How a personal digital twin could help improve our health and make diagnosis and treatment of medical issues easier and more effective. And perhaps lead to the eventual development of a device like Star Trek’s tricorder for medical analysis. With a quick scan using a tiny handheld device, Doctor McCoy quickly identifies what is wrong…
Long before AI assistants, the first voice activated solution for changing channels on the TV was shouting at the youngest child in the family or the person sitting closest to the television screen. And while it may have little effect on the eventual outcome, shouting at the TV is still the couch supporters’ preferred tactic…
We’ll be taking a break over the festive season to spend time with our families and friends. As we close out what’s been an interesting year, I couldn’t help thinking of the words of Robert Burns, which are sung badly by many of us as we say goodbye to the old year and welcome in the…
With so much fake news around these days it is hard to tell when someone is actually telling the truth. In the past, it was just second-hand car salesmen and politicians that were not to be trusted. But recent scandals like Cambridge Analytics illegally harvesting our Facebook data or Volkswagen running software to skew emission…
I recently saw this cartoon on Facebook. At first it made me laugh, but then it made me angry. It made me angry because it kind of misses the point about electric vehicles and renewable energy, but at the same time hits right at the heart of the issue. The problem is that the electric…
At Pyramidion we have been writing about electronics and semiconductor technology for some 25 years. Our in-depth knowledge of this area gives our customers a real value-add perspective. From the PC and smart phone to autonomous driving and IoT, our lives are surrounded and enhanced by electronics. As well as living through the digital revolution,…
Happy New Year and best wishes for 2018 from all of us at Pyramidion! 2017 was a year of change! From ‘The Donald’ becoming president of the USA to Twitter extending the length of tweets to 280 characters to reduce the number of tweets he posted. For Pyramidion, our biggest change was moving to the new…
The fourth quarter was quite a shock to the system for many consumer electronic and mobile phone companies. Even after the festive season, Christmas couldn’t save the smartphone market which recorded its slowest growth rate since 2007. Samsung, Apple and Sony all reported that despite making profits in other markets like consumer electronics, computers and…
For any company exhibiting at a major event, preparation is of the utmost importance. After all, you are trying to make a lasting impression on both new and existing customers. Marketing, at its core, is a way to garner attention and at these high calibre events being seen is the real battle. Making noise People…