Volumes & issues:
Volume 12, Issue 10
1 November 2017
-
- Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1038
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
In his third column to mark the centenary of the October 1917 Revolution in Russia, Vitali Vitaliev looks at the uncomfortably familiar technology of Soviet censorship. - Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1009
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
Welcome to our censorship special. - Author(s): J. Maltby
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1037
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
Jack's flatmates ask whether hackers should be called up for Queen and country. - Author(s): H. Lamb
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1019
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
Researchers at Ohio State University have carried out a study into the internet use of Russian citizens, finding that the Russian government has successfully convinced many to avoid websites and social media networks that may be critical of President Vladimir Putin's regime. - Author(s): J. Loeb
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1015
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
China's crackdown on foreign shipments of recycling has created bottlenecks in Europe after the country said consignments being sent into its ports were an environmental hazard. Backlogs could even be exacerbated by the repatriation of shipments that have already arrived at Chinese ports after a sea journey lasting several weeks. - Author(s): J. Loughran
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1012
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
Tweed and Rob have been trained to detect digital storage devices, including USB sticks, SD cards and hard drives. Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police have been using their canine companions to identify criminals not just in the area, but across the UK. - Author(s): J. Loeb
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1011
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
A project to gauge how many children new AI and facialrecognition technology has saved from rape has been launched as pan-European police forces seek to unmask abusers who use the dark web and encrypted apps to hide their activity. - Author(s): C. Chambers
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1017
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
As yet another British tech firm is snapped up, the UK will soon be left with no engineering companies, unless it starts to value and nurture its engineers. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1013
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
Silicon Valley's new titans must learn to match resources to their growth, but they have a blindspot on oversight as a growth issue. - Author(s): A. Taylor
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1020
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
As cities across the world become more interconnected, the promise of limitless mobility relies on being able to adapt swiftly to the changing travel patterns of their inhabitants. - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1032
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
Seeing as it's close to the Halloween season, I thought I'd have a look at some spooky offerings from around the world. - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1033
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
This edition tells the story of how a new age had dawned, thanks to the brilliance of a Belgian chemist and the suspicious nature of a photographic entrepreneur. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1016
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
The USA has hit Montreal-based Bombardier with punitive import tariffs of up to 220 per cent after Boeing alleged its rival could sell its regional C Series jets at below cost because of subsidies from Canada and the UK. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1035
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
Give your brain a workout with this month's testing puzzles. - Author(s): M. Barfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10,
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1034
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
(1)
Our monthly collection of unreliable science and technology mini-stories. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1010
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
6
–7
(2)
News from around the world. - Author(s): T. Fryer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 12 –13
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1014
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
12
–13
(2)
"The iF Design Talent Awards is a global competition to recognise the best designs by students. Entries are invited in categories that reflect some of the big societal issues - future healthcare, transport in cities, living in small spaces and smart home and work spaces. Of the 130 winners selected this year, E&T has picked some of the most eye-catching here, even if not all may be destined for success. Entries for next year's competition will be called for at the end of October - keep an eye on ifworlddesignguide.com for further announcements.". - Author(s): J. Fell
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 18 –19
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1018
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
18
–19
(2)
Since its formal inauguration back in 1980, the Karl G Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) has revealed untold secrets about the formation of distant galaxies. This year it's taking on the universe itself. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 22 –23
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1021
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
22
–23
(2)
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. Fryer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 24 –25
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1022
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
24
–25
(2)
The project started in 2013 and was led by Zaha Hadid Architects. The mainly glazed structure represents sand dune patterns generated by desert winds - as Riyadh lies in the heart of the Arabian Desert - and "echoes efficiency of pedestrian routes and connectivity". - Author(s): L. Collins
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 28 –31
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1000
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
28
–31
(4)
