June 2021 – ENGGtalks®

22 Jun 21

Businesses need to look beyond national borders to tackle skills gap

Engineering & Management

Many UK industries, including the tech sector, are finding themselves having to address a significant skills challenge at a time when importing talent into the UK from their closest neighbour, the EU, has become more difficult. One in ten job vacancies in the UK is in tech, according to business…

17 Jun 21

Book review: ‘How Do You Fight A Horse-Sized Duck?’ by William Poundstone

Engineering & Management

Imagine for a moment you’ve gone for an interview at one of those giant technology companies and the person on the other side of the desk asks you the following question: would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized horses? Once you’d got over the surprise of…

11 Jun 21

Early 6G research suggests a broader range of frequencies could be possible

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Commercial 5G networks launched in 2019 with promises of lower latency and higher data rates. To expand this functionality, it is thought that 6G networks will need to utilise the higher frequency Terahertz bands. However, at higher frequencies these waves become harder to manage, making it easy to lose connection. New…

08 Jun 21

Quantum communication demonstrated over 600km of fibre

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

The “breakthrough” will enable long-distance communication secured by quantum cryptography, and marks a major advance towards the establishment of a quantum internet - a network of quantum devices connected on an international scale. The US, EU and China all hope to lead in innovation in this area, which would allow…

Month: June 2021

Businesses need to look beyond national borders to tackle skills gap

Book review: ‘How Do You Fight A Horse-Sized Duck?’ by William Poundstone

Early 6G research suggests a broader range of frequencies could be possible

Quantum communication demonstrated over 600km of fibre

Electronic skin can self-heal after a cut, researchers find

IEEE President’s Note: Connecting the Unconnected

3 stories of founders building apps for the LGBTQ+ community

5 ways you can personalize your smartwatch with Wear OS

Here’s how Unilever is harnessing AI to innovate your favourite products