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Volume 11, Issue 5
June 2016
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- Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0509
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We visit the smartest city in the world and find out what makes it so special. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0510
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News from around the world. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 8 –8
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0511
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American companies share the US President's concerns over the consequences of a 'Leave' vote. - Author(s): P. Neroth
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 10 –10
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0512
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Electric cars make up just 0.1 per cent of the fleet in Germany, while car makers play safe with improvements to petrol technology to cut emissions. - Author(s): K. Moskvitch
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 12 –13
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0513
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We need roads to get around, so why not get some energy back from them? A year and a half ago, the Dutch town of Krommenie opened a cycle path dotted with solar panels. Now the team behind the project plans to build a similar one in California. - Author(s): T. Pultarova and J. Loughlan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 14 –15
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0514
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China has announced plans to send a rover to Mars in 2020 - the same year as the delayed European rover launch. But could Elon Musk beat them both? Meanwhile, a new imaging technique heralds a "new era in planetary exploration" without going anywhere. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 16 –16
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0515
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The famous chimes of Big Ben will fall silent in 2017 after 157 years of nearly unbroken service, as a three-year programme of repairs and conservation gets under way on the tower and clock of one of London's best-known landmarks. The work is expected to cost £29m. - Author(s): C. Chambers
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 17 –17
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0516
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If the 'efficient market hypothesis' is true, it means you have to cheat to win - and these days that means your computer has to be faster than your competitor's. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 18 –19
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0517
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The Hyperions - whose name derives from the tallest tree in the world - is 36 storeys high (128.2m), and is proposed for the Jaypee Greens Sports City in New Delhi, India. - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 20 –20
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0518
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Portaventura World Parks & Resort in Barcelona, Spain is home to the new Ferrari Land, the resort's third theme park which is scheduled to open mid-2017. - Author(s): J-L. Evans
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 21 –21
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0519
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There's still uncertainty around some aspects of an imminent new Directive affecting all suppliers of radio equipment sold in the EU. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 22 –24
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0520
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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. Maughan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 26 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0500
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We believe the biggest challenge facing cities of the future is two-fold: power reliability and power sustainability," says David Chiesa, senior director of business development at the S&C Electric Company. "Power Engineeτing & Technology lone 205 outages are incredibly disruptive for cities and their citizens; in fact, outages cost world economies hundreds of billions of dollars per year. Additionally, during major weather events like hurricanes, snow storms, heat waves and earthquakes cities rely on their electrical infrastructure to coordinate first-responders and provide essential services to citizens." It's hardly surprising that `resilience' has become the buzz word for companies like S&C when they talk about power and smart cities. From an infrastructure point of view, Hurricane Sandy in New York and Katrina in New Orleans caused unprecedented flooding and power cuts. But with such extreme weather events expected to increase as climate changedevelops, important questions still remain: what does being `smart' or 'resilient' really mean, and is the push for more technology-driven, power-hungry cities just exacerbating the problem? - Author(s): L. Jones
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 30 –33
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0501
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A smart city uses technology to automate and improve city services, ultimately making citizens' lives better. It describes a city full of connections, where information technology and the Internet of Things (IOT) is embedded into everyday life. The problem is, for each connection, there's a risk. Data is shared across networks that, if poorly encrypted, can be accessed. Each connection, however remote or seemingly innocuous, could provide an entry point for a hacker who could potentially manipulate that system for their own devices. Digital security experts like Cesar Cerrudo, CTO for IOActive Labs, have concerns about how robust this encryption is. Cerrudo points out that many use weak encryption algorithms, and others have poor key encryption generation or fixed keys that hackers can gain access to. It's not just fragile encryption or weak connection security - citizens in a smart city havea part to play too. Simple or shared passwords and lost memory sticks could potentially offer hackers the opportunity to access personal and business information that we hold. Malware can be stored within apps we freely download. - Author(s): R. Brazil
