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Volume 13, Issue 3
1 April 2018
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- Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0309
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"All that glisters is not gold," as Shakespeare reminds us, but this month E&T looks at the real thing. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0310
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News from around the world. - Author(s): C. Chambers
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 8 –8
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0311
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Gold is no longer money - and that' s a good thing. - Author(s): J. Leob
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 9 –9
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0312
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The most senior UK police officer in charge of stopping Islamist, extreme right-wing and Irish Republican attacks has castigated web firms for spurning law enforcement. Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley used his last major speech as the UK's top counter-terrorism officer to castigate "very wealthy" web corporations for failing to report to police users who abuse web platforms and infrastructure to plan and inspire Islamist and extreme right-wing terror plots. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 10 –10
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0313
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Social media's failure to control disinformation means it is profiting from it - and that means trouble. - Author(s): J. Loughran
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 11 –11
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0314
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5G Mobile networks are coming sooner than previously thought and will offer an experience equivalent to home broadband fibre connections on a mobile device. - Author(s): J. Loughran
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 12 –13
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0315
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Mobile World Congress, one of Europe's biggest technology conventions, has just wrapped up in Barcelona, having hosted the unveiling of a wide range of new smartphones and more. - Author(s): D. Lenton
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 14 –15
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0316
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A new visitor attraction provides contrasting views of a city's past, present and future. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 16 –17
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0317
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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): I. Litchfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 18 –18
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0318
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A UK register is the first database of its kind to explore the effects of long-term occupational exposure to radiofrequency fields. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 19 –19
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0319
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65 years after the structure of DNA was unravelled by James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, scientists are now debating the ethics of new gene-editing techniques. - Author(s): J. Loeb
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 20 –25
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0300
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In the vaults underneath the Bank of England there are hundreds upon hundreds of investor-owned gold bars with a combined worth of hundreds of billions of pounds. If you were to examine any one of these at random to try and pinpoint where the gold that comprises it was originally mined, what would you find? Almost certainly nothing. Once gold has been through the refining process, it is practically impossible to independently glean any information about its origins using chemical tests. Apart from in rare cases where databases make differentiation possible via comparisons of isotopic ratios, your investigations into the origin of the gold in your randomly selected bar would prove fruitless - regardless of the depth of your chemical or geological genius. - Author(s): D. Lenton
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 26 –27
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0320
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From 'The Italian Job' to 'Goldfinger', crimes involving gold have inspired some of the film world's most inventive plots. We rate ten of our favourites - watch out for major spoilers and one dragon. - Author(s): D. Lenton
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 28 –30
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0307
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Observations of world-shattering events that took place millions of years ago in . distant galaxies are providing scientists' with clues about how gold is created, and why it's easier to obtain than i should be. - Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 32 –33
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0321
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Laban Roomes founded Goldgenie over 20 years ago and won support on Dragon's Den for his portable plating process. Since then, the firm has gold-plated just about anything you could imagine - and some you probably wouldn't. - Author(s): H. Lamb
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 34 –37
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0302
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Tiny lumps of gold are being used to minimise the side effects of chemotherapy, tailor existing cancer treatments to individual needs, and melt tumours with a sudden blast of heat. Using gold nanoparticles could provide options for cancer treatment that avoid the side effects of current chemotherapy. - Author(s): D. Lenton
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 38 –39
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0322
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The average human contains a meagre 2mg of gold, ingested via the food chain, but gold's biocompatibility, durability and social desirability mean there are many ways of increasing that amount. - Author(s): C. Chambers
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 40 –43
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0308
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Metal-detecting technology has advanced enormously from the military equipment that was used to find landmines during the Second World War. Now sophisticated devices allow detectorists to follow their sport of hunting for lost treasures. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 44 –47
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0323
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Oscar Wilde famously described cynics as those who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. In our brief survey of some of the most notable objects ever made of gold, we didn't want to appear cynical and tried not to be guided by costs and prices alone. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 48 –52
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0303
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The market for rare earth elements (REEs) is set for massive expansion, with optimistic but feasible forecasts pointing to a doubling in global demand by as soon as 2020. But as that process gathers pace, there is a looming threat that there will be winners and losers - and that the West is already finding itself on the wrong side of the line. The REEs comprise 17 elements that have long been in electronic products and a range of more traditional applications. This latest growth wave, though, is driven by their use in clean energy applications. These are set to require a huge increase in the extraction and refining of two in particular, neodymium and praseodymium (abbreviated to NdPr in the mining industry). NdPr is shipped in oxide form for use in making the lightweight neodymium-ironboron (NdFeB) permanent magnets inside high-efficiency motors and turbines. A third REE, dysprosium, is added to magnets for motors that operate at high temperatures. As you might have guessed, the most eyecatching of the emerging markets for such technology is electric vehicles (EVs), although wind power is seen as a significant secondary sector. However, the inevitable excitement around REEs as an enabler is tempered by concerns about the supply chain. - Author(s): T. Fryer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 54 –55
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0304
