2020 will bring record demand for solar

2020 will bring record demand for solar

Global solar installations will continue double-digit growth rates into the new decade. This is according to the new 2020 Global Photovoltaic (PV) Demand Forecast by IHS Markit, which predicts that new annual installations in 2020 will reach 142 gigawatts (GW), a 14%...
TESS uncovers a planet with two stars

TESS uncovers a planet with two stars

NASA’s Planet Hunters TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) citizen science project has uncovered its first world with two stars. In 2019, when Wolf Cukier finished his junior year at Scarsdale High School in New York, he joined NASA’s Goddard Space...
New year pyrotechnics from 23m light years away

New year pyrotechnics from 23m light years away

A galaxy about 23-million light years away is the site of impressive, ongoing fireworks. Rather than paper, powder and fire, this galactic light show involves a giant black hole, shock waves and vast reservoirs of gas. This galactic fireworks display is taking place...
Tech intensity key for gaining competitive advantage

Tech intensity key for gaining competitive advantage

The past decade has been a period of unusually rapid change and disruption as organisations worldwide have implemented a breadth of technology solutions to transform how they understand their customers, empower employees and optimise operations. This is one of the...
IEEE to formalise a model for safer automated vehicles

IEEE to formalise a model for safer automated vehicles

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved a proposal to develop a standard for safety considerations in automated vehicle (AV) decision-making. Intel senior principal engineer Jack Weast has been appointed to lead the workgroup....
Digital skills gap slows Industry 4.0

Digital skills gap slows Industry 4.0

When it comes to Industry 4.0, the digital transformation of the manufacturing sector, there’s a serious skills gap that most Western industrial production training programs and government investment initiatives fail to address. A new study from Intel,...