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 34 –37
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0502
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With so much more to offer than just simple illumination, how far can smart lighting go? Anyone walking past New York's iconic Flatiron building last autumn might have spotted people talking to a street light. It's not the first time this has been seen in New York, but it would have been the first time the street light actually talked back. As part of GE's intelligent street lighting project, a demonstrator lamppost, equipped with a digital screen and speakers, surprised passersby with the latest weather forecast and tourist information. While this is unlikely to be exactly how `smart' street lighting will work in the future, the demonstrator gave an entertaining glimpse of what is coming. It is likely that through a network of LED (light-emitting diode) lights fitted with cameras and sensors, our future cities will be able to give us real-time updates on whereto park, how to avoid traffic jams and which parts of the city are overcrowded, as well as calling the emergency services when trouble arises. - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 38 –41
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0503
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The quest for a smart' city has exposed the damning evidence of energy and environmental dangers by using Big Data. Analysing around architecture, the behaviours of the public and other aspects shows what needs to be done in order to improve the environment we live in. A rapidly growing global population means that we will need to exploit a space's potential, whether it is taller sustainable buildings, innovative waste management, or better renewable processes. One of the biggest priorities when creating a smart city is to keep it eco-friendly and for us to work towards a cleaner, greener future. We need to look at sustainable buildings - according to interactive platform Urban Hub, about 25amillion new housing units will be required before 2030 in the 12 most populated countries, which account for 61 per cent of the global population. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 42 –42
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0504
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There is indeed widespread confusion as to what `smart mobility' actually means. The role of transport in the generally accepted concept of `smartness' appears minuscule. According to the 2015 list of the world's 50 smartest companies by MIT Technology Review, only one of those 50 - Uber - is directly involved with city transport issues. To make it worse, Uber occupies the last space on the list. One of the reasons for keeping the transport sector so low on the scale of smartness may lie in the frequent over-usage, or 'abusage' (pace Eric Partridge), of the word `smart', often reduced to a meaningless soundbite. And yet, the modern city's transport scene is resplendent with exciting technological innovations - whether we call them smart or not. Let's face it, with volumes of traffic and population constantly on the increase, a well-organised `intelligent' transport system,which ensures unrestricted mobility for people and goods, is a cornerstone of urban life. (4 pages) - Author(s): K. Moskvitch
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 48 –51
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0508
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Barcelona is one of Europe's top tourist destinations - but as groups of visitors stream into the stunningly beautiful basilica Sagrada Familia designed by Antoni Gaudi, I explore another of the city's attractions, at a bus stop just a stone's throw away. Call it a technology gimmick, but it's one of many things that set Barcelona apart from other cities. The bus 1 get on has not only an environmentally friendly engine, but also a number of USB mobile chargers onboard, free to use. And so do many of the bus stops dotted around town, right next to the huge interactive touchscreens that are connected to the Internet and help you find your way around the city. Most locals in Barcelona take such amenities for granted these days, but at least the tourists notice. It's just one of several things that have earned Barcelona the label of being one of the world's top `smart cities'. Being smart is not only about being digital. "We have started changing our whole bus network, showing our bus lines on maps in a way that's similar to the lines on the metro, with transfers clearly indicated on a map," points out Alberto Fonseca, director of business technology at TMB, or Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona. As we hop off the bus at Avenida Diagonal, one of the longest roads cutting straight through the city, the metro heritage of the bus map is obvious: each bus line has a different colour, and interchanges are clearly marked. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 52 –55
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0521
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Meet 'sleek geek' Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. He has several degrees and has done everything from building an electroretinograph to driving a cab. But can he help the rest of the world make science and engineering more popular? - Author(s): C. Evans-Pughe
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 56 –59
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0505
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Every ten years, computers get a thousand times faster thanks to Moore's Law scaling and task-sharing over ever larger numbers of CPUs. Even so, while the number of transistors on the average circuit continues to rise, traditional wire data transfer is proving just a bit too slow for the modern processor. With increasing demands for high-speed data transmission, the spotlight is on a shift to photons to carry the data. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 60 –61
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0522
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This glass sightseeing platform in Beijing, China, is longer than the Grand Canyon Skywalk in the USA by 11.4 metres. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 62 –65
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0523
