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Volume 10, Issue 10
November 2015
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- Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1012
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With the new Bond film Spectre coming to a movie theatre near you, we work out how feasible some of the most celebrated Bond moments and gadgets really are. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1013
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News from around the world. - Author(s): J. Loughlan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 8 –8
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1014
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The President of the IET has said that measures should be introduced to boost the number of women in engineering roles. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 10 –10
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1015
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The UN's Paris 2015 climate change summit shouldn't match the disappointment of Copenhagen 2009, but it is still in danger of being irrelevant. - Author(s): P. Neroth
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 12 –12
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1016
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France threatens to walk out of transatlantic trade talks that it says favour US corporations over EU governments. - Author(s): T. Pultarova
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 14 –14
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1017
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The Bloodhound supersonic car, now 95 per cent complete including a Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine, has been finally unveiled to the public ahead of making its first attempt to break the world land-speed record next year. A team of mechanical engineering students from the University of Liverpool has designed and built the UK's fastest bicycle, which finished fourth at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in September. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 15 –15
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1018
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A team of mechanical engineering students from the University of Liverpool has designed and built the UK's fastest bicycle, which finished fourth at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in September. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 16 –16
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1019
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Amazon aims to boost sales of e-books, music and movies with its latest Fire tablet, which it describes as 'a premium product at a non-premium price'. - Author(s): C. Chambers
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 17 –17
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1020
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The current scandal at Volkswagen has hit its share price hard, but it's not the first time the company has been involved in a stock market drama. - Author(s): K. Moskvitch
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 18 –19
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1021
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Intel's newest microprocessor 6th Gen Intel Core, based on the Skylake architecture, is another record-setter. Katia Moskvitch looks at the 14nm technology wonder, released this year and showcased at the IFA 2015 consumer electronics trade show in Berlin. - Author(s): T. Pultarova
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 20 –21
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1022
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It's been one of the worst months in Volkswagen's 78-year history. On 18 September the US Environmental Protection Agency shocked the world by revealing that the world's second largest carmaker had cheated in emission tests and that actual nitrogen oxide (Nox) emissions of its 'Clean Diesel' vehicles are 40 times above legal limits. - Author(s): J. Loughlan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 22 –22
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1023
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The closure of the Redcar steel factory is indicative of the problems currently facing the UK steel industry according to Gareth Stace, director of UK Steel. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 24 –24
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1024
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Ada Lovelace was an 'enchantress' with a grasp of science that 'few masculine intellects' were able to achieve, according to letters put on public display for the first time at the Science Museum in London. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 26 –27
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1025
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- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 28 –30
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1026
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Send your letters to The Editor, E&T, Michael Faraday House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Herts SG1 2AY, UK, or to [email protected]. We reserve the right to edit letters and to use submissions in any other format. - Author(s): D. Miller
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 31 –31
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1027
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Like the work of a skilled musician, getting the Internet of Things right relies on fitting the best mix of musicians and tunes together to create a magnificent symphony. - Author(s): C. Andrews
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 34 –37
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1028
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James Bond can fly a helicopter upside down, sled on an open cello case and run across the backs of angry crocodiles. But can these Bond stunts be done in real life? - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 38 –41
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1029
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We look at the supercrime potential of some of the Bond movies' iconic baddies and ask if they could realistically have got away with their devilish plots. - Author(s): C. Elliot
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 42 –45
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1030
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Ever thought where baddies of Bond plan their quest for world domination? Here is a selection of conceivably villainous real estate from all over the world to tickle any megalomaniac's fancy. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 46 –49
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1031
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Q created Bond's ingenious gadgets, but how plausible or passé are they today? - Author(s): A. Saint
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 50 –52
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1004
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Currently, the average efficiency of coal-fired power plants is 33 per cent, which is a lot lower than the 45 per cent achieved by state-of-the-art plants and still significantly below the 40 per cent efficiency that `off-theshelf technologies can deliver. Every one per cent increase of in coal-fired power plant efficiencies can reduce CO2 emissions by between two and three per cent.Cleaner coal technologies such as high efficiency low emission (HELE) coal-fired power generation and carbon capture, use and storage (CCS) are already commercially available and WCA says that if they are deployed now they can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the entire power sector by around 20 per cent. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 54 –57
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1005
