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CONTENTS
INDUSTRY NEWS:
DATA CENTRE WORLD 3
DATA CENTRE TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS 6
DATA CENTRE CASE STUDY: VIRGIN MEDIA O2 9
MAJORANA 1: A BREAKTHROUGH IN QUANTUM COMPUTING 10
BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO EMBRACE AI 11
SPACE UPDATE 12
UPDATE ON CYBERSECURITY 14
FIRST UK DRONE ASSURED NAVIGATION AND SAFETY SYSTEM FOR RAILWAYS 16
Why join the Institution of Electronics?
NEW GNSS REFLECTOMETRY SYSTEM REVOLUTIONISES ENVIRONMENTAL REMOTE SENSING 17
BREAKTHROUGH IN MULTIFUNCTIONAL SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY 18
• Corporate Members become • Members are invited to “Coffee
BREAKTHROUGH IN LOW-COST HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM SOLAR 19
people of letters, able to display and Chat”, our regular virtual
NEW PHOTONIC CHIP REVOLUTIONISES OPTICAL AMPLIFIER PERFORMANCE 20 post nominal letters, being a useful opportunity to chat with one
accreditation to show employers another, regarding issues currently
NEW CHIP-BASED SYSTEM FOR TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATION 21
and others they are recognised for affecting them and “Networking”
MEDICAL FOCUS 22
their achievements. with like-minded, experienced,
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN ROBOTICS 25 people.
• The Institution of Electronics is one
TREE GUM IMPROVES PERFORMANCE OF SUPERCAPACITORS 27
of the oldest Institutions specifically • Members can provide copy for
WORLD FIRST FOR ELECTRONIC TEXTILES 28 for electronics engineers both inclusion in Electron.
professional and amateur.
• Student members can enter the
• Members receive a copy of Electron National Electronics Competition.
published quarterly.
• Members have access to historic
EDITORIAL TEAM DESIGN TEAM
publications on electronics.
James Clark Wayne Hodkinson
tel: 01200 538 640 www: https://www.whdsolutions.co.uk • Members can request on
email: jim@spirecity.go-plus.net email: wayne@whdsolutions.co.uk
email address in the form
you@institutionofelectronics.ac.uk
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