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When two entrepreneurial climbers started a cottage industry manufacturing rucksacks, they couldn't have known they would become a household name. We catch up with head of innovation Paul Cosgrove and reflect on 50 years of change at Berghaus. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 66 –69
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0506
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A factory in Germany produces custom-made muesli, with the filling machines adding ingredients according to the instructions provided for each order.You still have to provide your own fresh fruit, though. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 70 –70
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0524
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The Isle of Man is part of the British Isles, but it is not and has never been part of either the UK or the European Union. E&T has been to see how it fares, particularly from an engineering point of view. (4 pages) - Author(s): A. Alderson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 76 –77
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0507
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Swimming is among the most minimalist of sports in terms of equipment, yet in recent years, high-tech swimsuits have become so effective that in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, competitors wearing the Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit - made from a mix of woven elastane-nylon and polyurethane - set 23 out of 25 world records and won 94 per cent of the races. These non-textile, full-body suits were subsequently banned in 2009 by world swimming's governing body FINA. The paper discusses if specialised swimsuit and some motion analysis could shave seconds off race times? - Author(s): C. Quin
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 78 –79
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0525
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The latest tech to prevent bike thefts, 3D scan yourself, skate effortlessly, document your travels, replace flame with plasma and make the most of your vinyl. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 80 –81
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0526
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Asus is targeting the schools market with a laptop that's robust and easy to repair. - Author(s): B. Betts
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 82 –83
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0527
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Making our cities smarter is more than just infrastructure. It's also about getting real benefits to residents, not just to administrators, and that's where mobile apps could help. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 84 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0528
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Modern architecture can be seen as a huge book that describes the state of society, its concerns, wealth and technology. Author Will Jones explains how to read between the lines of an extremely complex set of concepts. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 86 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0529
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From the serious business of tackling terrorism to improving your golf through science, via a look back at a landmark personal computer. - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 88 –88
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0530
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Joseph Monier's frustration with broken flower pots in the 19th century led him to create a tough material that could build skyscrapers. - Author(s): M. Barfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 90 –90
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0531
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Our usual multifarious assortment of entertaining tall tales from science and technology. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 91 –91
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0532
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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 5, p. 92 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0533
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Based on drawings by Seb Coulthard of the 2012 James Caird replica the Alexandra Shackleton. - Author(s): J. Maltby
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 94 –94
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0534
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Jack's dad always said engineering and spirituality couldn''t inhabit the same universe. Now, he's not so certain. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 11, Issue 5, page: 98 –98
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2016.0535
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In the first of two columns to mark the 100th anniversary of the Trans-Siberian Railway, our columnist explains his ongoing fascination with an obscure engineering writer and his passion for the 'Transsib'.
Editor's Letter
World News
News Comment: View from Washington
News Comment: View from Brussels
News Briefing: In Num6ers - Sola Road
News Briefing - The race to the Red Planet
The Graphic: Big Ben falls silent
News Briefing: Money & Markets
The Bigger Picture: The Hyperions
News Briefing - Theme Park: Ferrari Land on with construction
Comment "if you ask me..." - Standards: Confusion remains as countdown to radio equipment regulations end
Opinion Feedback: Your Letters
Powering the Smart City
Securing the Smart City
Lighting the Smart City
Greening the Smart City
Transport in the Smart city
Barcelona: the world's Smart City?
Interview: Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
Charge of the light brigade [photonics]
The Bigger Picture: All-round view
Interview: Paul Cosgrove
Bespoke muesli sets Industry 4.0 on its way [manufacturing digitisation]
Case study - Isle of Man: Brexit lessons from a non-EU neighbour
Racing gear [swimming kits]
Gadgets
The Teardown: Asus Chromebook C202
Software Reviews: Apps for the smart city
Book Interview: Making sense of bricks and mortar
Book Reviews: Engineers of Jihad, Now the Chips are Down, Golf - The science of the Perfect Swing
The Eccentric Engineer - Built Environment: The gardener whose work let to today's cityscapes
e&tCetera . . .
Thinking Cap
Classic Project: James Caird, Class 1A
Jack's Blog
After All - Railways: A literary viaduct from Turkestan to Siberia
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