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3D printer uses recycled paper 15/09/2008
A 3D printer that uses plain or recycled A4 paper and water-based adhesive has been developed in Ireland and is to be launched at TCT 2008
An eye on the road to better optics 15/09/2008
Embedding an optical system in a lens can now help people suffering from reduced vision. Tom Shelley reports
Flexible structures offer protection in space 15/09/2008
Some remarkable developments of aerospace devices, based on advanced flexible materials, are now hitting the heights. Tom Shelley reports
Grasping the bigger picture 15/09/2008
Inventors and start-ups collaborating with large companies face many daunting challenges on how best to proceed, as Tom Shelley has been finding out
Heart of glass 15/09/2008
Renewed understanding of how glass is formed could form the basis for a new family of high strength materials. Julie Bieles reports
Indexing table turns linear 15/09/2008
A new linear assembly system has been developed that is based on rotary indexing technology.
Landing gear hubcaps save weight with plastics 15/09/2008
Hubcaps for the Boeing 777 with a new tyre pressure monitoring system developed by Crane Aerospace and Electronics are made of Victrex Peek
Making the case for brushless wheels 15/09/2008
Tom Shelley reports on a breakthrough brushless wheel motor that could prove a suitable case – for suitcases
Net gains 15/09/2008
Designers can access a broad range of software programs – and link their results together automatically – using a revolutionary ‘leasing’ arrangement. Lou Reade reports
Octopus-style actuators have grasp on future thinking 15/09/2008
Tom Shelley reports on electrically driven actuators of extraordinary flexibility
On track to meet targets 15/09/2008
Tom Shelley reports on state of the art in fuel cell systems for passenger cars and other applications
PVD coatings enhance temperature resistance of titanium aluminides 15/09/2008
PVD coatings are being developed that are expected to allow titanium aluminides, which offer very high strength to weight ratios, to be used at higher temperatures
Snappy solution to drug delivery 15/09/2008
Tom Shelley reports on some of the technology behind a simple-looking device to administer drugs more efficiently
Taking up the strain 15/09/2008
A better knowledge of strain measurement techniques could help designers to improve their products. Lou Reade reports on Eureka’s round-table event
Vision system keeps track of surgical instruments 15/09/2008
A vision system reading 2D codes is key to keeping track of and managing surgical instruments
Young at heart 15/09/2008
This year’s crop of graduate design shows produced a wealth of good ideas. Tom Shelley and Lou Reade report
 
Engineer or artist? 14/09/2008
Here’s a surprise: I recently read an article in the Daily Telegraph that annoyed me...
Coffee time challenge solution: "Getting a handle on doors" 14/09/2008
Abbas Taheri Pour has invented a solution to last month’s challenge – on how to open doors when your hands are full – which he calls an ‘Ergonomic Swing Door’
Door handle disinfects hands 14/09/2008
A door handle designed for hospitals has two small apertures – through which a very small amount of disinfectant can be squeezed onto the hands when the handle is turned
Golden chains go commercial 14/09/2008
The Danish developed Kataka or ‘golden chain’ actuator, revealed in the October 2003 edition of Eureka, has now been developed into a form that is capable of being used as a car jack
Talking pillbox finds its voice 14/09/2008
The talking Medi-Voice pillbox – featured in our November 2007 edition – has now reached working prototype status, and is quite different to the initial design
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