Sufferers of hypersensitivity to common antibiotics like penicillin and amoxicillin will soon find help with a new allergy detector, a low-cost, bio-photonic device that will provide more targeted treatment for millions of patients.

The second-largest national aerospace industry in the world is the UK’s. With a global market share of 17%, it employs hundreds of thousands of people and boasts around 3,000 companies. As a forward-thinking industry, the sector is always looking at ways to progress using new technology.

The Countdown is on! The biggest and best trade show for the electronics industry opens its doors in a matter of days and we have partnered up with Messe München to give away 500 Day Entry Ticket Vouchers to our readers. Simply register to recieve our newsletter for your chance to win a free ticket entry for electronica 2016 - taking place 8th to 11th November, 2016 in Munich, Germany.

The program of the 14th International Conference on Renewable Mobility “Fuels of the Future” is now available for you at www.fuels-of-the-future.com. The conference will take place on 23/24 January 2017 at Berlin’s CityCube. As the highlight event of the German and European biofuel industry with more than 500 participants from 30 countries, the conference is a must-attend event for the exchange with international stakeholde...

The launch of SOLIDWORKS 2017 has been announced by Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE company, and in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. From small start-ups to global organisations, more than 3.1 million users can create multi-sensory experiences through innovative product design, with access to easy 3D design and development applications anytime, anywhere and on any device. 

By the end of the year RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG (RKA), a private hospital group in Germany, will begin piloting a Watson-powered cognitive assistance system to help support physicians at the group’s Centre for Undiagnosed and Rare Diseases located at the University Hospital Marburg.

  Greg Foot, Science Presenter on the BBC and YouTube will be speaking at Lab Innovations 2016, the UK’s leading event dedicated to laboratory professionals, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 2 & 3 November.

BrainChip Holdings has signed a commercial marketing agreement with T2M. Under the terms of the agreement T2M will act as a global representative of BrainChip’s technology solutions. BrainChip’s ‘Spiking Neuron Adaptive Processor’ (SNAP) technology is a next-gen hardware solution that acts like ‘digital neurons’, with the ability to learn autonomously, evolve and associate information just like the human b...

As gamers across the UK join the queue for 2016’s most eagerly awaited tech release, Ashford-based radio programme The TechTalk Show will be among the first to hear about the brave new reality. From today, players can ‘live the game’ as the PlayStation VR headset hits the shops. 

Nestled in the Austrian Alps is a small village, a space that sits in the original 19th-century manufacturing compound of a decidedly old-school manufacturer. This is the Swarovski crystal company, who as a part of a project are trying to refashion, into a tech company.

  The most common form of cardiac arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation, which affects 33.5 million patients worldwide. As if having an irregular heartbeat wasn't troubling enough, patients with atrial fibrillation are also much more likely to have a stroke.

The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has developed a new technology that increases the storage capacity of rechargeable batteries by 50%. With this technology, the range of EVs can be increased, batteries in smartphones, laptops and other electronic devices will last longer, and the costs of sustainable energy storage will decrease.

Man on the moon has already been a great achievement in our lifetimes; however for the first time in the history of space travel, a private enterprise will leave this world to explore another. The federal government will permit a US start up to send a robotic spacecraft to the moon next year, paving the way for the company to be the first non-government organisation to land on the moon.

Medical device company, Lightpoint Medical, has been named as the winner of the Grand Prix prize at the 2016 British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs), held yesterday at the HAC in London. Lightpoint Medical is developing pioneering imaging technology to improve health outcomes for cancer patients.

Discovering Start-Ups finalist, Third Space Auto, create intelligent applications for automobiles that enable people to do more while in the vehicle, using artificial intelligence to create applications that transform the way people interact with their content via their smart phones and the IVI systems in the vehicle. They prioritise creating applications for under-served segments such as families and those who need to be plugged into work w...

  Cupris Health has developed communication software and smartphone-connected medical devices that enable the remote diagnosis and management of patient conditions.

  The UK is now home to more than 1.5m ‘digital tech’ jobs, as the sector grows more than twice as fast as the wider economy in terms of turnover and productivity.

Steve Rogerson looks at some of the discussions that will be coming up in the Automotive Conference at this year’s electronica as the industry prepares for autonomous vehicles.

With so much talk in the news about the autonomous vehicles that will soon be taking over the streets we drive on, let’s take a look at how autonomous vehicles have overwhelmed our Earth’s oceans too. Nicolette Emmino explains.

  Steve Rogerson looks at some of the recent news that may have missed the front page.