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Exam data shows significant gender gaps across a range of school subjects, with little if any progress made since 2010.

One step closer to the soon-to-be-legendary therebone.

Plug into knowledge with these captivating electronics books, diving into transistors, electronics history, and the transformative magic of connectivity.

One step closer to the soon-to-be-legendary therebone.

I love learning how logic designers of the past solved tricky problems with innovative solutions. The more I delve into this sort of thing, the more I say to myself, “Wow! I would never have thought of that!” A great example is binary coded decimal (BCD) because there’s a lot more to this topic than…

I sometimes wonder how many words I’ve written professionally in my lifetime. At least two of my books (search for “Clive Maxfield” on Amazon) have exceeded 850 pages, but I have no idea how this equates to words, and I have no intention of spending any of the precious seconds I still have on this…

Modular Profile: Finlay Shakespeare The founder of Bristol‑based developer Future Sound Systems, Finlay Shakespeare is a...

It’s common to hear engineers and computer boffins say that digital computers are based on 0s and 1s, but what does this actually mean? On the one hand, this is relatively simple; I mean, 0 and 1, how hard can it be? On the other hand, there are so many layers to this metaphorical onion…

Leo Simpson picks up the history of Silicon Chip magazine from 1993, including a failed attempt to enter the US market, the start of an offshoot magazine (Zoom), and a series of exceptional audio amplifiers. by Leo Simpson

As usual, there are so many things going on in my life that I no longer know whether I’m coming or going. A few weeks ago, for example, I presented BeBop RoboSkin, which is a skin-like covering that can provide humanoid robots with tactile awareness that exceeds the capabilities of human beings with respect to…