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Asked by rattyvlogger to Graham, Luke, Ruth on 26 Jun 2014.
Question: What are you doing to stay up-to-date with the latest technology?
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Luke Fry answered on 26 Jun 2014:
Hi rattyvlogger,
To stay up-to-date I subscribe to a magazine as well as talking a lot with my fellow colleagues. We actually develop a lot of new technologies here, however, of course many other companies do too. I’ve also found that I F#@*/!g Love Science on facebook is an excellent source for new science and tech stories 🙂
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Graham Wiggins answered on 26 Jun 2014:
rattyvlogger – that’s a good one 🙂
I keep an eye on the “digital press” eg the releases on the usual news sites, and STFC’s own website – it’s quite usefull. Those 2 methods let me see what’s new, though, a lot of my job involves keeping the technology from yesterday ( or last century / last millenium ! ) working, so I have to keep that up to date as well. – Today’s task is fault finding on something with parts ( capacitors, as per picture ) built in 1984… and components designed in the 1920’s !, ( Vacuum tubes ) so jumping from new tech to old tech can take some doing.
I find my activities with STEMnet help keep me aware of the new-ish tech. like Arduinos/rasbery pi type devices, and help with my understanding of that
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rattyvlogger commented on :
Do you think technology has made engineering easier in terms of development of product?
Graham commented on :
Hi, Technology has made some parts easier – eg can now use the Arduino or other devices to make life easier, saving on programmin chips/blowing eeproms yourself. That does, however, mean there’s an increase in the use of software, which is an area of engineering on its own ! so there is a growing pool of software writers, and testers.
Thank you for your vote, and your brilliant questions, I hope Life is kind to you, and wish you success as you persue your dreams.
Graham
rattyvlogger commented on :
Thank you, I wish you good luck in the future.This has been a very good 2 weeks thanks to the engineers.