WHAT'S WRONG WITH women's nipples? Or rather, why do some social-media platforms allow men to post topless pictures of themselves, but ban women from doing the same thing? The answer to this question neatly encapsulates the key issue of online censorship today. We may think of the online world as a global commons, a public space for free expression, but it is increasingly a series of private spaces within which we are given limited permission to act. Our access to each other and to the resources available within these spaces is increasingly being controlled not just by law, but by gatekeepers whose motivations may include political advantage, social control, or simple profit. For example, the Free The Nipple movement was launched in 2012 to highlight the differing ways in which society expects the bodies of women and men to be portrayed, as part of a campaign focused on "equality, empowerment and the freedom of all human beings". When women started posting topless images of themselves using the #freethenipple hashtag on Instagram, their posts were banned for breaching the service's Community Guidelines. In a 2015 interview with Business Insider, Kevin Systrom, CEO of Instagram, explained that one reason for this was to meet the content guidelines of Apple's App Store. One gatekeeper (Instagram) bowed to another (Apple) to control how a campaign for equality was expressed online. In a sense, this should be no surprise. When Steve Jobs launched the iPhone App Store in 2008, he said that apps would not be allowed to distribute pornography, hog bandwidth, breach user privacy, act maliciously, or otherwise violate rules set by the company. The motivation, Jobs said, was "to get a ton of apps out there". This is fair enough in the context of furthering a business' interests. However, as the web, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, Sina Weibo, Snapchat and more gather billions of users and become prime conduits for our communications, the way they are governed and controlled becomes increasingly important to the functioning of society. How big an issue is online censorship? According to estimates by Freedom House, a US watchdog backed by sponsors ranging from the US State Department and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to BAE Systems and Google: . 3.2 billion people have access to the internet . 67 per cent live in countries where criticism of the government, military, or ruling family has been subject to censorship . 60 per cent live in countries where ICT users were arrested or imprisoned for posting content on political, social and religious issues . 49 per cent live in countries where individuals have been attacked or killed for their online activities since June 2015 . 47 per cent live in countries where insulting religion online can result in censorship or jail time . 33 per cent live in countries where online discussion of LGBT+ issues can be repressed or punished . 38 per cent live in countries where social media or messaging apps were blocked over the past year . 27 per cent live in countries THIS IIIS MRCI'IIME FIGHTS IMTERλèET SHUTDOWMS #Keej On The pressure group Access Now monitors and campaigns against internet shutdowns Eπgiπaartnthetas 8 Tichnology November 2017 www.EandTmagazine ceπwhere users have been arrested for writing, sharing or even liking Facebook posts . 38 per cent live under governments that disconnected internet or mobile phone access, often for political reasons. In other words, the global commons is increasingly strictly policed, and offending its gatekeepers can lead to harsh punishments. - Author(s): J. Loeb
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 32 –35
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1001
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
32
–35
(4)
A lack of clarity surrounding the legal aspects of biometric identification is holding back efforts to implement facial recognition technology. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 36 –39
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1002
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
36
–39
(4)
Are the social media companies finally getting their act together on filtering content? This was hardly the first time that the media had found itself at odds with an internet giant over filtering and censorship. It is a decade since online censorship and abuse became public issues. The tensions behind it are proving slow and difficult to resolve. - Author(s): T. Fryer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 40 –43
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1003
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
40
–43
(4)
One important function of censorship is to keep unsuitable products and services away from those who are too young to be subjected to them. But how can technology determine how old a user is? The answer had better present itself soon, as a legal obligation is on the horizon. - Author(s): H. Clarke
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 44 –48
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1004
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
44
–48
(5)
More than 20 years after the first Global Navigation Satellite System became fully operational, incidents in Russia seem to confirm that the most used network, the USA's GPS system, can be spoofed. Given the heavy reliance on GPS by transport, energy networks and even banks, many experts now believe we need systems to combat this interference. - Author(s): M. Courtney
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 50 –53
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1005
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
50
–53
(4)
Voice-activated digital assistants are a fast and easy way to look up information, initiate web-based communications and keep on top of busy schedules. But users may need to start censoring what they say, or face the very real prospect of a digital spy leaking more information than they care to divulge. Samsung's newly acquired Viv artificial intelligence platform is about to join the growing number of voice-activated digital assistants available to consumers - these already include Apple Siri, Google Assistant, Microsoft Cortana and Amazon Alexa on their smartphones, dedicated Wi-Fi-enabled smart speakers like Amazon Echo and Google Home, and also Microsoft's Xbox One entertainment console. Facebook added similar capabilities to its Messenger platform in 2015 while Google embedded an intelligent agent to its new messaging app chatbot, Allo, this year. - Author(s): T. Fryer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 54 –55
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1023
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
54
–55
(2)
It is 200 years since the earliest form of the bicycle was invented. Speed, safety and comfort have all moved on considerably since then, and the current cycling boom is appealing to the technology enthusiast almost as much as the cyclist. We take a look at the some of the technology milestones that have marked the journey from the 'hobby horse' to the latest equipment for commuting, touring or mountain biking. - Author(s): J. Hayes