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Mining for gold is an an incredibly energy-intensive and environmentally damaging process because the amount of gold retrievable from its ore is so tiny. Electronics, however, has developed something of a gold habit. The precious metal is an excellent conductor; it doesn't tarnish or corrode like copper and silver, and so can be used in very thin layers to reliably conduct small currents. Its main use is at contact points where oxidation would be more of an issue for other metals. To offset the mining problem, Dell Computers has launched a project to reclaim and reuse the gold already embedded in its discarded laptops. - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 56 –59
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0305
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The author briefly discusses the nature of alchemy and goes on to discuss the practitioners and their lasting contributions to science. In particular, mention is made of the work by Zosimos of Panopolis, Maria the Jewess, Jean Baptista Van Helmont, Ge Hοng, Isaac Newton, Paracelsus, Johann Friedrich Böttger, and Hennig Brand. - Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 60 –61
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0324
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Each year the Industrie Forum (iF) in Germany sets out to identify the best new designs in everything from razors to tractors out of thousands of entries. Here's our pick of just a few of iF's Gold award winners for 2018, with some new designs for emerging technologies. - Author(s): T. Fryer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 62 –64
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0306
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Using gold-plated wires thinner than hair, a team at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is working in collaboration with Oxford Space Systems (OSS) with a view to developing a new type of deployable antenna for satellite systems. Satellites are pretty expensive to build, but they are very expensive to get into orbit. Although recent events could indicate a drop in costs, the typical estimation for putting a kilogram of payload into low-Earth orbit (LEO) is in the order of $10,000. LEO varies in definition but is generally regarded as being an altitude in the region of 160km to 1,800km. - Author(s): D. Birket
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 65 –67
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0325
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A new film claims that behind the iconic celebrity was a woman who struggled to be recognised as a scientist. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 68 –71
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0326
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Despite being a celebrated and serious artist in his own right, the distinctly non-technical William Heath Robinson was to become famous for his absurd drawings of imaginary contraptions and machines, making him a household name in the world of engineering. Here, we find out why. - Author(s): T. Fryer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 72 –73
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0327
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In the year 2044 it seems human civilisation has reached the end of the road. With life barely worth living in the real world, a virtual world becomes a global obsession. - Author(s): M. Williamson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 74 –77
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0328
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Industrial battery designer and manufacturer Saft celebrates its centenary this year. Here, CEO Ghislain Lescuyer describes how a mature technology can play a vital role in supplying back-up power to critical infrastructure, while grabbing the headlines in Formula 1 and space. - Author(s): C. Quin
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 78 –79
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0329
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Gadgets galore, for pet owners, prototypers, people with hearing loss, fitness fanatics and more. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 80 –81
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0330
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Huawei's latest smartphone aims high as US policy-makers aim low to protect phone manufacturing. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 82 –83
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0331
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Reputation is one of the key ingredients to success in the technology space. So how do we gain a good reputation in the market? How do we maintain it? And how can we repair it when things go wrong? Author David Waller has the answers. - Author(s): M. Williamson ; J. Leob ; V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 84 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0332
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The pioneering space station whose story reads like the pitch for a film script. - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 87 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0333
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Here is a random selection of fresh gadgetry for you to feast your eyes on. This time, we have a look at some silly shorts, a self-esteem killer, and a smell-o-phone. Enjoy! - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 88 –88
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0334
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This edition tells the story of how chemical engineering hid Nobel prizes from the Nazis. - Author(s): M. Barfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 90 –90
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0335
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Our final monthly selection of peculiar patents, odd odes and readers' responses. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 91 –91
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0336
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Give your brain a workout with this month's testing puzzles. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 92 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0337
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Prior to the arrival in 1933 of Alfonso Bialetti's stovetop octagonal aluminium coffee maker, there had been no satisfactory method of making espresso-style coffee in the home. - Author(s): J. Maltby
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 94 –94
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0338
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Jack's mum considers how engineers can do good without being patronising. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 13, Issue 3, page: 98 –98
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2018.0339
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Our columnist reviews some additions to his ever-expanding collection of old and not-so-old railway timetables.
Editor's Letter
World News
News Comment- Money & Markets : Gold was used as a medium of exchange from the start of civilisation, but that's changing in our digital world.
News Briefing - Social Media: Online giants have never reported terror material to police, top officer reveals
News Comment: View from Washington - Automation: Lies and malice find profitable platforms on social media
News Briefing - Comms: 5G paving the way for a new era of connectivity
News Briefing - Devices: New phones galore in Barcelona
The Measure of: The Dubai Frame
Opinion Feedback: Your Letters
Opinion: First Person - Health and Safety: It's time to get to grips with the 'invisible enemy' of RF radiation
The Graphic - Unravelling the code of life
Tracing the story of 'Tainted' gold
The Gallery: Hang on, Lads; I've got a great idea!
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
PhotoEssay - Gold: Luxury goods
Golden shot at cancer cure
The Gallery: Gold - Biology
The history hunters
Gold - Objects: All that glitters . . .
The battle for rare earths
There's gold in them thar dells!
The debt science owes to alchemy
Industry Design: Design Awards 2018
Golden eye in the sky
Film - Biography: Hedy Lamarr - Film star or scientist?
Illustration - Heath Robinson: Welcome to Heath Robinson's absurdly ingenious world
Big Screen - Ready player one: Virtually possible
Interview: Ghislain Lescuyer
Reviews - Consumer Technology: Gadgets
The Teardown: Huawei Mate 10 Pro
Book Interview: Keeping up appearances
Book Reviews: Skylab, Cosmism and Enlightenment
Technology - Blog: Bizarre Tech
The Eccentric Engineer - Chemistry: Bohr, de Hevesey and the hidden treasures of 'Jewish Science'
e&tCetera . . . [mini-stories]
Thinking Cap [puzzles]
Classic Project: Moka Express Coffee Maker
Jack's Blog [Columnist]
After All: Transport - Amazing revelations of the seemingly useless 'door stoppers'
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