13/12/2017 Drones using photonics to transform disaster rescue efforts Directing evacuations, reducing damage and saving lives in the aftermath of major disasters like wildfires, chemical blazes, or volcanic eruptions could be improved thanks to a drone designed to ...
13/12/2017 CPI and Durham University collaborate to commercialise nanotechnology-enabled products The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and Durham University are working together to help SMEs in County Durham to accelerate the commercialisation of nanomaterial-enhanced products, supported with ...
12/12/2017 Public feels apprenticeships offer more job security than a degree According to a poll of 2,004 individuals by ICM, on behalf of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the majority (58%) of the public believe that skilled apprenticeships offer more secure job ...
08/12/2017 Inventions by British engineers top list for most important innovations in our lifetime The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) has released the Create the Future 2017 report, an international survey into attitudes towards engineering across 10 markets including the UK, US, ...
08/12/2017 Connecting 3D printed objects to Wi-Fi without electronics University of Washington researchers have 3D printed plastic objects and sensors that can collect useful data and communicate with other Wi-Fi-connected devices entirely on their own.
07/12/2017 3D printed ‘living tattoo’ MIT engineers have devised a 3D printing technique that uses ink made from genetically programmed living cells that are engineered to light up in response to a variety of stimuli. When mixed with ...
07/12/2017 Low cost way to see through any wall Researchers at Duke University have devised a way to see through walls using a narrow band of microwave frequencies without any advance knowledge of what the walls are made form. Besides having ...
01/12/2017 Merging molecular science and engineering to make 3D printing better, cheaper Researchers at Imperial College London are merging the fundamental research of molecular science with the more end-of-use-focussed discipline of engineering to help propel the 3D printing industry ...
01/12/2017 A space-time sensor for light-matter interactions Physicists at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) have developed an attosecond electron microscope that has allowed them to visualise the dispersion of light in time and space, and ...
30/11/2017 Soft robots use artificial muscles and skeletons to lift 1000 times their own weight Humans have soft muscles and rigid skeletons, and when exerted in optimal sync they have the potential to lift large amounts of weight. A technique, created by scientists at MIT’s Computer Science ...
29/11/2017 Government invests to make the UK a world leader in battery manufacturing for electric vehicles Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark announced today that the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) would invest £120 million into R&D to help the UK become a world leader in electric vehicle ...
29/11/2017 MIT 3D printer is 10 times faster than commercial counterparts MIT engineers have developed a desktop 3D printer that is claimed to perform up to 10 times faster than existing commercial counterparts. Whereas the most common printers may fabricate a few ...
28/11/2017 Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce to fly hybrid-electric turbofan in 2020 Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership to develop a hybrid-electric powered commercial aircraft demonstrator aircraft. The project called the E-Fan X hybrid-electric technology ...
27/11/2017 Graphene vibration could unlock clean, limitless energy Research conducted by physicists at the University of Arkansas, has provided strong evidence that the motion of two-dimensional materials could be used as a source of clean, limitless energy. Paul ...
27/11/2017 ABB and Kawasaki to work on cobots ABB and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have announced that they are to join forces to share knowledge and promote the benefits of collaborative robots, in particular those with dual arm designs.
24/11/2017 Tesla delivers Australian mega-battery on time Tesla has finished installing the world's biggest lithium-ion battery in the state of South Australia and plans to test the 100-megawatt project in the coming days.
23/11/2017 Male, high vis jacket and a hard hat? Must be an engineer The stereotype of an engineer is alive and well amongst school children, according to new research by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
22/11/2017 Mixed reactions from industry leaders to the Autumn Budget Chancellor Philip Hammond set out his ‘balanced’ budget this afternoon, announcing investments in technology, business and education.
22/11/2017 Melting hurts rather than helps sprayed metal coatings to stick When bonding two pieces of metal, either the metals must melt where they meet or some molten metal must be introduced between the pieces. A solid bond then forms when the metal solidifies again. But ...
22/11/2017 SMD helps develop robot for major international underwater mining project UK-based subsea engineering specialist Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has successfully completed first stage testing in a pioneering project which is set to uncover valuable European mineral resources.
21/11/2017 UK’s largest connected and autonomous vehicle project begins public road trials in Coventry The UK’s largest trial of connected and autonomous vehicle technology has moved onto public roads, with the UK Autodrive project starting in-city trials on the streets of central Coventry.
21/11/2017 Using machine learning to identify cyber campaigns targeting critical infrastructure Darktrace has created a new business unit, Darktrace Industrial, dedicated to identifying emerging and existing compromises on industrial systems and critical infrastructure networks.
21/11/2017 Failure to integrate engineering in curriculum threatens UK’s economy and productivity According to a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, school students have little exposure to or understanding of engineering which is leading most to choose subjects which ... 1 comment
20/11/2017 The world’s largest aircraft crashes Airlander, the longest aircraft in the world, broke free from its mooring mast on Saturday 18 November 2017, triggering a safety measure that rips apart the hull and deflates the 92m long, 20 tonne ...
17/11/2017 Bonding composite to metal with no adhesives Working on the Ariel Hipercar project, Powdertech Surface Science has developed a process, that uses no adhesives, for bonding polypropylene glass fibre composite to aluminium for the vehicle’s ...
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 ...
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