December 2017

Now here is an engineering challenge to keep your mind occupied over the Christmas break. Firstly, take a geostationary satellite delivering Internet connectivity to a large chunk of the earth. I have spoken about the inherent issue with satellite te…

Christmas is coming and people are full of good cheer. Well, at least the people I associate with are full of fun and frivolity but unfortunately there is a darker side to human nature. No matter what time of year it is, security is important. Regula…

With Christmas just around the corner (where did the year go?) I thought it was time to look at what gifts were available for the geek in your life. As any friend/partner/acquaintance of a true geek knows only too well, buying for the technically foc…

“Merry Christmas” And with those timeless words, a new communication tool was born. Twenty-five years ago last Sunday, Richard Jarvis, a director at Vodafone, was attending a party in Berkshire. His mobile phone made a noise like a phone …