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Volume 14, Issue 3
1 April 2019
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- Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0314
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How can engineering and technology help tackle the world's plastic problem? And how is E&T doing its part? - Author(s): S. Doyle
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 5 –5
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0315
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A Japanese spacecraft successfully touched down on a speeding asteroid last month as part of a mission to collect samples that could provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0316
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News from around the world. - Author(s): S. Morgan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 8 –8
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0317
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The EU just put pen to paper on a first-of-its-kind aviation deal with Qatar in the latest example of what post-Brexit Britain looks set to miss out on. - Author(s): J. Loughran
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 9 –9
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0318
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Foldable Devices mark the "biggest change" ever in the smartphone industry, according to Huawei's mobile boss Richard Yu as he unveiled the company's Mate X foldable smartphone at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The device came just days after Samsung announced its first foldable phone, the Galaxy Fold. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 10 –10
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0319
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The US and China are moving rapidly to adopt AI-based weaponry, with potentially destabilising effects. - Author(s): J. Loughran
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 11 –11
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0320
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Plastic Waste is to be used to pave British roads in the future thanks to a new factory in Scotland. The MacRebur plant in Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, has created 12 jobs. The process the firm uses sees rubbish granulated, mixed with an activator developed by the company and then distributed to asphalt producers. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 12 –12
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0321
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Crew Dragon is a passenger version of SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship. In its first mission, carrying a dummy astronaut, it successfully docked with the International Space Station on 3 March. The reusable capsule is built to last for 10 flights. - Author(s): C. Chambers
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 13 –13
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0322
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Quantitative easing was billed as a temporary fix to stem the recession, but trying to reverse it has hit the global financial machine. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 14 –14
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0323
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Huawei's latest european venture highlights the need for techniques that ensure trustworthiness without having to completely reverse engineer every machine. - Author(s): J. Loughran
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 15 –15
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0324
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Airlines are not doing enough to mitigate their carbon emissions and their impact on climate change, according to a study from the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), a group representing 40 investors with around $13tn in assets under management that assesses companies' preparedness for the transition to a low-carbon economy. - Author(s): S. Morgan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 16 –17
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0300
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The United kingdom's power grid is fully integrated with mainland Europe's, so given the evidently Herculean task of severing ties with the European Union, it is unsurprising that concerns have been raised about post-Brexit energy policy. In the present article the author asks the question: will the UK be able to keep the lights on and electricity flowing? - Author(s): J. O'Malley
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 18 –19
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0301
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At the time of writing, Brexit is nearly upon us without any clues as to what it might actually mean. In the present article the author asks how engineering SMEs are coping with the situation. He shows that with the prospect of significant changes to trading arrangements imminent, and with the current uncertainty, British engineering firms are already feeling the heat - both as the recipients of goods manufactured on complex supply chains and as links in much larger chains. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 20 –21
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0325
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A megastructure featuring the world's highest skybridge has been structurally completed in China. Singapore-based company CapitaLand held a topping out ceremony in February for the eighth and final skyscraper of its Chinese construction, Raffles City Chongqing. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 22 –24
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0326
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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): D. Watson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 25 –25
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0327
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Today's electricity infrastructure, driven by commercial forces, will find it hard to cope when things go seriously wrong. - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 26 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0302
