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Volume 10, Issue 3
April 2015
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- Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0332
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Immigration is no longer the elephant in the room. Everyone is talking about it. They are just not saying the right things. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0333
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News from around the world. - Author(s): L. Onita
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 8 –8
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0334
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Stricter Immigration Policy 'could harm the UK in the long run'. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 10 –10
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0335
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Electronics' latest mega-merger is good news for the companies but what should the industry do? Play defence. By Paul Dempsey. Electronics: Farewell to private equity in electronics. We won't miss you. - Author(s): C. Chambers
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 12 –12
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0336
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It's the lack of industry that has wrecked the Greek economy, writes Clem Chambers in a new E&T regular column on finance, markets and their significance for engineers. Financial: Drachma-Pocalypse now: Drifting up the Greek creek. - Author(s): P. Neroth
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 14 –14
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0337
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Recent Westminster hearings confirm that the national car industry is a big supporter of the EU, and it thinks the UK should play nice, says Pelle Neroth. UK and EU: What has the EU ever done for us? A lot, say car makers. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 16 –16
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0338
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A massive increase in solar power capacity in the past ten years means the eclipse on 20 March will be a big test for Europe's electricity grids, with French operator RTE forecasting a potential sudden drop in output of as much as 30GW. - Author(s): A. Kalinauckas
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 17 –17
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0339
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Automotive: Ferrari aims to shake up F1 Regulations; Policy: Quiz your candidates; The Questions IET members should enquire about. - Author(s): K. Moskvitch
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 18 –18
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0340
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Artificial photosynthesis promises abundant, non-polluting hydrogen fuel - produced with the help of sunlight. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 19 –19
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0341
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Solving problems with power consumption in Internet of Things (IoT) products such as smartwatches could pull Europe out of chipmaking's slow lane. - Author(s): J. Wilson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 20 –20
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0342
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Last week was a great week for lovers of everything Apple and anything gold. But from those at the launch, the reaction was more mixed. - Author(s): J. Wilson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 21 –21
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0343
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Although the Apple Watch was the highlight of Apple CEO Tim Cook's keynote speech, the unveiling of the company's all new MacBook notebook computer also caught the eye - and not only because of the dazzling Gold finish option. - Author(s): T. Pultarova
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 22 –22
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0344
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The emerging Internet of Things lags massively behind conventional computers in terms of cyber security, with many manufacturers failing to implement basic security practices, researchers warned at Mobile World Congress. - Author(s): T. Pultarova
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 23 –23
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0345
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Downloading a full HD movie in less than three seconds, connecting myriad electronic devices to the Internet of Everything, unlocking the true potential of driverless cars and, as the geeks say, allowing people to virtually `touch the Internet' - those are just some of the promises of the 5th generation mobile networks. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 24 –25
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0346
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Transport - Renewables. This futuristic AWWA-QG Progress Eagle concept aircraft was dreamed up by Barcelona based industrial and graphic designer Oscar Viñals. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 26 –27
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0347
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Opinion - Feeback - Send your letters to The Editor, E&, Michael Faraday House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Herts SG1 2AY, UK, or to [email protected]. We reserve the right to edit letters and use submissions in any other format. - Author(s): D. Wood and G. Clapperton
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 28 –28
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0348
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For & Against: Tablet computers - The Motion: This house believes that the recent slowdown in sales heralds the beginning of the end for the table computer; For: David Wood is chair at London Futurists and former CTO at Accenture Mobility. He has featured in T3's list of `100 most influential people in technology'; Against: Guy Clapperton is author of several books on social media and other digital comms issues, as well as a public speaker and commentator on technology. - Author(s): D. Newport
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 29 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0349
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Comment: 'if you ask me...' - Young people disliking maths is perhaps understandable, says Derek Newport. But when students fail to see the point of it, that's really worrying. - Author(s): T. Pultarova and L. Onita
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 30 –33
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0317
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Despite the current initiatives to attract more young people to study engineering, it is clear these domestic newcomers will not be ready when the market needs them. The readiest short and medium-term solution to the skills gap problem is immigration. Few topics have been as hotly debated in the run up to the UK General Election as immigration. Is the country threatened by an influx of lazy scroungers, or are foreign workers the solution to skills shortages? - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 34 –35