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 56 –58
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1006
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
56
–58
(3)
New smarter Wi-Fi systems can give owners better returns on their investments by offering enhanced features to users and providing valuable information to operators. - Author(s): L. Murray
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 60 –62
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1007
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
60
–62
(3)
Bosch may be a name more familiar to many of us as a white goods brand, but it has a long history of innovation in car component design. EST was invited to share in the company's vision of the future at its Boxberg test track near Stuttgart. - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 64 –65
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1024
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
64
–65
(2)
A furniture designer has solved the issue of overcrowding in his city by building a secret suspended office under a road bridge. - Author(s): J. Hayes
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 66 –69
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1008
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
66
–69
(4)
Rolling global news around events such as the tremendous earthquake in Mexico and the Caribbean hurricane season can leave the impression that the frequency and ferocity of geophysical hazards has increased lately. Earthquakes arguably have the biggest direct effect on humankind, and pose a threat to around one-third of the planet's population. - Author(s): T. Fryer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 70 –71
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1025
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
70
–71
(2)
Armed forces of the future might deploy swarms of adaptable unmanned aircraft that switch between fixed-wing and 'helicopter' modes in mid-flight. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 72 –75
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1026
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
72
–75
(4)
Earlier this year Tolga Kurtoglu became CEO of the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in Silicon Valley with the remit. - Author(s): C. Andrews
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 76 –77
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1027
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
76
–77
(2)
Professional sport for humans is becoming increasingly reliant on technology. Could horse racing, one of the world's most traditional and conservative pastimes, be going the same way? - Author(s): C. Quin
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 78 –79
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1028
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
78
–79
(2)
New tech for gardens, security, home cinema and cleaner air and water. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 80 –81
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1029
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
80
–81
(2)
The father of Android enters the handset market. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 82 –83
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1030
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
82
–83
(2)
Design engineers are often cornered into compromise decisions based on trade-offs, but author Jennifer Riel believes 'integrative thinking' offers a better, more holistic way of approaching design. - Author(s): J. Fell ; D. Lenton ; M. Williamson ; J. Cable
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 84 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1031
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
84
–85
(2)
Why it's simplistic to condemn all processed food as junk, preparing for the arrival of true artificial intelligence, and the real-life search for Earth's sister planets. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 12, Issue 10, p. 92 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2017.1036
- Type: Article
- + Show details - Hide details
-
p.
92
–93
(2)
Hard as it is to imagine, the general design principle of the bicycle has changed little since the introduction of the diamond frame in 1896. While there have been many challengers to this orthodoxy, the real gamechanger was the unveiling of the innovation-laden Moulton bicycle at the 1962 Earls Court Cycle Show.
After All: USSR - Beware of the allhearing pig's ears hidden in the walls
Editor's Letter
Jack's Blog [Columnist]
News Briefing - Censorship: Putin's 'psychological firewall' induces' russians to self-censor online, study finds
News Briefing - Recycling: Plastic bottleneck as China rejects 'contaminated' recyclables
News Briefing - Security: Police employ hard-drive-detecting dogs to catch criminals
News Briefing - Software: Europol study assesses technology for fighting online child abuse
News Comment- Money & Markets : Economics - And then there were none. . . British companies are at risk
News Comment: View from Washington - Silicon Valley: Fast-growing firms must make sure oversight keeps pace
Opinion First Person - Comment: Transport - smart city is one that turns real-time data into real-world information
Technology - Blog: Bizarre Tech
The Eccentric Engineer - Materials: How a non-compete agreement moulded the modern world
The Graphic: Bombardier hit by US tariff
Thinking Cap [puzzles]
e&tCetera . . . [mini-stories]
World News
Innovation-Design: What if . . . ?
The Measure of: The universe
Opinion Feedback: Your Letters
The Bigger Picture - Rainy night in Riyadh
Gatekeepers of our lives [Internet censorship]
The face of future surveillance [biometrics]
Containing content [social media content filtering]
Watching without mother [age verification technology]
Is Russia rigging GPS? [Satellite navigation]
Careless talk costs privacy [digital assistants]
Design-Transport: The Bicycle's Journey
Lets get more connected [wi-fi networks]
Inside the future of cars [Bosch driverless cars]
PhotoEssay
Shaking up earthquake warning systems [disaster prevention]
The Gallery: UAVs in a spin
Interview: Tolga Kurtoglu
SportsTech - Does technology keep racehorses safe?
Reviews - Consumer Technology: Gadgets
The Teardown: Essential Phone PH-1
Book Interview: When compromise isn't the solution
Book Reviews: In Defense of Processed Food, Life 3.0, Planet Factory
Classic Project: 'F-Frame' or Mouton Bicycle
Most viewed content for this Journal
Article
content/journals/et
Journal
5
Most cited content for this Journal
We currently have no most cited data available for this content.
