15/10/2018 Brakes put on Bloodhound SSC as it goes into administration Bloodhound Programme Ltd, the company behind the project to smash the land speed record by racing a car at over 1000mph, has gone into administration after running into a financial roadblock. The ...
15/10/2018 Final phase of Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE tests rapid, unmanned, high resolution mapping of the sea floor It has been announced that the deep sea off Kalamata, Greece, has been chosen as the field testing location for finalist teams competing in the $7m Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. Deep sea, real-world ...
08/10/2018 QEPrize asks young designers to create the trophy for its awards The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation (QEPrize) has invited young people around the world to test their design skills in the fourth international Create the Trophy competition. The ...
05/10/2018 The BEEAs names AESSEAL as ‘best of the best’ as it scoops Grand Prix Award Commended for its work in encouraging increased interest in engineering and promoting the uptake in STEM subjects, AESSEAL, specialist in the design and manufacture of mechanical seals and support ...
04/10/2018 IET launches women in engineering exhibition A thought-provoking exhibition will be launched at IET London: Savoy Place which celebrates and showcases women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The launch coincides with ...
03/10/2018 Lloyds Bank pledges £5m extra funding for Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre Lloyds Bank will invest a further £5 million to fund its sponsorship of the Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre (AMTC), doubling its original commitment and bringing total funding to £10m over 10 ...
03/10/2018 LG Motion sponsors Mechanical Product of the Year category at the BEEAs 2018 LG Motion, designers and manufacturers of a wide range of motion control products are thrilled to be associated once again with the 2018 British Engineering Excellence awards. LG Motion will this ...
03/10/2018 Robot masters human balancing act Engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin have successfully demonstrated a novel approach to human-like balance in a biped robot.
02/10/2018 New materials could make future vehicles more comfortable Scientists from Surrey joined forces with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the University of California to develop a material that has high stiffness and damping. The material, that is as ...
02/10/2018 MiniTec supports the 2018 BEEAs by sponsoring the New Product of the Year (Mechanical) category The 2018 British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs) is an event very close to the hearts of Basingstoke based MiniTec.
02/10/2018 Robotic musical instruments for children, elderly The University of Manchester’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has partnered with the Hallé Orchestra to develop a completely new, electronically controlled, acoustic instrument for ...
01/10/2018 MetLase lands contract to supply Boeing with tooling and fixtures MetLase, a mechanical engineering specialist and joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Unipart, has secured a landmark contract with Boeing.The company has been announced as the tooling and fixture ...
01/10/2018 £4.1m Fuel Cell Innovation Centre opened at Manchester Metropolitan University The Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre (MFCIC) – a £4.1m facility dedicated to developing new sources of green, emission free energy and making it available to as many people as possible – has ...
28/09/2018 Spinning towards the future of electric aviation Australian electric propulsion company, magniX has successfully tested its 350 horsepower all-electric motor with an aircraft propeller mounted for the first time on a Cessna ‘Iron Bird’.
26/09/2018 £7m boost for ‘virtual factory’ will speed up alloy development Developing and testing new steel alloys will be up to 100 times faster, allowing new products to reach market more quickly, thanks to £7 million of funding announced for a ‘virtual factory’ being ...
26/09/2018 Meaning-Centred Design Awards shortlist announced The shortlist of 18 shortlisted finalists in six categories for the first Meaning-Centred Design Awards has been unveiled. The awards recognise designs that radically innovate what things mean to ...
26/09/2018 Distributed energy technologies could save British industry £540m-a-year According to a new report by Centrica, the UK’s industrial sector could save at least £540m on its energy bills by adopting energy technologies such as solar and battery storage.
25/09/2018 Full-colour, multi-material 3D printing manufacturing services Shapeways and Stratasys have partnered to make full-colour, multi-material 3D printing more accessible to designers and creators.
24/09/2018 Scientists generate strongest-ever controllable magnetic field bringing us closer to nuclear fusion Physicists from the University of Tokyo claim to have generated the strongest controllable magnetic field ever produced and sustained it for longer than any previous field of a similar strength. This ...
24/09/2018 Renault's robo-vehicle to go “last mile” Renault has introduced the EZ-PRO, an autonomous and electric robo-pod concept for the future of last-mile delivery solutions.
21/09/2018 Chip-sized ‘smart-mirror’ could help manufacturers measure laser power in real time Lasers are used in many manufacturing processes, from welding car parts to crafting engine components with 3D printers. To control these tasks, manufacturers must ensure that their lasers fire at the ...
17/09/2018 British Engineering Excellence Awards 2018 shortlist released MA Business, publishers of New Electronics and Eureka magazines, is delighted to announce the shortlist for this year’s British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs).
17/09/2018 Discussing the use of AI to design advanced materials at Engineering Materials Live Using artificial intelligence (AI) and harnessing the power of deep learning to guide the design of new advanced materials, is the topic of a speaker paper that will be delivered at Engineering ...
05/09/2018 James Dyson Award winners’ wind turbine captures wind from all directions This year’s winners of the James Dyson Award, Nicholas Orellana and Yaseen Noorani from Lancaster University, have devised a way to generate electricity from wind generated by buildings in city ...
04/09/2018 Automation made easy with modular motion concept igus’ robolink Apiro is a modular motion system which enables design engineers to develop low-cost automation systems. Consisting of three lubrication-free worm gears for standard movement, inverted ...
Bloodhound in administration Bloodhound Programme Ltd, the company behind the project to smash the land speed ...
Robot balances like a human Engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at ...
Electric powered propulsion Australian electric propulsion company, magniX has successfully tested its 350 ...
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