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Volume 10, Issue 11
December 2015
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- Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1115
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Do-It-Yourself in technology is becoming a quietly subversive act against prescriptive globalisation, as well as a general force for good. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1116
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News from around the world. - Author(s): J. Loughlan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 8 –8
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1117
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Profession: Only 20% of UK teens interested in engineering. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 10 –10
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1118
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The Democratic front-runner's problems are fading but she's still playing a canny game. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 11 –11
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1119
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In separate initiatives as they vie to make their processors dominate the Internet of Things (IoT), ARM and Intel are trying to define architectures that will make the highly networked systems safer from attack. - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 12 –13
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1120
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Back in October, a squadron of drone pilots came together to compete for a place in the national championships of indoor FPV (first-person view) drone racing. - Author(s): P. Neroth
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 14 –14
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1121
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There is something about the magic lure of the East. But as Britain seeks to displace Germany as China's favoured partner, it mustn't neglect the EU. - Author(s): K. Moskvitch
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 16 –17
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1122
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Christmas is coming up - and most presents around the world will be delivered not by a white-bearded man on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, but by large container ships. Katia Moskvitch looks at the world's largest, the MSC Oscar, which can pack in 19,224 containers. - Author(s): M. Williamson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 18 –19
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1123
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What will China's space station mean for international cooperation? Mark Williamson reports from the 66th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) held in Jerusalem, Israel, in October. - Author(s): M. Williamson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 20 –20
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1124
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Space debris, whether from exploded satellites or dropped astronaut tools, has been a recognised hazard in low Earth orbit for many years. - Author(s): M. Williamson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 21 –21
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1125
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Back in the 1950s, space scientist James Van Allen and co-workers developed a method for launching a small rocket from a balloon, which effectively replaced the first stage of classical rocket flight. They called it a 'rockoon'. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 22 –22
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1126
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Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) assaults - which overwhelm an online service with fake requests - are increasingly being used to mask attempts to steal sensitive information from a company. - Author(s): C. Chambers
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 23 –23
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1127
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When resources are scarce, prices rise, and human ingenuity finds new ways to produce the commodity until supply overtakes demand once again. Such is life. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 24 –24
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1128
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The 'Franken-Tree', the Tree of 40 Fruit, is an artistic experiment by Sam Van Aken. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 26 –28
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1129
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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): T. Erlin
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 29 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1130
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Including online fraud in national crime figures is just the start of tackling this new type of wrongdoing. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 30 –3
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1100
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The maker movement has small beginnings but could alter the way we think of mass production. ARM and Unicef intend to carry out research in developing countries that they hope will provide ideas for new business and technologies. The information exchanged through the Internet can change global manufacturing itself. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 34 –35
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1131
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Taking inspiration from 1930s aeroplanes, these retro-looking electric tricycles with a suggestion of steampunk are truly one-of-a-kind. Designed by Jeremy Davies, The Rocket has been flying off the shelves since going on sale this summer. - Author(s): L. Jones
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 36 –40
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1102
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Today's devices are 'black boxes': to be admired, not repaired. However, this attitude is starting to change. Perhaps nowhere has technological development been more incredible than in mobile phones. Comparing old and new phones is a good illustration of how our seemingly insatiable appetite for new technology is often driven by fashion and style. It's not just phones, but cars, computers and even household appliances that are dictated by style, and it's this drive for smaller, sleeker and more aesthetically pleasing devices that makes working on them difficult. Sometimes products are designed to be difficult to access, sometimes it's a by-product of how they are made and engineered. Perhaps nowhere do owners feel more disempowered these days than when lifting the bonnet of a modern car. Most people would struggle to name most of the engine's parts, or even be able to spot them under the engine cover. - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 42 –47
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1132
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Dubbed 'the break from Shakespeare', the MAD museum in Stratford-upon-Avon celebrates kinetic art and automata in weird and wonderful ways. With over 60 extraordinary pieces on display, welcome to the MADhouse. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 48 –51
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1133
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For the past decade Andrea Boragno has been CEO and chairman of Alcantara, an Italian company that makes a premium substitute for leather that's used in luxury automotive, yacht and aircraft interiors. - Author(s): K. Moskvitch
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 52 –6
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1105
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There's wind, there are photovoltaic cells, but we need a way to store the energy. Could artificial photosynthesis - turning the sun's energy into a fuel, such as hydrogen - one day replace dirty coal and other fossil fuels as a plentiful source of green, clean energy? We analyse how far this technology has come. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 57 –57
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1106
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The four ways to get IoT moving includes protocol proliferation, radio risks, energy efficiency and hack attack security. (1 pages) - Author(s): J. Fell