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0350
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Creative consumers can design their own small items of furniture or works of art and have them made by a robot at the CeBit trade show. - Author(s): P. Bizony
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 36 –39
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0319
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The ISS has the equipment necessary to support controlled decompression. Future human missions to the moon or Mars, using smaller spacecraft, may have to dispense with it. Suits and ships alike will have to operate at the same pressure. The problem of ballooning will be overcome by a suit design that, at first glance, seems a retrograde development. NASA's latest prototype, known as the Z-suit, looks like an armoured robot from 1950s science fiction. Recent publicity photos show an astronaut wearing a white Z-suit uncannily like Buzz Lightyear's, but the outer fabric is a superficial layer of micrometeorite protection. Inside, there's a shell of hard composites tough enough to withstand contact with jagged rocks and abrasive surface dust on the moon and Mars. Whenever an astronaut on a planetary mission climbs out of a suit, there will be a danger of inhaling potentially toxic dust particles from outside the lander or habitat. The simple solution is to never expose astronauts to the suit's mucky exterior. Actually, this is easier than it sounds. The rear of the Z-suit features an airlock. When not in use, the entire thing is stored on the outside of a rover, docked to a 'suit portal'. Essentially a Z-suit is like a miniature spacecraft in its own right. Astronauts can swap at will between the suit and the airlock areas of a habitat or rover without waiting for the pressures to equalise. Ballooning is eliminated by pushing the rigidity of the suit to the logical extreme, until its fabric has no flexibility at all, except in the gloves and at the limb joints. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 40 –433
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0320
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The arrival of the East as a major force of modern global influence allows us to unpick the relationship between democracy and the industrial economy in a way that has not been realistic before. One-party rule in other authoritarian regimes has always been tied up with inflexible economic planning that could alternately propel and disrupt entire industries at the whim of a leader or committee. An alternative way to analyse technological expertise is via well-accepted economic theory, many researchers regard innovation and economic growth as going hand in hand. Endogenous growth theory holds that investment in human capital, innovation and knowledge are significant contributors to economic growth. In the economic theories, the matter of styles of governance only comes up in passing. Innovation in general is the activity of individuals who have got a vision. This vision is not substantiated by a democratic process or by participation in it. - Author(s): F. Aston
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 44 –47
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0321
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Moving large quantities of supplies around Antarctica - especially overland - can be a logistical nightmare. But recent developments in vehicle design have taken some of the heavy lifting out of getting equipment from A to B. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 48 –49
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0351
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Union Glacier Camp is Antarctica's only seasonally occupied settlement. Accessible only by plane, its airfield is a naturally occurring `blue ice runway'. - Author(s): B. Betts
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 50 –53
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0323
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Beer cans are nothing new, but for various reasons - notably the cost of setting up and running a canning line - they have become a shorthand for mass-market or industrial beers. Craft brewers are associated instead with bottles, which can even be hand-filled for the lowest possible capital cost. Now all that is changing. The advent of small-scale canning technology is enabling even quite small brewers to take it up, with several microcanning lines in operation around the UK and Ireland. - Author(s): M. Courtney
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 54 –54
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0324
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Computer-aided design is a field where separate tools are needed to simulate the many different engineering issues that can go into a single product. They can include issues as diverse as predictions of structural strength, electromagnetic behaviour and fluid flow. But the pressures of the market are bringing these tools together to promote better communication and interaction during the project lifecycle, all under the banner of multiphysics. (4 pages) - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 60 –63
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0352
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Managing director of Tidal Energy and incoming president of IMarEST, Martin Murphy, discusses the role tidal stream renewable electricity could play in Britain's energy mix. - Author(s): B. Pietras
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 64 –677
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0326
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Whether its on land, in the air or underwater, unmanned autonomous vehicles are already becoming a part of everyday reality - especially in hazardous environments. This paper explains the latest development in driverless vehicles mainly autonomous ground vehicles, unmanned aerial system and autonomous underwater vehicle. - Author(s): A. Kalinauckas
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 68 –69
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0353
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Around one-fifth of fish caught are harvested illegally. Project Eyes on the Seas has launched a new satellite system to combat this $23.5bn trade, and to protect the world's remote oceans. - Author(s): A. Ebbage
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 70 –72
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0328
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Retailers have eagerly embraced the idea of what they call the `omni-channel' strategy: their attempts to sell to people not just in physical stores but through the online channels. Being able to offer customers a homogenous shopping experience relies heavily not only on the systems and IT architecture but on the data that lies beneath. This approach demands seamless integration of systems at both the front end and behind the scenes and has seen huge investment from retailers. Product availability, information accessibility, promotional relevance, ease of checkout and effective fulfilment are all key components of a competitive and omni-channel strategy. A recent survey of 4,000 people by Mindtree underscored these points. The survey showed that shoppers expect a seamless experience across channels - 70 per cent say they combine onlineand in-store purchases. In addition 90 per cent will share personal information for a better experience and 17 per cent will spend more if the overall experience exceeds expectations. - Author(s): C. Evans-Pughe
