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Volume 11, Issue 10
November 2016
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- Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1009
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In for a penny, in for a pound, infrastructure is the hot topic not only for America, but the rest of the world. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1010
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News from around the world. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 8 –8
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1011
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Who would dare hack the US Presidential Election? And why is the White House keeping quiet on the subject? - Author(s): P. Neroth
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 10 –10
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1012
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Publishers abhor digital free-riders and want financial compensation. Digital libertarians call it a 'link tax'. However, is the new copyright law in reality aimed at the populism transforming European politics? - Author(s): T. Pultarova
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 12 –12
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1013
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Within the next decade, nuclear power will no longer be only the domain of large-scale government-funded projects. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 14 –14
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1014
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The Scottish island of Gigha is installing an energy storage system to overcome grid constraints on the use of renewable energy. The VRFB is expected to have a longer life and lower maintenance than other batteries. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 15 –15
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1015
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- Author(s): J. Fell
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 16 –17
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1016
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Hudson Yards is a new Manhattan neighbourhood being built above a working railway yard, It is set to become the home of an exciting new public space, with plans for an engaging landmark, Vessel, as its centrepiece. - Author(s): M. Williamson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 18 –19
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1017
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Space entrepreneur Elon Musk chose this year's International Astronautical Congress, held in Guadalajara, Mexico in September, to announce his plans to colonise Mars. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 20 –21
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1018
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Vistors to Brighton can now enjoy stunning views of England's south coast and the South Downs from a height of 138 metres (450ft) in a doughnut-shaped glass viewing pod that rises slowly up a central tower. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 22 –23
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1019
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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): M. Brojak
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 25 –25
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1020
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In these times of unprecedented digital change, CAD software is lagging behind in a big way. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 26 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1021
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With both pledging to invest not millions, but billions to fix the USA's infrastructure, just how much good can Donald Trump's and Hillary Clinton's plans actually do? - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 30 –32
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1000
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The paper takes a look at what it would actually take - and cost - if the Republican candidate won the presidential election and got to build his 'Mexico Wall'. - Author(s): L. Williams
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 34 –36
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1001
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Big hydro projects using dams and tidal barriers can wreak havoc with ecosystems, causing extensive flooding, soil erosion and deforestation. Does this leave hydro up the creek? Several projects have found ways to extract the latent energy from rivers, with some based on very old ideas. The paper discusses how hydroelectric power is moving away from giant dams to generators that work on a more human scale. - Author(s): A. Spurling
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 38 –38
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1008
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We may 'muddle through' and adapt to climate change, but latest disturbing news from Australia shows that it may be too late to save some of its ancient wonders - like Tasmania's prehistoric forest and Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. (4 pages) - Author(s): D. Bradbury
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 44 –44
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1003
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Bitcoin distributed the business of creating money around the Internet, using computer algorithms to ensure that payments make their way securely from buyer to seller. UBS and its partners aim to use similar technology to the blockchain routines that underpin Bitcoin to speed up the settlement systems used to trade stocks and other financial instruments. Digital money is only the start. As blockchain technology provides a way for multiple participants to keep track of who spent money without having to trust each other directly, a number of organisations see it as a way of supporting other systems where trust is key but difficult to enforce. (4 pages) - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 50 –53
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1022
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Creativity meets digital tools for designing chips and boards. - Author(s): B. Skuse
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 54 –57
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1004
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Free-space optical security and encryption is an often-missed area of active and intense research that potentially offers just this: a physical layer of security for anything from biometrics and surveillance inspection, to medical and health monitoring, holographic data storage and a host of other areas. Using the properties of light freely propagating in air, space or a vacuum, free-space optics (FSO) is actually a diverse field with numerous sub-branches. The paper discusses how cryptography could get a boost from photonic technology. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 58 –61
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1023
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After decades of frustration with the design of the standard electric bass guitar, former Royal Navy aircraft engineer Michael Gillett transferred his technology skills from maintaining helicopters to designing his own range of guitars. - Author(s): M. Williamson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 62 –65
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1005