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In the present article the author states that of all the plastics found in a typical kitchen, two-thirds can't be recycled. The Society of Plastic Industries has created seven codes to differentiate between types of plastic. However, only two types can be recycled successfully: polyethylene terephthalate (PET or PETE), which is used to create water bottles and synthetic fibres, and high-density polyethylene (HDPE), used to create bottle caps and water pipes, among other things. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 30 –31
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0303
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The days when plastics were the future are now well behind us, but they continue to be irreplaceable in the present, as the following killer apps demonstrate. These include: carbon fibres; low friction PTFE; natural rubber; Kevlar materials; transparent plastics; and silicon-based silicone materials. - Author(s): H. Vella
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 32 –35
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0304
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Increasing consumer awareness of plastic use and waste have forced brands, manufacturers and consumers to rethink the sustainability of their product packaging. We consider the facts - and not the myths - about the environmental credentials of potential replacements for plastics. - Author(s): R. Pool
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 36 –38
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0305
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Be it from seaweed, sugar cane or seafood, the author shows that edible packaging is coming to a food outlet near you soon. The various source options are discussed, including seaweed, seafood, plastic packaging from milk and nanofoam applications. - Author(s): D. Lenton
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 40 –41
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0328
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A DIY project is helping communities around the world to reuse their plastic waste instead of just sending it for recycling. - Author(s): R. Pool
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 42 –45
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0306
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With the ever-increasing problem of plastic waste showing no signs of relenting, the author asks whether a new breed of sustainable polymer can end the nightmare and describes work devoted to developing more environment-friendly polymers as well as sustainable processes to recycle and re-use existing plastics. - Author(s): H. Lamb
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 46 –47
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0307
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Silicones, like plastics, were invented in the 20th century and have since become a colourful, omnipresent part of our lives. Silicones are made of repeating units of siloxanes: silicon-oxygen chains. In their many forms - oils, gels, foams and solids -they are valuable in electronics, medicine, transport and other industries; significantly, their unique sets of properties help improve energy efficiency and reduce waste (they tend to be very light and durable, and make excellent thermal insulators and lubricants). - Author(s): H. Clarke
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 48 –51
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0308
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China's clampdown on plastic waste imports, the so-called yanglaji, or 'foreign rubbish' threw the global recycling industry into a maelstrom. The author looks at the impact the ban had and discovers how China is going to tackle its own plastic rubbish. - Author(s): S. Doyle
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 52 –53
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0309
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Anew zero-waste store has joined the Hackney high street as part of a collaborative effort to make the London borough a more sustainable community. - Author(s): T. Pultarova
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 54 –58
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0310
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Biodegradable plastics might seem an obvious solution to the plastic waste problem, but their current form lags behind fossil-based polymers in required properties. Sometimes they don't even biodegrade that well. The author discusses new research that is trying to find a solution to the problem. - Author(s): J. Wilson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 60 –61
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0311
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With the issue of plastics firmly on the agenda, could this spell trouble for the vinyl records spinning on the world's turntables? - Author(s): L. Williams
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 62 –65
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0312
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Concerns about how to store data and the increasing cost of doing so have led researchers to think about alternative methods. The present author discusses various options including: using DNA and other macromolecules; skymions and spintronics; and nitrogen vacancy centres in diamond. - Author(s): C. Hayes
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 66 –69
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0313
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From gaming technology to the operating table, virtual reality and augmented reality are becoming valuable tools in surgical procedures and healthcare. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 70 –73
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0329
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Imaginarium Studios CEO Matt Brown discusses his work in performance motion capture for movie franchises such as 'The lord of the Rings' and 'Planet of the apes', as well as his studio's increasing involvement in the mixed-reality world of the Magic leap spatial headset. - Author(s): T. Fryer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 74 –75
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0330
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China's first sci-fi blockbuster has an eccentric premise, but also more solid science and smart ideas than it suggests. - Author(s): C. Quin
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 76 –77
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0331
