foundation. The report identifies interesting emerging trends. It will help to inform decisions and navigate the dynamic IoT and edge computing landscape. This report collates survey results from 1,037 individuals based around the world, spanning various industries and
Join Us at Hardware Pioneers Max!
As the UK’s largest show dedicated to electronics, IoT connectivity, and embedded systems for engineers, ‘Hardware Pioneers Max’ is an event worthy of inclusion in any trade show calendar. The show takes place this year on May 28th and 29th at the Business Design Centre in London, a hub renowned for technology and innovation (nearest