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| Library > 2009 > January |
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Free and easy |
19/01/2009 |
| Dassault Systèmes is embarked on an all-out drive to widen and extend its presence in the design and development space. Tom Shelley reports |
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Graphics on speed |
19/01/2009 |
| A graphics chip, modified for non-graphics applications, could see the advent of cheaper computing power. Lou Reade reports |
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Moving mirrors in solar power plant |
19/01/2009 |
| Hydraulic actuators from Parker Hannifin are used to rotate and tilt the parabolic mirrored troughs in the 64MW Nevada Solar One plant |
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Showing lots of fibre |
19/01/2009 |
| Tom Shelley reports on a breakthrough in the commercial production of bacterial cellulose nanofibres for engineering materials from fruit waste |
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Tilt and compass sensors for iceboards |
19/01/2009 |
| A solid state compass and separate roll and pitch sensors are being used by the Latvian company, Hiberna Iceboards, to develop products for the latest extreme winter sport |
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Climbing on the right bus |
18/01/2009 |
| There have been some intriguing developments in instrument buses for handling massive amounts of test data. Tom Shelley investigates |
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Genuine articles |
18/01/2009 |
| The recent SPS show in Germany showed how manufacturers may be able to fight back against counterfeiting. Lou Reade reports |
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Pulsating approach to spray control |
18/01/2009 |
| Tom Shelley reports on a digital way of controlling sprays over a wide range – and a clever trick to close their valves more quickly |
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Sense of purpose |
18/01/2009 |
| An optical sensor chip is moving away from bio-terrorism and, quite literally, into the field. Lou Reade reports |
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Turning the air green |
18/01/2009 |
| Compressed air has much to recommend it as the working fluid in green power generation systems. Tom Shelley reports |
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Fuelled up for a liberated future |
14/01/2009 |
| Photocatalysis is an innovative means of producing hydrogen from water using sunlight – and possibly turning carbon dioxide into methanol, as Tom Shelley rep |
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Shrinking thinking |
14/01/2009 |
| Moves are afoot to make very small, complex products – many for medical markets – cheap enough to be disposable. Tom Shelley reports |
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UK gears up for World Skills |
14/01/2009 |
| The global skills competition for young people comes to London in 2011 – and the race is on to find the best candidates to represent the UK. Lou Reade reports |
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Andy Green’s Bloodhound Project diary
The thing about setting a land speed record is that speeding up is only half of the problem. Once you've gone flashing through the timing lights of the measured mile at over 1000mph you are faced with stopping a heavy, very high speed vehicle in a limited distance (about 5½ miles on our chosen track on Hakskeen Pan in South Africa). 5½ miles sounds like a long way, but if you're doing a mile every 3½ seconds, it doesn't seem that far at all!
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