26/05/2017 Nanoalloys to replace pure platinum in fuel cells According to research conducted by Chalmers University of Technology and Technical University of Denmark, a new type of nanocatalyst can result in the long-awaited commercial breakthrough for fuel ...
26/05/2017 Police robot ready for duty in Dubai Dubai Police have revealed its first robot officer at the Fourth Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference. The robot, a customised Reem robot from PAL Robotics, is tasked with autonomously ...
26/05/2017 Augmented reality helping you find your way around Gatwick In a world first for any airport, Gatwick’s two terminals have been installed with around 2000 beacons to provide an indoor navigation system that is claimed to be more reliable than GPS for ...
25/05/2017 Boeing and DARPA to design, build and test experimental spaceplane Boeing and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are collaborating to design, build and test a technology demonstration vehicle for the Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) programme.
25/05/2017 Ricardo’s real-world driving emissions testing Ricardo has launched a real-world vehicle emission measurement service at the Air Quality & Emissions Show (AQE), in Telford. The system uses absorption spectroscopy to monitor and record emissions ...
25/05/2017 Qatar 2022 stadium cooling system designed by engineers from the University of Sheffield A unique system to keep football fans and players cool at the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, which was co-designed by engineers from the University of Sheffield, has been officially unveiled at the newly ...
25/05/2017 British teens could fill the skills gap, but don’t know where to start With an annual shortfall of at least 20,000 skilled workers, generating interest in engineering has been firmly on the agenda for some time now. A new
24/05/2017 Prevent 3D printing hacks by embedding secret flaws in files Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, involves sending CAD files via email or the cloud. This gives intellectual-property thieves and malefactors opportunities to steal designs to produce ...
24/05/2017 LG Motion adds Steinmeyer Mechatronics to its portfolio LG Motion has announced the latest addition to its motion control portfolio. The company will be representing German-based Steinmeyer Mechatronics, a leading manufacturer of positioning technology ...
17/05/2017 3D printed, soft robot traverses rough surfaces A team of Engineers at the University of California San Diego, have developed what it says is the first 3D printed, soft robot capable of climbing over obstacles and walking on different terrains and ...
16/05/2017 Imec eye movement detection technology paves the way to low-cost AR and VR applications Imec and Holst Centre has developed a sensing technology to detect eye movement in real time based on electrical sensing. Imec says its solution, which is said to be five times cheaper and up to four ...
15/05/2017 Helping robots to feel with 3D-printed ‘bionic skin’ Engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a process for 3D printing stretchable electronic sensory devices that could give robots the ability to feel their environment. ...
15/05/2017 Swarming forward with driverless vehicle technology RDM Group has joined forces with WMG at the University of Warwick and Milton Keynes Council to secure a £2m collaboration project from Innovate UK’s latest funding round to create Swarm Intelligence ...
12/05/2017 Engineering Materials Live: Focussed success The inaugural Engineering Materials Live Show kicked off on Thursday 11 May at the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull. Coupled with the long running FAST exhibition, delegates arrived early ...
11/05/2017 Stratasys says continuous production is the future of 3D printing in manufacturing Stratasys has unveiled its Continuous Build 3D Demonstrator at the RAPID + TCT Show in Pittsburg. The company says this demonstrator represents a milestone towards its goal to make additive ...
09/05/2017 Fabricating in the fourth dimension Kristina Shea, head of the Engineering Design and Computing Lab at ETH Zurich, is one researcher looking to add a fourth dimension to 3D printing technology: Time. 4D printing creates moveable and ...
09/05/2017 Graphene membranes could make nuclear decontamination 100 times less energy intensive According to research by the University of Manchester, graphene could help reduce the energy cost of producing heavy water and decontamination in nuclear power plants by over 100 times compared with ...
08/05/2017 Reinventing steam with three new technologies Heliex Power, the East Kilbride-based energy company, has launched three products to help a variety of industries maximise their energy efficiency, by building on its existing unique steam technology.
08/05/2017 Musical machine learning tech could be used in industrial and medical applications Product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants has devised machine learning technology that, it says, can outperform human brainpower when it comes to identifying different musical styles. ...
05/05/2017 ‘Talking’ graphene could revolutionise the audio and telecommunications industries Researchers from the University of Exeter have devised a ground-breaking method to use graphene to generate complex and controllable sound signals, combining speaker, amplifier and equaliser into a ...
05/05/2017 Making 3D printing as simple as printing on paper MIT spinout New Valence Robotics (NVBOTS) has created what it claims is the only fully automated commercial 3D printer that is equipped with cloud-based queuing and automatic part removal, making ...
04/05/2017 ‘Seeing’ hand offers new hope to amputees Biomedical engineers at Newcastle University, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), have developed a bionic hand fitted with a camera which instantaneously takes a ...
04/05/2017 Method developed for recycling carbon fibre composites A research team from Washington State University (WSU) has developed a promising way to recycle the carbon fibre plastics that are used in everything from modern airplanes and sporting goods to the ...
03/05/2017 Brexit threatens UK medical technology sector According to a report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), the UK must harmonise with EU regulation on medical devices and address the country’s research funding short-fall post ...
02/05/2017 Elon Musk reveals vision for underground road system Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced his intentions to build a tunnel network under Los Angeles in December 2016 and promptly set up ‘The Boring Company’. Speaking at the Ted (Technology, ...
Real-world emmissions testing Ricardo has launched a real-world vehicle emission measurement service at the Air ...
Keeping fans cool in Qatar A unique system to keep football fans and players cool at the Qatar 2022 FIFA World ...
3D-printed bionic skin Engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a process for ...
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