Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Addressing the world's most pressing challenges with science and technology. Visit us at www.eng.cam.ac.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/eng.cam.ac.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/eng.cam.ac.uk/post/3ml4ab46xmc2yWelcome to the Spring 2026 edition of our Dept. magazine featuring Amy Weatherup on the cover, Director of Cambridge i-Teams, who is based at the Institute for Manufacturing CLICK TO VIEW 👉 https://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/uploads/pages/files/web1338-engineering-newsletter-37-digital.pdf Amy has run Cambridge i-Teams for 20 years. 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Now researchers at the Cambridge #Graphene Centre have developed a miniature tactile sensor that could give robots something much closer to a human sense of touch 🦾👇 https://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/graphene-based-artificial-skin-brings-human-touch-closer-robots @tawfiquehasan.bsky.social26 Mar 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:in7uo7qouucp433d6qk6pddh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxenro5k22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/eng.cam.ac.uk/post/3mibplc6n7k2wResearchers, led by @cam.ac.uk, have developed a new kind of #nanoelectronic device that could dramatically cut the energy consumed by #AI hardware by mimicking the human brain 🧠 https://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/new-computer-chip-material-inspired-human-brain-could-slash-ai-energy-use @raeng.org.uk @royalsociety.org @ukri.org30 Mar 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:in7uo7qouucp433d6qk6pddh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibplc6n7k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/eng.cam.ac.uk/post/3mjerllcik226Alumni Apurva Chitnis and Jad Esber first crossed paths through Headstart, a residential summer school programme, before going on to read Engineering at Cambridge. 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