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BEEAs shortlist announced |
03/09/2010
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| The judges have convened, the votes are in and the shortlists for this year's British Engineering Excellence Awards have been drawn up. |
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Richard Noble's Bloodhound Project diary |
18/06/2010
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| I apologise – my web updates always seem to be late and I feel I am letting you down! The reality is that with a team hell bent on achievement, Bloodhound moves at a massive pace and we find ourselves working all hours. |
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Are you hiding your light? |
09/06/2010
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| It could be argued that the UK has never needed its engineers to innovate more than it does now. |
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Andy Green's Bloodhound Project diary |
17/05/2010
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| We've been talking about the move from 'research programme' to 'build phase' for the last few months. Having proved that we can build the world's first 1000 mph Car, it's time to get on with it. For reasons I can't really explain, the change has happened quite suddenly and noticeably. In military terms, we're now on a 'war footing' – the preparation is largely over and it's time for action! |
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Manufacturing is a priority |
17/05/2010
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| Now the political horse trading is over, it's time to get on with running the country again and the consensus is the economy - and reducing the country's borrowing - is priority number one. |
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Hoping for change |
06/05/2010
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| On the day when the country goes to the polls, regardless of our various political views, it must be hoped that whatever government emerges from the process appreciates and supports manufacturing industry. |
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Web power |
30/03/2010
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| As we head towards April, Christmas seems like a distant memory, but you may recall the not-so-seasonal number one single by Rage Against The Machine. The 2009 Christmas 'message' being, "We've had enough of the string of Christmas number ones produced by Simon Cowell."
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Richard Noble's Bloodhound Project diary |
17/03/2010
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| We started BLOODHOUND officially in June 2007- that was 33 months ago – 33 months of hell at my end keeping the programme afloat – but this next week we believe the Aero team will come up with the final shape of the car. |
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Shouldering the green burden |
08/03/2010
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| More by accident than design, the theme that comes across strongly in this month's issue of Eureka is the environment. |
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Time is money and manufacturing is a solution |
05/03/2010
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| Since the global economic crisis exposed the UK's reliance on the financial services sector, manufacturing has enjoyed a renaissance. Now, the sector is seen as one of the ways of turning things around. But it's going to be a long haul. Findlay Media's Manufacturing Summit, held on 4 March in London, provided the platform for strong debate on the future of UK manufacturing. |
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Just buy me a blue dress |
18/02/2010
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| That was the last thing my wife said to me as she kissed me goodbye and I settled into the cab bound for the airport. I was departing for a week long business trip to the US and her parting request was for a blue dress. "Sure," I thought. "How hard can that be?" |
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Getting some answers |
09/02/2010
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| Becoming editor of Eureka just as the UK emerges officially from 18 months of recession feels like fortuitous timing. |
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A new industrial society? |
15/01/2010
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| We have been told for some years now that skills will be vital as the UK develops a knowledge based economy. The financial crisis has reinforced that thinking and now the talk is of a new industrial society, rather than a post industrial one. |
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'Real engineering' needs real support from Government |
09/11/2009
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| The Hinton Lecture is one of the Royal Academy of Engineering's prestige events. This year, the lecture was given by industry secretary Lord Mandelson, who used the opportunity to call for more 'real engineering'. |
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Richard Noble's Bloodhound Project diary |
02/11/2009
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| I failed to get the September blog together in good time, and Nick Chapman is not pleased again – we're into November, and here's the October report! |
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More ‘real engineering’ needed |
22/10/2009
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| Delivering the Hinton Lecture to the Royal Academy of Engineering earlier this week, industry secretary Lord Mandelson called for more 'real engineering'. |
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