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For an industry that saw women drive some of its earliest development, IT has become intensely male-dominated. The latest statistics from a-Skills UK, published in summer 2014, claimed that fewer than one in five workers involved in IT in the UK are women. Other countries in Europe do little better. The best performers are Greece and Ireland, but even in those countries women account for only 25 per cent of the IT workforce. Yet women represented the majority of those who would program the first computers. As anew industry, this perhaps should not be a surprise. Without the accumulation of decades of custom and practice and as a fast-growing sector, IT had the opportunity to forge ground in a post-war society that was meant to be more egalitarian. - Author(s): R. Mileham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 58 –61
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1006
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Graphene has blazed an impressive trail since Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim first isolated it at Manchester University in 2004. The city is home to the gleaming National Graphene Institute (NGI), which opened in March 2015. Graphene has even begun to figure in our cultural consciousness. Artist Cornelia Parker worked with Novoselov on a graphene-themed launch for the award-winning recent refurbishment of Manchester's Whitworth Art Gallery. Graphene and 2D materials are also the subject of a groundbreaking exhibition next year at the city's Museum of Science and Industry (MSI). New research constantly fans the flames of graphene's potential. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 62 –65
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1032
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Film history was made in September when the feature-length movie 'Human' was released on YouTube. We look at some of the challenges involved with the movie's digital imaging technician, Stéphane Azouze. - Author(s): K. Moskvitch
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 66 –70
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1008
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A number of big tech companies are clamouring to become lead architects of the Internet of Things. Here are 10 IoT zones currently under conversion from big buzz to big business: 1. smart home 2. wearables 3. healthcare 4. mobile devices and computers 5. TV as a smart platform 6. Windows 10 7. Industrialisation 4.0 8. cars 9. service as a platform and 10. cloud computing and Big Data. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 72 –73
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1033
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When McFly travels Back to the Future (II and III), it's October 2015 - wait, that's now! So how far have we actually come in hoverboard technology? Not far enough for Marty, it seems... - Author(s): R. Brazil
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 74 –77
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1010
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Smaller, faster, cheaper - that was the trend in computing tar the past 50 years. As microprocessor technology is hitting the limits of what's physically possible, some researchers are exploring whether anew technology, `spintronics', may be the way forward. - Author(s): H. Cave
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 80 –83
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1011
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In just a few months, the first high-speed trains will zip through the brand new Gotthard Base Tunnel, which has been dug deep beneath the Swiss Alps. It will be the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, but will it also be the safest? - Author(s): A. Alderson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 84 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1034
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Can an ideal soccer ball ever be designed and manufactured? - Author(s): S. Munk
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 86 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1035
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The Star Wars droid you've been looking for, plus phones galore from Berlin tech show IFA. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 88 –89
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1036
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Extreme engineering meets extreme sports. - Author(s): B. Betts
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 90 –91
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1037
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"They can't quite match Q, but app developers still manage to produce some pretty clever - and sneaky - tools to add covert extras to an ordinary smartphone.". - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 92 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1038
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The Concorde supersonic plane remains a classic icon of technology. Author Jonathan Glancey has written a highly readable biography of the eye-catching aircraft. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 94 –95
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1039
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New books on how technology is changing the old business of spying, and the pros and cons of increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence. - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 96 –96
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1040
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Samuel R Scottron's patents for everyday products turned him into a wealthy businessman and one of the most influential black public figures in New York. - Author(s): M. Barfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 98 –98
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1041
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Our monthly selection of not-too-credible science and technology mini-stories. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 99 –99
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1042
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Give your brain a workout with this month's testing puzzles, with the chance of a prize for the correct answer. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, p. 100 –101
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1043
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With three times as many strings and twice as many necks as a conventional electric guitar, the Gibson EDS-1275 twin neck guitar immortalised by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page may seem to be the holy grail of rock axes. - Author(s): J. Maltby
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 102 –102
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1044
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Jack's father clings on to old technology in the face of opposition from his family. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 10, page: 106 –106
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1045
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Our columnist explains why he finds the seemingly dull railway timetables not only informative but also romantic, and invites E&T readers to take a peep at his collection.
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News Briefing: News
News Comment: View from Washington
News Comment: View from Brussels
News Briefing: Transport - Bloodhound SSC unveiled at last
News Briefing: Design and Production - Fastest British bicycle is engineered in Liverpool
The Graphic: Amazon to launch $50 tablet
News Briefing: Money & Markets
News Briefing: In Num6ers -Intel's Skylake processor
News Briefing: Transport -Experts call for change of testing regime in the wake of 'VW gate'
News Briefing: Manufacturing - Redcar closure signals a UK steel industry in crisis
News Briefing: Heritage - Lovelace letters go on public view
The Bigger Picture: Bond movie cars
Opinion Feedback: Your Letters
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7 Bond Stunts
7 Evil Stunts
7 Villain Lairs
7 Bond Gadgets
Cleaning up coal power
How the Gender-Gap algorithm was built
Graphene to gold?
Interview: Stéphane Azouze
Reality check: is our world really getting smart?
The Gallery: So where's my hoverboard?
Putting a spin on it: spintronics and super-fast computing
Gotthard-based tunnel: safety-first first?
Sports Tech: Association Football
Gadgets
The Teardown: GoPro Hero4 Session action camera
Software Reviews: Secret services: securing your mobile devices
Book Interview: The rise and fall of Concorde
Book Reviews: Espionage Engineering, The Technological Singularity, The Rise of the Robots
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