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Timeless pleasures like pizza, guitars and vinyl, transformed thanks to technology. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 78 –79
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0332
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The world's smallest phone caused the wrong kind of fuss on Kickstarter. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 80 –81
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0333
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In the 20th century we discovered virtually everything remaining to be known about chemistry. Despite that, it still has a vital role to play in engineering applications, says former BP chief scientist Bernie Bulkin. - Author(s): H. Lamb ; N. Smith ; V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 82 –83
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0334
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A warning of technology's 'antihuman' agenda, how some nations are winning the war on climate change, and a scientist who was a victim of politics. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 84 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0335
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Media theorist Professor Douglas Rushkoff is calling for us to recover our humanity in a world increasingly dominated by 'anti-human' technologies like social media and predictive algorithms. As his latest book is published in the UK, Rushkoff spoke to E&T about breaking up Facebook, the problems with humane technology, and making real life sexy again. - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 86 –86
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0336
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Are you feeling the love this Valentine's Day? If not, cuddle a puppy-esque robot, eat your emotions with vending-machine bread, or run away on a moving rectangle. - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 87 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0337
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The story of one inventor who foresaw the future of buildings, and another who brought the idea to birth. - Author(s): J. Maltby
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 89 –89
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0338
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Jack signs off from his blog with a dilemma: can he leave engineering behind? - Author(s): S. Doyle
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 90 –91
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0339
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In an effort to explore the world's southern-most point, a Dutch couple designed an electric vehicle built with 3D-printed parts made from plastic waste. - Author(s): H. Lamb
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 93 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0340
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It's hard to create an evil ambience in a suburban semi. - Author(s): R. Northfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 94 –94
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0341
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It's a special pet edition of Bizarre Tech this month, because who doesn't like our furry friends? Have a look at a twitching pillow, a spying food bowl, and a car that keeps your dog safe. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 96 –96
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0342
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Give your brain a workout with this month's testing puzzles. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 14, Issue 3, page: 98 –98
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2019.0343
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Our columnist, in true detective fashion, continues his danger-ridden search for a themed techno hotel where, on top of all the gadgets, one can still enjoy a good night's sleep.
Editor's Letter
News - Briefing. Space - Research: Japanese spacecraft touches down on speeding asteroid
News - Briefing: World News
News - Comment. View from Brussels: Aviation - Uncertainty means post-Brexit aviation is up in the air
News - Briefing. Comms - Foldable screens and 5G compatibility steal the show at MWC
News - Comment. View from Washington: Grandee Kissinger raises spectre of an AI arms race
News - Comment. Environment - Scottish factory converts plastic waste into road paving material
News - Briefing. The Graphic - Flight of the Crew Dragon
News - Comment. Money & Markets : Debt - Monetary policy turns the unorthodox into the ordinary
News - Analysis. Security - Design for a trust-free environment
News - Analysis. Aviation - Airlines fall short in race to lower carbon emissions
Does Brexit pull the plug on the UK energy sector?
Taking Stock in Uncertainty [Brexit and engineering SMEs]
The Bigger Picture - Raffles City Chongqing
Opinion Feedback: Your Letters
Regular: Columnist - Comment: Energy - Market failures could see Britain suffering five-day power cuts
The problem with plastic [plastic waste recycling]
Plastics on Point [essential plastic-based products]
Six common packaging and recyling myths
Have your packing and eat it [edible food packaging]
PhotoEssay: Plastic - Community recycling
Plastics with Potential [sustainable polymers]
Scared Sili [silicones]
China's Tsunami of Waste [plastic waste]
Plastic-free Produce
Why biodegradable polymers don't solve the plastic pollution problem
Dark side of the vinyl: Are records bad for the environment?
Data, DNA and Diamonds [alternative data storage methods]
A new dimension to surgery
Interview: Matt Brown, CEO Imaginarium Studios
Big screen - The Wandering Earth
Reviews - Consumer Technology: Gadgets
The Teardown: Zanco tiny t1 handset
Book Interview: Where now for chemistry?
Book Reviews: Team Human, A Bright Future, The Life, Science and Times of Lev Vasilevich Shubnikov
Reviews - Interview: Let's stand up for 'Team Human'
Technology - Blog: BuzzWords
The Eccentric Engineer - Built Environment: Lift off! How the elevator shaft came before the elevator
Jack's Blog [Columnist]
The Measure of: Solar Voyager
Regulars - Columnist. Dear Evil Engineer: Question - Should I build a volcano lair to impress my peers?
Technology - Blog: Bizarre Tech
Thinking Cap [puzzles]
After All: Travel - Sharing a joke and a hotel room with Inspector Clouseau
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