Viewpoints | Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:35:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/wp-content/themes/ew/images/logo.gif Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/ 125 75 The biggest threat to your electronics supply chain isn’t tariffs – it’s centralised manufacturing https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/the-biggest-threat-to-your-electronics-supply-chain-isnt-tariffs-its-centralised-manufacturing-2026-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/the-biggest-threat-to-your-electronics-supply-chain-isnt-tariffs-its-centralised-manufacturing-2026-03/#respond Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:26:09 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=892297 All companies are at risk when they rely on a single-country manufacturer, but not for the reason you might think, says Marc Witzke. At the end of October 2025, India’s ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/the-biggest-threat-to-your-electronics-supply-chain-isnt-tariffs-its-centralised-manufacturing-2026-03/feed/ 0 How ag-tech enables farms to do more with less https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/how-ag-tech-enables-farms-to-do-more-with-less-2026-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/how-ag-tech-enables-farms-to-do-more-with-less-2026-03/#respond Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:19:44 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=892295 As the fifth generation to have lived on and worked on her family’s farm in North Dakota, Katie Pinke has seen firsthand the technological evolution that is reshaping the future ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/how-ag-tech-enables-farms-to-do-more-with-less-2026-03/feed/ 0 Robotic swarms adapt to a more unstructured future https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/eda-and-ip/robotic-swarms-adapt-to-a-more-unstructured-future-2026-02/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/eda-and-ip/robotic-swarms-adapt-to-a-more-unstructured-future-2026-02/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:46:06 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=892086 Developing adaptive robotic swarm systems that communicate and act autonomously, remains a challenge, say Samuel Bateman and Chris Froud. Using swarms of drones to autonomously perform critical or labour-intensive missions, ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/eda-and-ip/robotic-swarms-adapt-to-a-more-unstructured-future-2026-02/feed/ 0 Why baby monitors must respect privacy in the age of AI https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/why-baby-monitors-must-respect-privacy-in-the-age-of-ai-2025-12/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/why-baby-monitors-must-respect-privacy-in-the-age-of-ai-2025-12/#respond Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:05:24 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=886754 Products dealing with children’s data should safeguard their data, urges Max Simmonds When my daughter was born, I was struck by a dilemma: I could either buy a basic ‘dumb’ ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/why-baby-monitors-must-respect-privacy-in-the-age-of-ai-2025-12/feed/ 0 EV suppliers need to speak the language of ‘quality’ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/ev-suppliers-need-to-speak-the-language-of-quality-2025-11/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/ev-suppliers-need-to-speak-the-language-of-quality-2025-11/#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:08:30 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=886730 How can UK electronics businesses get their fair share of the emerging electric vehicle market, asks Geoff Cousins Greek philosopher Heraclitus first coined the phrase, ‘the only constant is change’, ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/ev-suppliers-need-to-speak-the-language-of-quality-2025-11/feed/ 0 Human ingenuity and AI talent https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/human-ingenuity-and-ai-talent-2025-10/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/human-ingenuity-and-ai-talent-2025-10/#respond Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:52:52 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=886721 The ingredients for success in the age of AI are open minds, open code and open collaboration, says Mark Burton The pace of change in artificial intelligence (AI) has been ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/human-ingenuity-and-ai-talent-2025-10/feed/ 0 Miles Kirby – from Qualcomm to Deeptech Labs https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/miles-kirby-from-qualcomm-to-deeptech-labs-2025-09/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/miles-kirby-from-qualcomm-to-deeptech-labs-2025-09/#respond Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:30:29 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=881070 A personal viewpoint by Ash Madni, MD Madni Technologies, in an interview with Miles Kirby. Over my several decades in microelectronics, I have always appreciated venture capitalists for their ability ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/miles-kirby-from-qualcomm-to-deeptech-labs-2025-09/feed/ 0 Electronics are everywhere. Circularity should be too https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/viewpoint-electronics-are-everywhere-circularity-should-be-too-2025-09/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/viewpoint-electronics-are-everywhere-circularity-should-be-too-2025-09/#respond Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:30:37 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=881129 Circularity, once viewed as an end-of-life product concern, is emerging as a powerful lever for extending their useful life, writes Dr John W Mitchell. Smart rings that track your sleep ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/viewpoint-electronics-are-everywhere-circularity-should-be-too-2025-09/feed/ 0 Be prepared – legal deadline for wireless cybersecurity looms large! https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/viewpoint-be-prepared-legal-deadline-for-wireless-cybersecurity-looms-large-2025-07/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/viewpoint-be-prepared-legal-deadline-for-wireless-cybersecurity-looms-large-2025-07/#respond Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:11:12 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=881126 The Cyber Resilience Act, due to be in force in December 2027, is an opportunity not an obstacle, but preparation is key, says David Pashley. If you are involved in ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/viewpoints/viewpoint-be-prepared-legal-deadline-for-wireless-cybersecurity-looms-large-2025-07/feed/ 0 Greenland – the new green deal Trump wants https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/viewpoint-greenland-the-new-green-deal-trump-wants-2025-06/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/viewpoint-greenland-the-new-green-deal-trump-wants-2025-06/#respond Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:21:44 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=881118 Paul Dempsey believes that the US president wants to quickly manoeuvre Greenland into a ‘sweetheart’ minerals deal. US President Donald Trump is in a hurry. Four months into his second ...

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