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Communications

The award is presented and run by the Royal Academy of Engineering (pictured) and the MacRobert Trust

Entries open for MacRobert Award 2025

Funding boost for rural connectivity solutions

‘Radar stethoscope’ could pave way for passive health monitoring

Nanoparticles_on_Parkinsons_fibers.jpg: A transmission electron microscope image of gold nanoparticles attached to twisted protein fibres

Nanoparticle research to target disease and data transmission

BT Group's first self-powering mobile site, located in the Shropshire Hills

BT trial powers mobile phone mast with renewable energy

The UCL team hit wireless speeds of 938 Gigabits per second

UCL smashes speed record for wireless data transfer

FireSat will be able to detect fires measuring about 5x5m

Google’s FireSat constellation to detect early stage wildfires

Pyri has been inspired by serotinous pinecones, which release seeds in the presence of fire

Wildfire early detection device wins UK Dyson Award

Communications Opinion

Corroded pipes, damage from adverse weather, and gradual structural shifts often lead to undetected leaks

Comment: The role of IoT and sub-gigahertz connectivity in tackling water leakage

Comment: Is it time to shake up the Catapults?

Over-reliance on any one country makes for a risky industrial strategy

Comment: How flexible chips can unlock the Internet of Everything

Communications In-Depth

Shannon's work on machine learning involved a maze and an electromechanical mouse called Theseus

Late great engineers: Claude Shannon - father of the Information Age

Reverse engineering the insect brain

C2I 2023 Information, Data and Connectivity Winner: A Transnational Leap in Infrastructure Monitoring