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Kite helps tow a cargo ship |
31/03/2008 |
| A substantial cargo ship, the 9,775 tonne, 132 metre Beluga Skysails has recently completed an 11,952 nautical mile voyage assisted by a 160 square metre computer controlled kite. |
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LED headlamps win red dot |
25/03/2008 |
| The world’s first energy saving full LED headlamp has just won its developers a “red dot” award |
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Battle of the bulge |
20/03/2008 |
| The movement of bulge waves, first noticed in human arteries, could prove to be the means to turn mechanical motion into hydraulic pressure for storage in accumulators |
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Shaking up the status quo |
19/03/2008 |
| A new medical product has been brought rapidly to market that should greatly benefit patients both in developing and developed countries |
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Socket set up for real wave power |
18/03/2008 |
| A 20MW facility is being constructed off the Cornish coast to allow the full scale testing of up to four different wave power machines |
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CAD/PLM resets cutting edge for UK science research |
17/03/2008 |
| Siemens PLM Software solutions partner Cutting Edge Solutions (CES) is to supply around 100 design engineers at the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council with Velocity software, under a five-year contract. |
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Great prosperity seen for energy engineers |
14/03/2008 |
| “We are running in a state of total over demand”, declared John Westwood, managing director of Douglas Westwood, when he addressed the opening day of the Oceanology International Conference at London’s ExCel centre, speaking on the subject of “Meeting future energy needs”. “Energy contractors are overwhelmed” |
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The shape of things to come |
13/03/2008 |
| If Formula 1 drivers can have their seats personally moulded to fit their body shapes, why not the rest of us? |
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Follow Paris to Beijing race in 3D VR |
12/03/2008 |
| Dassault Systèmes has set up a mini website that allows anyone interested to follow the exploits of a French professor as he runs from Paris to Beijing, and also to take part in a relay race using virtual reality, boosting the company’s donations to a sports charity |
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Self adhesive rubber films make solar cells more cost effective |
10/03/2008 |
| Centrosolar Group, headquartered in Paderbon, Germany and Lanxess have developed a production method for solar cells that only requires that wafers be placed between two self adhesive 0.5mm thick films of “Levamelt”, a new ethylene vinyl acetate |
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More technology to assist care |
06/03/2008 |
| At an event held yesterday in the House of Commons to launch the Assistive Technology Design and Development Centre, host Dr Howard Stoate MP pointed out that “One in three people in the UK suffer from a chronic illness of one sort or another” and that, “The new mantra is to enable people to be independent as long as possible”. |
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Side impact protection system |
04/03/2008 |
| European research scientists claim they have developed an intelligent side impact protection system that is said to dramatically reduce the risk of injury. |
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