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Volume 3, Issue 13
26 July 2008
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- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, page: 2 –2
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081317
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- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, page: 3 –3
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081318
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(9 pages) - Author(s): B. Cervi
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 14 –15
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081300
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British manufacturing has enjoyed a revival in recent years, but can it weather the gathering economic storms? Bob Cervi reports. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 16 –18
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081301
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This year marks NASA's 50th anniversary. Piers Bizony looks at the venerable space agency's plans for a return to the Moon. Can old glories be revived? From now on, Nasa's principal task is to "undertake extended human missions to the Moon, with the goal of living and working there. With the experience and knowledge gained on the Moon, we will then be ready to take the next steps of space exploration: human missions to Mars and to worlds beyond". The ageing space shuttle system will be retired from flight in the year 2010, and a new spacecraft, the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), known as Orion, will take centre stage. - Author(s): S. Shkolyar
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 19 –21
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081302
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The article presents the Lunar Boom Town, a virtual reality game endorsed and funded by NASA. Lunar Boom Town is an interdisciplinary concept that promotes the exchange of open information in an effort to understand the details of successful space colonisation in terms of technology, business, environmental sustainability, and policy. It was created by the participants of Wikiversity - a project developed by Wikimedia. - Author(s): P. Bizony
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 22 –25
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081303
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In February 1994, the American Society of Civil Engineers held a conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to talk about holidays in space. Architects and engineers presented beautiful models of orbiting hotels, lunar settlements and passenger-carrying shuttles. Everyone was convinced that the required technologies were perfectly feasible. They were equally convinced when financiers warned them that there was no civilian market for such expensive dreams. From the wild sci-fi fantasy of the not-so- distant past, space tourism is quickly becoming reality, discovers. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 26 –27
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081319
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- Author(s): M. Healy and M. Langdon
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, page: 28 –28
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081320
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Why the UK needs to work hard to stay at the vanguard of the new space race. - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, page: 29 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081321
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Justin Pollard follows the drama of human history's only engineered extinction of a living species - the extermination that never took place. - Author(s): K. Sangani
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 30 –31
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081322
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Round two of the browser wars has commenced in earnest. This time though, they are fighting for the runners-up medal, reports Kris Sangani. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 32 –33
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081323
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A round up of the latest technology titles. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 34 –35
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081304
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This paper presents the development of electronic devices that can withstand huge variations in temperature when extreme conditions occur in space exploration. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 36 –37
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081305
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Low-power design involves so many design tweaks, it needs a verification approach all to itself. Just about every analysis of chip design claims verification consumes more than half of the time needed today to bring a semiconductor system to market. How much more varies depending on the target application, though it is also m probably fair to say that one area & feeling greater pain is mobile communications. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 38 –41
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081306
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Various techniques have been used to push processes this far past the point where diffraction effects kick in. These have included using phase-shift masking to turn diffraction to the designers' advantage, and optical proximity correction (OPC) techniques, such as adding 'ears' to the corners of layout elements so that they are printed as right angles. The problem is that chipmakers are applying ever more Byzantine combinations of these techniques to keep up with shrinking process dimensions, and getting diminishing returns. Device characteristics are varying wildly as more aggressive OPC techniques are pressed into action. The chip equipment industry has been working to solve this for years, but couldn't persuade its customers that moving to 157nm illumination sources was worth the development costs given the marginal advantages it would bring over 193nm light. Unfortunately, the development of EUV lithography is fraught with difficulties. The solution to the 65 nm and 45 nm design for manufacture is new DFM routers. As they are DFM-aware they can run the rule-based checks and ensure that around 80 percent of the DFM problems are avoided. The layout team can then use model- based DFM to take care of the remaining 20 percent. - Author(s): S. Davies
