13/08/2018 Industry’s first IP54 plug-and-play IIoT development kit RS Components has launched an IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) development kit for the HARTING MICA (Modular Industry Computing Architecture) edge computer.
02/08/2018 Edinburgh University wins autonomous Formula Student challenge A team from the University of Edinburgh has taken first place at the UK’s first autonomous race car contest.
27/07/2018 Software improves consistency in additive manufacturing Renishaw has developed and released InfiniAM Spectral, a process monitoring software that is said to allow additive manufacturing (AM) users a greater understanding of their processes and help ...
26/07/2018 Sketching in 3D with air scaffolding A team of researchers from KAIST have developed a mid-air 3D sketching tool, combining the strengths of gesture and pen input. They say the technique will ease the way for ideation in three ...
25/07/2018 Student-built Hyperloop pod smashes speed record A group of students from the Technical University of Munich taking part in the third SpaceX run Hyperloop Pod Competition have set a new speed record. The WARR Hyperloop team's pod hit 290mph on the ...
23/07/2018 Data security concerns could delay Industry 4.0 roll-out According to industrial supplier, ERIKS UK, data security concerns have the potential to delay the roll-out of Industry 4.0 initiatives and prevent UK industry from accessing OEM and indirect supply ...
23/07/2018 Rolls-Royce mini-maintenance robots can crawl inside engines Rolls-Royce has unveiled a range of four robotic solutions that it says will revolutionise engine maintenance.
17/07/2018 World’s first autonomous hydrogen-powered ship to circumnavigate the globe Toyota is sponsoring the world’s first autonomous hydrogen-powered ship on a six-year world tour. The specially adapted race boat, Energy Observer, uses solar, wind and wave-generated power – as well ...
16/07/2018 Rolls-Royce is developing a flying taxi propulsion system Ahead of the Farnborough Airshow this week, Rolls-Royce has announced it has designed a propulsion system for a flying taxi which it says could take to the skies in the early 2020s.
12/07/2018 Graphene smart membranes can control water Researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) have successfully controlled water flow by sending an electrical current through graphene oxide membranes. The ...
11/07/2018 First 3D colour X-ray of a human using CERN technology A New-Zealand company has scanned a human body using a colour medical scanner based on Medipix3 technology developed at CERN. Father and son scientists Professors Phil and Anthony Butler from ...
09/07/2018 Driving simulator for future transport and driving research TRL has made a six-figure investment to enhance its driving simulator capabilities. The organisation claims this will help drive future transport policy, customer safety and road network performance.
09/07/2018 Connected car testing goes live in Coventry A project to create one of the world’s most advanced environments for connected and autonomous driving has entered its second phase of testing, with connected cars going on trial on public roads to ...
02/07/2018 Boeing aims to make two-hour transatlantic flights a reality Boeing wants to develop a passenger-carrying hypersonic airliner that can reach speeds of Mach 5 – about 3,800 miles per hour – in order to cross the Atlantic in two hours. 1 comment
02/07/2018 Smarter, faster algorithm cuts number of steps to solve problems Computer scientists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an algorithm that exponentially speeds up computation by dramatically reducing the ...
29/06/2018 Facebook grounds Aquila wireless internet drones Facebook is scrapping its plans to build passenger jet-sized drones to provide wireless internet to the developing world, a major retreat from what had been an ambitious and high-profile initiative ...
28/06/2018 Breath Biopsy device scoops award for engineering innovation Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company developing a breathalyser for disease, has announced the team behind its Breath Biopsy platform has been named the winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s ...
28/06/2018 ‘Stealth’ material hides hot objects from infrared sensors Infrared cameras are the heat-sensing eyes that help drones find their targets even in the dead of night or through heavy fog. Now, thanks to researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, ...
27/06/2018 This material’s properties could enable better IR detection for autonomous vehicles One of the leading challenges for autonomous vehicles is to ensure that they can detect and sense objects – even through dense fog. Compared to the current visible light-based cameras, infrared (IR) ...
27/06/2018 Electronic skin brings a sense of touch to prosthetics A team of engineers at Johns Hopkins University has created the ‘e-dermis’, an electronic skin that can be layered on top of prosthetic hands, and allows a real sense of touch through the fingertips.
26/06/2018 Swansea Bay tidal lagoon rejected The UK government has decided not to back the world's first tidal power lagoon. Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said on Monday it was not value for money, but the decision has been ...
26/06/2018 Engineering real-life heroes: Black Panther actress Letitia Wright meets the girls inspiring the stem movement A tech superhero, a real-life prodigy and four Shell Eco-marathon students join forces to inspire the next generation of innovators to #makethefuture.
25/06/2018 First partners announced by Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre The University of Manchester’s recently completed £60m Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) has agreed the first in a series of industrial partnerships to accelerate the commercialisation of ...
25/06/2018 ANSYS Discovery Live to be added to PTC’s Creo ANSYS and PTC have partnered to incorporate ANSYS Discovery Live real-time simulation within PTC’s Creo 3D CAD software.
20/06/2018 Deadline for entries for the British Engineering Excellence Awards extended The deadline to submit entries for the British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs) for 2018 have been extended to the 29th June.
3D sketching with air scaffold A team of researchers from KAIST have developed a mid-air 3D sketching tool, ...
290mph student Hyperloop pod A group of students from the Technical University of Munich taking part in the third ...