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Volume 4, Issue 11
20 June 2009
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- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, page: 2 –2
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1123
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- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, page: 3 –3
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1124
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(5 pages) - Author(s): W. Dennis
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 10 –11
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1125
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News from south east Asia. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, page: 12 –12
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1126
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- Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, page: 13 –13
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1127
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Summary form only given. In a tough climate, many fabless semiconductor businesses are drawing back from the latest and most expensive processes. Faced with the double whammy of rising costs and falling prices, fabless chipmakers are looking for new directions to go so they can start making money again. At the GSA and IET International Semiconductor Forum, the heads of some of the European chipmakers told of the problems they face with increasing complexity and a punishing business environment. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 14 –15
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1128
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- Author(s): S. Bransfield-Garth and B. Betts
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, page: 16 –16
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1129
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- Author(s): M. Harris
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 18 –20
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1100
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Forging a link between the convenient online world and the hands-on world of real shops is the aim of Microsoft's latest technology showcase, the Retail Experience Centre (REC). Hidden in the company's Redmond, Washington campus, this full-size replica of a typical 'big box' retailer houses technologies that Microsoft hopes will be at the heart of successful 21st century shops. - Author(s): I. Pearson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 21 –23
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1101
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From bioviolence to the obsolescence of professional knowledge - futurologist E&T comments on ten recent predictions from the World Future Society. The World Future Society (WFS) recently put out an interesting list of ten forecasts for up to 2030. Of course, no-one knows for certain what lies ahead. The best anyone can do is to look at evidence mounting today, such as long-term trends or new research activity, and then use logical thinking and analysis to figure out what is coming next and what effect it will have. Since futurists start the process looking at different piles of evidence and have different mindsets with which to analyse them, their conclusions vary, though there is usually some common ground. - Author(s): L. Douglas
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 24 –27
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1102
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The Olympic stadium is the focal point of any games. It is the place where, arguably, all the highest profile events take place, and where the world's top performers set about smashing the iconic records set by the legendary athletes of the past. The stadium is also the place that remains etched onto the memory long after the Olympic torch has passed on. Memories of 2012 will be of a stadium in London. The paper takes the readers on a tour of London's main stadium and points out the impressive engineering behind it. - Author(s): K. Sangani
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 28 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1103
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The author compares the roadmaps for the main types of broadband available in the UK. - Author(s): K. Sangani
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 30 –31
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1104
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The article deals with the death of triple play - an emerging media strategy which was based on the theory that consumers would prefer to receive telephony, broadband, and content-on-demand services from a single supplier. This model is being threatened by companies that are supplying content over the Internet. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 32 –35
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1105
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'Solid-state' and 'no moving parts'. They are the phrases manufacturers use to let us know that stuff is reliable. Researchers such as Professor Asen Asenov of the University of Glasgow know, however, that solids aren't all that solid. The core problem is variability. Experts speaking at the recent international conference on CMOS Variability in London, organised by the UK's National Microelectronics Initiative (NMI), see the 22 nm process as a critical juncture in the evolution of the silicon chip. Due to start production in 2012, the process will use transistors so small that Asenov claims: "You can count the dopant atoms. You can even count the number of silicon atoms in there. The random placement of dopant atoms in the channel of a transistor can lead to big changes in performance, even between two devices sitting within tens of nanometres of each other on a die, to the extent that one works and the other a failure. Size is not the only cause of variability. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 36 –37
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1106
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The paper discusses whether to incorporate ethics subjects to physical sciences especially on synthetic biology. Several arguments arose on the ethical challenges of the effects and consequences of technology, but the science community and philosophers agree on the minimalization of malevolent use of synthetic biology. - Author(s): G. Richards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 38 –41
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1107
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The article presents the challenges and controversies the Formula One are facing. It presents how the team is constantly searching for technology to give them a competitive edge within - and sometimes outside - the rules and regulations of the Federation Internationale de Automobile (FIA), the governing body for world motorsport. It discusses the Formula One's innovative design which includes the rear diffuser, front wing dynamics, nose cone air force, diffuser decks and suspension inerter of the automobile. - Author(s): R. Dettmer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 42 –45
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1108
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The author meets the designers of the Robothespian, the all-singing, all-dancing humanoid robot, which is entertaining and informing audiences around the world. - Author(s): J.P. Conti
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 46 –49
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1109