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 42 –46
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081307
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates likens the challenge of putting robots in every home to that faced by the PC pioneers, as they attempted to put a computer in every home. Despite the difficulties, the level of excitement and expectation reminds the author of the time during the convergence of new technology when one dreamed of the day when a computer would be on every desk. - Author(s): K. Lafford
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 48 –49
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081308
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With its original source of coal gone, and a host of new regulations to meet, Drax power station was due a refit. Four years on, and many technical challenges later, the job is done.The decision was taken to refit the entire process control installation. Capula Limited, one of the UK's leading system integrators and a company with extensive experience in large- scale systems, was appointed to handle this major project. The engineers at Capula had, however, to contend with many special demands. - Author(s): P. Neroth
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 50 –53
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081309
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As the developed world's thirst to replace petrol and diesel with biofuel grows, the already struggling global food chain will be under even greater pressure. This paper looks at the implications for the world's starving millions of growing food crops for fuel. - Author(s): D.S. Hook
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 54 –56
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081310
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The author argues that the real reason to develop renewable energy should be that it is economically viable, and not because of the dubious excuse of global warming. - Author(s): D. d'Ambra
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 58 –60
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081311
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Spam accounts for around 95 per cent of all business email sent by most estimations, so the occasional piece of junk mail is bound to slip by the filters. More often than not, the message seems to be so obviously spam that users can only conclude that they could do a better job than the technology; but, in truth, the human mind is too susceptible to outside influences to ever beat the machine. To demonstrate the issues involved security software firm SoftScan conducted an in-house experiment to see who was better at detecting spam. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 61 –63
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081324
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Civil engineering firm Edmund Nuttall has taken advantage of a head office refit to virtualise its IT - and progress its 'green' commitment. Head of IT services Steve Shepherd explains how changing rooms helped IT to shrink and grow at the same time. Interview by Keri Allan. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 64 –67
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081312
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This paper is an overview of the search for a model of the human body that could push the frontiers for designing safer drugs. - Author(s): R. Pool
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 68 –70
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081313
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A flash of lightning is being unleashed at motor shows this summer. Designed and developed by The Lightning Car Company in Peterborough, UK, the Lightning GT electric car has impressive engineering roots. It also created the Ronart series of Jaguar-powered racers and Vanwall high-performance sports cars. The vehicle's chassis has recently been re-designed mainly to accommodate the all-important battery pack. - Author(s): J.P. Conti
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 72 –75
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081314
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Just as a nation of TV watchers finishes bolting their first flat panels to the living-room wall, a new set of display technologies is emerging to offer better image quality, bigger screens and thinner panels. - Author(s): W. Webb
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, page: 76 –76
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081315
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How does wireless innovation happen? William Webb provides some answers. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 78 –81
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081316
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This article discusses the current developments in synthetic biology and synthetic genomics and their social implications. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, p. 82 –83
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081325
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With summer here, it's time to pick up a couple of paperbacks, switch off the mobile phone and head for the beach. Nick Smith looks at what engineering managers might be reading on their holidays. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, page: 85 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081326
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The latests dates for your diary. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 13, page: 96 –96
- DOI: 10.1049/et:20081327
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This issue, Jack's twin sisters get the school caretaker into trouble with a little stats-based Olympics project.
Editorial
News
Analysis: Rocky road ahead
Back to the Moon [space exploration]
What goes up [space colonisation]
Holidays in space [space tourism]
Letters to the Editor
If you ask me
The eccentric engineer
Gadget speak
Book reviews
Temperature control [electronics space]
Powered down [low power electronics]
Design freedom gets the brush-off [chip design]
Hi robot [domestic robot developments]
Refit for repurpose [power stations]
Feeding the power
Reason to believe [power renewable energy]
Spam spotting: man v computer
Profile: Interview with Steve Shepherd
Unlocking life's secrets
Mean and green [sports cars]
Displays 2.0 [OLED displays]
The problem of two ends
Bioengineering's big worries [synthetic biology]
Mixing business and pleasure
Events
Jack's blog
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