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 73 –75
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0331
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Software and digital logic are encroaching further on analogue territory in mobile radio. Cambridge Consultants built what appears to be the first true software radio. Developed from off-the-shelf programmable logic and very little else, the device is a transmitter that can send data at rates of gigabits per second at carrier frequencies up to 14 GHz, switching between different carrier frequencies almost instantaneously. - Author(s): G. Clapperton
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 76 –79
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0329
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The paper discusses that when architects design smart buildings, noise performance is quite often the last thing on their minds. But acoustic design is a critic factor in making sure your workspace is a place where you can actually work. - Author(s): K. Moskvitch
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 80 –83
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0330
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Scientists are preparing to switch on the upgraded Large Hadron Collider before the end of March. The reboot will let them smash protons with much more punch. - Author(s): A. Alderson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 84 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0354
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This month's sports technology feature looks at the technique of bespoke bike `fitting', where a bike can be exactly adjusted for the rider to achieve maximum comfort, flexibility and performance. - Author(s): S. Monk
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 86 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0355
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Brew beer by app, wave your arm to be seen and let coffee rule your life - the latest in consumer technology innovation. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 88 –89
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0356
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Consumer electronics - Tablets are far from killing off the e-reader and Amazon's Voyage shows why. - Author(s): B. Betts
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 90 –91
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0357
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With the summer holidays on the horizon, we look this month at how your smartphone or tablet could help your vacation go more smoothly. By Bryan Betts. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 92 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0358
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Surviving in the innovation space can be a ruthless business, where the water turns red with the blood of competitors feeding off each other. A reissued classic management book tells us how to make those waters blue again. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 94 –95
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0359
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How the way we read is changed by screens, and two books that question who's doing what with our data. - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 96 –96
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0360
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Design - An ambitious man with no experience in engineering pioneered the world famous `Disappearing Bed',all for the sake of young love. - Author(s): M. Barfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 98 –98
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0361
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Our usual selection of domestic and bombastic science and technology mini-stories. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 99 –99
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0362
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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 3, p. 100 –101
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0363
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Timeout Blueprint - Over the past half-century there have been several dominant consumer audio playback media in both the analogue and digital spaces. But none can have been held in such nostalgic affection as the compact cassette. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 102 –102
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0364
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Translated by Jane Maltby. The students enter a parallell enginerring universe made entirely of yarn. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 10, Issue 3, page: 106 –106
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2015.0365
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Techno Hotels; Our award-winning columnist tests a couple of new and not-so-new `sleep technologies' and ponders a growing industry of sleep-inducing tools and gadgets.
Editor's Letter
News Briefing: World News
News Briefing: News
News Comment: View From Washington
News Comment: Money Markets
News Comment: View From Brussels
News Briefing: The Graphic
News Briefing: Automotive - Ferrari; Policy - Quiz
News Briefing: Energy - Thin-film technology makes artificial leaves more robust
News Briefing: Electronics - European chip technology to use IoT in bid to recapture ground
News Briefing: Consumer Technology - High time for wearable technology as Apple Watch is finally unveiled
News Briefing: Consumer Technology - Apple MacBook sets new gold standard for notebooks
News Briefing: Communications - `Immature' Internet of Things hackable with primitive methods
News Briefing: Communications - 5G excitement at Mobile World Congress
The Bigger Picture - Future flight
Your Letters
The Debate
Comment: Is Teachers' lack of awarness behind the engineering skills crisis?
A problem we can't afford to ignore [labour resources]
The Gallery: Manufacturing Robots
Dressed to kill: 50 years of the spacewalk
Politics V Innovation
Snow patrol [logistics in Antarctica]
Photo Essay: Exploration Antarctica
Craft beer: the can-do revolution
Design it all [CAD]
Interview: Martin Murphy
New frontiers in driverless vehicles
Satellites - Fishing: Eyes on the Seas
Retail's Breadcrumb trail
The softest radio
What to do when noise annoys [building design]
The Big Bang Machine 2.0 [Large Hadron Collider}
Sports Tech: Technology - Bike Fitting - Cycling
Gadgets: reviews, Consumer Technology
The Teardown: Amazon Kindle Voyage e-reader
Software Reviews: Apps for holidaymakers and other travellers
Book Interview: Leadership strategies from out of the blue
Book Reviews: Words Onscreen, Black Box Society, Data and Goliath
The Eccentric Engineer: William Murphy and his amazing disappearing bed
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Thinking Cap
Classic Project: Compact cassette (Musicassette)
Jack's Blog: Knitting
After All: Mastering the technology of dreams
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