Water

Water

Almost exactly six years ago, in the UK, we had a period of severe flooding. This was around the time…

How long is a piece of string?

How long is a piece of string?

Answering questions is something that I am often expected to do. Maybe I am presenting at a conference, doing an…

QR codes

QR codes

You see them everywhere – these distinctive square graphics, that look a bit like bar-codes, but different. They are QR…

Which embedded programming language?

Which embedded programming language?

I am doing some work on a future project for which I need some information about languages used by embedded…

Which way is up?

Which way is up?

If you are into science fiction, then anti-matter, anti-gravity and suchlike and everyday commodities. But, for those of us who…

SEP 2.0

SEP 2.0

When I first heard the term “Smart Energy”, I confess that I had no idea what it meant. For a…

Genetic art

Genetic art

Last week, I was writing about genetic fingerprinting. I hinted that there was another gene-related technology that had caught my…

Device Firmware Upgrade through USB

Device Firmware Upgrade through USB

One of the great things about software, compared with hardware, is the ease with which it may be changed and…

My genes?

My genes?

Undoubtedly, one of the great discoveries of the 20th Century was the double-helix and the whole understanding of genes and…