Way beyond faster connection, 5G means a whole new generation for technology and a whole new experience for human life. It will revolutionise the production and application of technologies such as self-driving cars, video multi-casting, smart grids, robotics, virtual reality, and even remote medicine. 

Functionalised nanoparticles are one avenue of drug delivery for chemotherapeutics. However, getting nanoparticles to target the tumor site has proven difficult to do. One method researchers have used to target cancer cells is to create hydrogels made of filamentous bacteriophage (phage) and gold nanoparticles. Peptide binding ligands can be incorporated into the phage portion of the hydrogel that will then target known carcinoma cells.

We are indebted to the BBC, the highly respected publication Nature Biotechnology and of course the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre in North Carolina for bringing this exciting use of electronics technology to our attention. Under the leadership of Prof Anthony Atala at Wake Forest, custom-made, living body parts have been 3D-printed in what is described as a significant advance for regenerative medicine.

From the average mobile phone or tablet to the latest ‘smart’ kitchen appliance, our appetite for the latest gadgets knows no bounds. However, the rate at which we are consuming and disposing of these devices means that modern society is presiding over an empire of electronic waste.

A new trial is underway on the streets of London and Birmingham that is using lasers to test levels of traffic emissions. The UK’s first pollution cameras are part of a joint project between the universities of Birmingham, Leeds and King’s College London, and is funded by the Department for Transport.

Construction and engineering firm J. Murphy & Sons has utilised a tracking device fitted to its commercial vehicle fleet to reduce its carbon footprint by monitoring all aspects of driver performance. This includes speed, idling time, distance and location to optimise journey routes.

There are growing fears that the usage of UAVs, or drones, is increasing the chances of a security breach within the aviation industry. Although these threats are evolving, Tony Tyler, Head of aviation trade body, Iata, has called for regulations to be put in place now before a serious accident occurs.

Inventor Jae Rhim Lee created an environmentally friendly way of turning people and their pet into mushroom food. Co-founder of New York-based startup Coeio, Lee’s concept is designed to make people conscious about death in a different way and start addressing the potential environmental impacts of one’s passing. For this purpose, Coeio is coming up with a range of “Infinity Burial” products with minimal environmental repe...

The Museum of Endangered Sounds is a site devoted to archiving the noises of '90s and '80s technology. The site features a selection of 33 animated images that, when clicked, generate a familiar noise. A photo of the museum's founder, Brandon Chilcutt, appears at the bottom of the window. He sits hunched over a desktop computer, typing code and wearing oversize glasses.

techUK has expressed concerns about the impact of export controls on the electronics industry. The warning follows the completion of a 12 month joint programme with the Export Control Organisation (ECO). Although progress has been made to date, exports of technology components are unfairly restricted compared to similar exports by other countries, especially the US following its introduction of new rules exempting many components from licens...

More than €660,000 is being invested in trials to identify the link between the methods of collection and the successful recovery of critical raw materials from household waste electrical and electronic products. The Collect and Recovery trial tender is open now. Suppliers are encouraged to demonstrate the entire collection, reuse and recovery cycle within their tenders.

Following an investigation into a plane crash in 2011, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), has called for restrictions on the air transportation of lithium-ion batteries. After a fire broke out on board, the Asiana Airlines cargo flight crashed into the Korea Strait killing two crew members. Although the cause of the fire was never determined, the International Civil Aviation Organisation did recommend new safety standards for the...

Liverpool City Region’s (LCR) drive towards creating an eco-friendly environment is being helped by APT Controls, which has completed the installation of 28 of its Evolt EV charge points. Merseytravel, the executive body that provides professional, strategic and operational transport advice to the LCR’s Combined Authority, and the body responsible for coordinating bids and projects, chose Evolt after a full tender process.

Hardware development kits are adapting and transforming to meet the needs of a new generation of developers working on the IoT, writes Sally Ward-Foxton.

Steve Rogerson looks at how the conference and exhibition at embedded world 2016 will face up to the increasing emphasis on security.

Green technologies will take centre stage at this year’s IDTechEx Show, taking place in Berlin from 27th-28th April. Among these will be electric vehicles, which will have a major emphasis at the session ‘Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing’. Speakers and exhibitors from companies including Toyota, Daimler, Tesla, Siemens and IBM will showcase how mechanical, electric and electronic parts are completely changing and often ...

If your wearable fitness tracker is constantly misreporting your heart rate or claiming that you’re burning a huge amount of fat, your natural reaction may be that your device is faulty. However, before making an irate phone call to the manufacturer to demand a replacement, there’s another possibility to be considered - you may be pregnant!

Droneboarding is the newly developed practice of using a drone to drag around someone on a snowboard.

There are thousands of asteroids in Earth’s vicinity, some containing vast amounts of water and metals that could be utilised for use in space and back on Earth. The only problem is that we don’t have any good methods of accessing them at the moment. That could be all set to change though, as Luxembourg has announced it will invest in companies that want to mine asteroids.

The automotive industry was a key focus at January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and a major part of that was the development of autonomous car technology. Many of the major automotive manufacturers, including Audi, Aston Martin and BMW, launched concepts around connected and driverless cars at the event.