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Is the conquest of space going to be done floating in tin cans or can we find ways to build bigger spaces in space? It is difficult to avoid the fact that size is important. The volume of habitable space aboard a space station governs directly the number of crew and consumables, such as oxygen and food, that can be accommodated and the amount of equipment installed. The size of the solar arrays governs the power available to the station and the size of the radiators determines the amount of waste heat that can be radiated: there is no conduction or convection in space to help the process. The problem the space industry faces is that there is no known way to launch large, ready built structures from the Earth. The answers lie with techniques being developed for construction in orbit. The first step towards these larger structures would be to augment the `kit of parts' construction philosophy with methods that rely on building big things from relatively small elements, analogous to building a skyscraper out of steel beams bolted together. Another approach is to pack the module into a small space and unfurl or expand it in space. The approach lay behind the TransHab module, a Kevlar-based, multilayer inflatable structure. - Author(s): J. Fell
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 66 –67
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1024
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Some 300 years on from the 'golden age' of automata, moving mechanical sculpture continues to delight adults and children alike. The latest exhibition from the UK Crafts Council explores the magical space where art meets engineering. - Author(s): B. McCluskey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 68 –71
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1006
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Agile has proved so successful that it has not only found favour among vast swathes of the developer community but has also been appropriated, and misunderstood, by management consultants and corporate senior management in multiple sectors - a sure-fire sign of any concept's acceptance into the mainstream. Now, hardware engineers and product designers working with physical goods are looking at how they can adopt agile practices. Even teams working on safety-critical systems have embraced elements of agile development. The paper discusses that tο come up with product designs more quickly and deal with rapid changes in needs, hardware designers are taking a leaf out of the software development 'Agile' manual. - Author(s): J. Fell
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 72 –75
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1007
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Aero engineers are turning to additive manufacturing for fast production and better product design. - Author(s): C. Andrews
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 76 –77
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1025
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Derby County Football Club used to have one of the worst pitches in England. Now, thanks to the new technologies, it has one of the best. - Author(s): C. Quin
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 78 –79
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1026
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Put your feet up this month as your digital companions cook dinner, iron your clothes, take voice commands, protect your drinks and show you a movie. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 80 –81
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1027
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A VR headset that uses open source to look beyond gaming. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 82 –83
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1028
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Climate change, carbon footprints, environmental degradation - our tech-powered mobile lifestyle isn't as green as we may think, but here are some apps that might help to turn that around. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 84 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1029
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Although virtually unknown today, the early 19th century innovator Henry Maudslay changed the face of engineering and paved the way for the Industrial Revolution. David Waller's new book 'Iron Men' explains how. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, p. 86 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1030
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A landmark biography of a communications pioneer, how GPS has become quietly indispensable, and the story of SpaceShipOne. - Author(s): J. Maltby
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 90 –90
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1031
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Jack discovers that his engineer flatmates would like to study somewhere else. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 91 –91
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1032
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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 11, Issue 10, p. 92 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1033
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When the Precision Bass (guitar) hit the market in 1951, it was one of those genuine moments of surprise, because no one had seen anything like it before. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 10, page: 98 –98
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.1034
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Our columnist visits an Alpine Swiss village, where he learns the technology of aplhorn-making and tries to play an alphorn himself - with truly disastrous results.
Editor's Letter
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News Comment: View from Washington - Cyberespionage: Election hacking: White House declines to point the finger
News Comment: View from Brussels - Politics: Is the EU plotting a link-tax revenge on populist blogs?
News Briefing - Energy: Nuclear power reaches age of miniaturisation
The Graphic: Vanadium redox flow battery
News Briefing: Money & Markets - Investment: Can fintech change the way the money business works?
News Briefing - In Numbers: Hudson Yards - Vessel
News Analysis - Space: Can Musk achieve his Mars dream?
The Bigger Picture: British Airways i360
Opinion Feedback: Your Letters
Time Out Columnist - Design: Is computer-aided design about to get much simpler?
US Elections Infrastructure - Digging for Victory
How to build Trump's 'wall' [construction for border control]
Flow motion power [hydroelectricity]
Climate change in Australia: losing the battle? [Government's environmental policy]
Blockchain's big deal [financial IT]
The Gallery - The Art of Electronics
Security heads for the light [photonic cryptography]
Interview: Michael Gillett
Folding space [construction in Earth orbit]
PhotoEssay - A Curious Turn
Do you need a plan? [Agile electronic design]
3D printing takes off [for aerospace manufacturing]
SportsTech: Football Pitches
Reviews - Consumer Technology: Gadgets
The Teardown: Razer OSVR HDK 2 virtual reality headset
Software Reviews: Fighting climate change with your mobile
Book Interview: A nuts and bolts history of engineering
Book Reviews: Marconi, Pinpoint, How to Make a Spaceship
Jack's Blog [Columnist]
Thinking Cap [puzzles]
Classic Project: Fender Precision Bass Guitar
After All: Music - How my attempt to play an alphorn ended in embarrassment
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