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 62 –63
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1134
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A drivable full-size model car built from precision-cut card was an eye-catching attraction at October's Grand Designs Live show in Birmingham. - Author(s): E. Gent
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 64 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1107
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With the percentage of women in engineering still hovering below 10 per cent after decades of advocacy, is it time to try more drastic measures? - Author(s): S.A. Holgate
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 68 –70
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1108
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Not content with bringing a Peppercorn class Al Pacific back to life, the team behind Tornado are now building a new version of Britain's most powerful passenger steam locomotive ever - the Gresley class P2. - Author(s): S. Perkins
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 72 –6
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1109
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The animal kingdom is packed with talent surpassing that of humans. A bloodhound's sense of smell, for example, is so keen that it can detect a fugitive's scent days later and distinguish it from those of dozens of innocents that may have travelled the same path in the meantime. Rattlesnakes and other pit vipers can discern and home in on the body heat of their prey, even with their other senses masked. A variety of creatures can perceive sounds beyond the normal range of human hearing. Little wonder, then, that engineers often extend into these natural characteristics to solve human problems. After all, evolution has been fine-tuning animals and their senses for countless generations: why not take advantage of a ready-made design? As technology advances, life-mimicking, or biomimetic, solutions are increasingly the answer to a variety of challenges. In the coming decade, such innovations could yield improvements in everything from hearing aids and sonar to bomb-sniffing sensors. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 77 –81
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1135
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As the famous 'Guinness Book of World Records' marks its 60th birthday, E&T's features editor, who was also the Book of Records' first Russian translator, explains why recording science and technology achievements can be politically sensitive. - Author(s): A. Alderson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 82 –3
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1111
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`E-bikes' have seen a huge surge in popularity in recent years. From big clunkers with motors the size of a small suitcase they are now easy to mistake for a `regular' bike.Cycling up hills is now easier than ever before with the latest in electrically-powered bicycles. - Author(s): S. Munk
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 84 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1136
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A computer for every child, diamond speakers and radar bike safety - the future of consumer technology. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 86 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1137
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Sony pushes the envelope but keeps things tight. - Author(s): B. Betts
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 88 –9
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1114
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More and more of us work on a mobile device for at least some of the time, and increasingly that device is not a laptop but a smartphone or tablet. But while those devices typically come with (usually fairly basic) apps for email and reading document files, that will only take you so far - and probably not far enough! Installing better email and office apps is not too hard. For email we like K-9 (Android only), or perhaps Swingmail or Mailbox if you prefer the zero-inbox metaphor, and there are several good office suites for mobile -WPS Office has matured immensely, while Microsoft now has versions of its Office suite on Android and Apple. That still covers only the very basic toolset though. So if you need to work on the go, here are some tools that will take you a lot further than simply replying to email and reviewing documents. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 90 –91
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1138
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One of the great engineering pioneers of the 20th century, Alan Turing has become almost a mythological figure. His nephew Sir Dermot Turing discusses some of the myth-busting aspects of his new biography. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, p. 92 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1139
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A comprehensive look back at Britain's love affair with trains leads this month's selection of new books. - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 94 –94
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1140
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Believing that cast iron could be used for anything, John Wilkinson was - in every sense - one of the founders of the modern age. - Author(s): M. Barfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 96 –96
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1141
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Our monthly selection of not-too-credible science and technology mini-stories. - Author(s): J. Maltby
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 98 –98
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1142
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Jack's father ponders the relevance of awards ceremonies in the life of a principled engineer. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 11, page: 99 –99
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1143
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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 11, p. 100 –101
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1144
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Living in the current age of the handheld smartphone, it's almost impossible to believe that only a few generations ago, telephones were hardwired into a socket in the wall. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
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- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.1145
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Readers have responded in unprecedented numbers to the various 'challenges' announced in this column during 2015.
Editor's Letter
World News
News Briefing: News
News Comment: View from Washington
News Briefing: Security - Chip designers act to close IoT hacker loopholes
News Briefing: Indoor drone racing flies into London
News Comment: View from Brussels
News Briefing: In Num6ers -Container ship
News Briefing: Space: The In-Orbit neighbourhood watch scheme
News Briefing: Space: Private sector steps up in the space debris race
News Briefing: Space: Return of the Rockoon?
The Graphic: DDoS attacks mask data theft
News Briefing: Money & Markets
The Bigger Picture: Tree of 40 fruit
Opinion Feedback: Your Letters
Comment "if you ask me..." - IT security: Why it's time to take the 'cyber' out of cybercrime and respond to it as crime.
Changing the world one maker at a time [manufacturing]
The Gallery: I want to ride my tricycle
Taking back control of technology [repairable electronics]
Photo Essay
Interview: Andrea Boragno
Let the sunshine in [artificial photosynthesis]
Four ways to get the IOT moving
The Gallery: Cardboard Creation
Do quotas work? [Women in engineering]
Dawn of the new P2 Age [steam locomotives]
Building on evolution: from insects to drones [biomimicry]
Sixty years of engineering records
Sports tech: assisted cycling
Gadgets
The Teardown: Sony a7R II mirrorless digital camera
Software reviews: an office in your pocket
Book Interview: In pursuit of the real Alan Turing
Book Reviews: The Railways, A History of the Barricade, The Future of the Professions
The Eccentric Engineer - Manufacturing: The Iron Man of the industrial revolution
e&tCetera . . .
Jack's Blog
Thinking Cap
Classic Project: GPO Telephone 706
After All - Feedback: I asked for your input and you rose to the challenge
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