The Monarch Who Measured and the Science of Millimetre Metrology with Geoff Varrall

The Monarch Who Measured and the Science of Millimetre Metrology. George 3, described in school textbooks as ‘the mad king who lost America’ was in practice a capable King with a particular passion for science. On June 3rd 1769 he observed and timed the transit of Venus from the Kew Observatory near Richmond, a measurement …

Telecommunication Electronics – Phase Locked Loop in Lock Down with Geoff Varrall

We at Artech House encourage a spirit of collaboration, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have author Geoff Varrall review Telecommunication Electronics, by Dante Del Corso, Roberto Quaglia, Vittorio Camarchia, Paolo Bardella. Read on for his insights: Those of us still self-isolating have a once in a lifetime (hopefully longer) opportunity to catch up …

Artech House Author Uttam Majumder receives IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Appointment

We are so thrilled that Artech House author Uttam Majumder has been given an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Appointment (2020-2022). He will be delivering this webinar on machine learning, hosted and organized by IEEE USA: Topic: Deep Learning Based RF Target Classification: Recent Results and Technical Challenges Description: The focus of this lecture will be recent …

RTT Technology Topic with Geoff Varrall – Green Space – Can Space Deliver a New Green Deal?

In this month’s technology topic/posting we explore the potential for a space enabled global New Deal as a mechanism for post pandemic economic recovery. There are particular parallels between our present situation and Franklin Roosevelt’s $50 billion dollar recovery plan. The economic and social devastation caused by the stock market crash of 1929 was compounded …

Geoff Varrall on connectivity and coronavirus

Zoom Teleconferencing Boom The impact of the corona virus on telecoms is one obvious starting point – in last month’s posting, The Zoom Boom, we discussed the demand side impact of Covid-19 on teleconferencing. Business is booming for Zoom Video, the remote conferencing services platform. Since the start of the year Zoom’s market value has risen …