22/09/2017 Siemens and University of Sheffield to boost UK digitalisation Siemens has partnered with the University of Sheffield to accelerate digitalisation, boost digital skills, and promote technology and knowledge exchange to meet the needs of increasingly-digitalised ...
21/09/2017 Compact, infinitely variable transmission for robotics SRI International has unveiled its latest take on the continuously variable transmission, the equally mysteriously named ‘Inception Drive’, an infinitely variable transmission (IVT). SRI says the IVT ...
21/09/2017 Molecular robot can build other molecules Scientists at The University of Manchester have created the world's first ‘molecular robot’ that can perform basic tasks including building other molecules. The tiny robots, which are a millionth of ...
20/09/2017 £30m clean transport lab to be built in Coventry Coventry University and German engineering service provider FEV have signed a £30 million deal to build a clean transport lab in Coventry to spearhead research into advanced powertrain development ...
19/09/2017 Smallfry to showcase Aeolos search and rescue drone at Engineering Design Show 2017 Industrial design company, Smallfry has designed what It calls a ‘game changer’ for search and rescue operations following large scale disasters. The Aeolos drone, named after the Greek God of Winds, ...
15/09/2017 V&A live art installation challenges public perception of robotics Industrial robotics and autonomation technologies from companies including Adelphi Automation, KUKA Robotics, Rockwell Automation, SCM Handling and Autodesk are taking part in a live art installation ...
15/09/2017 Hyperloop One Global Challenge winning routes revealed Hyperloop One has announced the winners of its Hyperloop One Global Challenge to identify the strongest new Hyperloop routes in the world. Following a close assessment of the proposals by a panel of ...
15/09/2017 Artificial 'skin' gives robotic hand a sense of touch Researchers from the University of Houston have created a scalable process for producing stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, allowing a robotic hand to sense the difference ...
14/09/2017 RS Components marks 80 years of business operations in the UK RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents, the global distributor for engineers, has celebrated 80 years since opening its business operations in London, UK. Founded as Radiospares, ...
14/09/2017 Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology opens its doors to first undergraduates Today, engineering undergraduates begin their degree studies at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology on the Dyson technology campus in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Over 850 students applied ... 2 comments
14/09/2017 Engineering Materials Live opens next week at Duxford Engineering Materials Live opens its doors to visitors next Thursday (21st September) at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford in Cambridgeshire, and you can still secure your free visitor badge online to ...
12/09/2017 Rolls-Royce reveals autonomous naval vessel design Rolls-Royce has revealed plans for a 60m long, 700 tonne autonomous naval vessel with a range of 3500 nautical miles. The vessel concept is said to be capable of operating at sea for over 100 days, ...
12/09/2017 Germany outlines world’s first ethical guidelines for driverless cars Humans before animals and property. No discrimination as to who should survive. Safeguards against malicious hacking. These are just some of the world-first ethical rules being implemented in Germany ...
11/09/2017 Offshore wind power cheaper than new nuclear Cost of subsidies for new offshore wind farms have halved since 2015 at the last auction for clean energy projects, meaning energy from offshore wind in the UK will be cheaper than electricity from ...
11/09/2017 ANSYS releases real-time multi-physics simulation platform Multi-physics software developer, ANSYS, has released its Discovery Live platform, which allows engineers to make changes to a CAD model and have the simulation updated in front of them, ...
08/09/2017 British Engineering Excellence Awards 2017 shortlist unveiled MA Business, publisher of New Electronics and Eureka magazines, is delighted to announce the shortlist for this year’s British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs).
08/09/2017 JLR makes closed-loop aluminium recycling in its cars a REALITY Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Automotive is expanding the use of recycled aluminium in its car bodies to cut waste and reduce carbon emissions. The £2 million project, called REALITY, has found a way to ...
08/09/2017 James Dyson Award winner uses engineering to tackle sustainability in clothing Royal College of Art graduate, Ryan Yasin, has won the UK James Dyson Award by using his aeronautical engineering background to create Petit Pli – clothing which expands, allowing it to continuously ...
07/09/2017 Ariel’s UK-produced ground-breaking electric supercar unveiled at Cenex 2017 A collaboration between two UK-based electric motor design and engineering companies has led to the development of the high performance electric motor for the Ariel HIPERCAR – which made its debut at ...
07/09/2017 Continental’s cockpit vision To address the need for better in-car display of both road information and entertainment in future autonomous and connected vehicles, Continental has showcased its vision of the cockpit of the future ...
05/09/2017 Meet Sayer, the steering wheel of the future Jaguar Land Rover will reveal its intelligent and connected steering wheel of the future, Sayer, during the inaugural Tech Fest at Central St Martins art, design and technology college in London, ...
01/09/2017 APC to fund the acceleration of low carbon automotive technologies The second wave of the Technology Development Accelerator Programme (TDAP), created by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) will be announced at this year’s Cenex-LCV event at Millbrook Test Track, ...
01/09/2017 Hyperloop sets a new speed record The latest test runs at the Hyperloop test track in Nevada have seen its own speed record beaten twice. A team of students from the Technical University of Munich managed to get their pod to reach ...
31/08/2017 Soft robot climbs walls using vacuum Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have created the first functional robot powered entirely by vacuum. Made up of soft building blocks, it moves by having ...
30/08/2017 Royal Navy unveils radical future submarine concepts The Royal Navy has unveiled a series of futuristic submarine concepts that mimic real marine lifeforms. The concepts aim to inspire the future of underwater combat technology. The concepts feature a ...
Search and rescue drone Industrial design company, Smallfry has designed what It calls a ‘game changer’ for ...
Hyperloop routes chosen Hyperloop One has announced the winners of its Hyperloop One Global Challenge to ...
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