Engineering stories whose deep dive explains computer systems and hardware, ready to use as a starter, a reading task or a real-world example. Each one links to the GCSE and A level curriculum.
Electronics & CommunicationsInnovation
The Adidas Trionda match ball packs a 500Hz IMU, UWB positioning, and inductive charging into a 3-gram module that tracks every kick at the…
Deep dive: MEMS Sensors and the Physics of Football Flight
Electronics & Communications
An atomically thin transistor breakthrough from NYCU and TSMC uses a 0.42nm interface layer to push chip performance beyond today's silicon limits.
Deep dive: What a Gate Dielectric Actually Does
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
HKU engineers built a cryogenic neuromorphic chip in silicon carbide that mimics neuron spiking at 10 millikelvin, opening a path to quantum computing.
Deep dive: How SiC Transistors Mimic Neurons at Millikelvin Temperatures
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Chinese researchers achieved a 1,000-fold increase in 2D semiconductor manufacturing speed using a liquid gold CVD technique for next-generation chips.
Deep dive: Why 2D semiconductor manufacturing could reshape electronics
Electronics & Communications
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and Michigan develop autonomous swimming microbots smaller than salt grains, featuring onboard computing, sensors, and electrokinetic propulsion. These…
Deep dive: How Microscale Computing Works