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This paper deals with waste management of pig farms and the anaerobic treatment of both human and animal excrement that produce biogas. - Author(s): S. Crampsie
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 50 –53
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1110
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The article deals with the wide range of fuel cell technologies in a variety of applications. The company behind it believes that it is a major step forward in the development of solid oxide fuel cell technology for stationary power applications. Not only will the fuel cell power plant provide heat and electricity to several homes at the site on the outskirts of Vaasa, Finland, it will highlight the challenges that need to be overcome to get commercial fuel cell units to the mass market. - Author(s): K. Allan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 54 –57
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1111
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Summary form only given. The paper mentions that Crossrail is Europe's biggest engineering project. Dr. Phil Bennett is the central figure in rolling-out the complex ICT systems that will run and manage the system. - Author(s): T. Dyhouse
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, page: 58 –58
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1112
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In IT security, the nature of the threat landscape is ever changing, ever volatile. Incidents of cyber crime are rising steadily, as is the cost and complexity of protecting enterprise systems and information from hackers, viruses, and other strains of malware. Cases of phishing and identity theft are also escalating. Social networking sites have, arguably, introduced additional vulnerabilities into the picture, as has the threat of criminal activity from imposters posing as legitimate users. Twenty-first century 'cyber society' has created a generation of e-criminals who individually and collectively have the power to cause significant harm to national economies, upset the running of our national infrastructures, and beset the forces of law and order. Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) run by QinetiQ on behalf of the UK government's Technology Strategy Board has launched a high-level international Roadmap document on the future of information security, privacy, and assurance. This Roadmap is the combined output of over 50 organisations around the world which all contributed to the research. They include industry leaders like Microsoft, the UK Cabinet Office, and the US Department of Defence. - Author(s): J. Hayes
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, page: 59 –59
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1113
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The computer technology going into our road vehicles is close to delivering everything we expect from desktops and home entertainment systems E & T looks at what's on offer. Although computerised vehicle-control mechanisms remain largely closed to infiltration by more mainstream technologies, in-vehicle systems that mediate driving, and dashboard infotainment systems, are increasingly built on the kinds of interfaces that resemble drivers' personal computers, mobile devices, and home entertainment electricals. - Author(s): M. Harris
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 60 –63
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1114
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The article features about the new crop of flying cars: a futuristic vehicle which is also one of the world's most fuel-efficient plane. It discusses about the dynamics of the futuristic vehicle that incorporates dozens of innovations - the most impressive of which is the electromechanical folding wing. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 64 –65
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1115
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Offshore manufacturing may seem cheaper at first sight, but reality often works out differently. People forget that wage rates and taxes in countries like China and India are going up. The truth is that overseas sourcing isn't the 'no-brainer' that it was a few years ago. The paper explains how total landed cost can reveal the truth. The only true test of whether an overseas-sourced item is cheaper, argue its proponents, is to compare the cost of domestic production with the total cost of bringing the same item onto home soil - the overall 'landed' cost, in other words. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 66 –69
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1116
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Mobile systems developers have combined three key techniques to achieve the high data rates offered by current mobile broadband connections. They will layer on even more complexity to achieve the Gbit/s rates forecast for future 4G communications systems. - Author(s): L. Collins
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 70 –71
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1117
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Securing corporate information is like squeezing the air in a balloon: the more you tighten your grip on it in one place the more likely it is to escape to another. Now some of the techniques that have been developed to protect mobile data on laptops are being extended to do the same for smartphones, and to start making inroads into what may be the last unprotected source of mobile corporate data- the voice. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 72 –73
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1118
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The public has got management consultants all wrong, states from a chief executive of the Management Consultancies Association. They are an important tool for increasing business performance. So where does the bad image come from? The paper discusses this aspect. - Author(s): J. Maguire
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 74 –75
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1119
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Talk of recession is all around us. For some businesses that is bad news as orders dry up, forcing redundancies and even bankruptcy. Yet for others, business contraction in one area has actually resulted in a positive outcome in another. The marketplace has many resilient entrepreneurs who are determined not to let the downturn beat them. In some cases, rather than plough the same furrow only to see diminishing returns, they have chosen to approach matters in a different way. As the recession bites and companies try to safeguard their futures by tightening their belts, now is a good time to get on top of intellectual property protection. - Author(s): W. Altman
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 76 –77
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1120
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Has the economic downturn that followed the financial crisis caused a rethink of corporate success? Has the bias shifted from quarterly results to the way a company conducts its business, how it works, makes decisions, treats others, and communicates? The article presents how globalisation, internet and rise of new markets are affecting overseas business development. Marketing strategies need to adapt to these cultural changes, say the authors of 'international communications strategy'. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, page: 80 –80
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1130
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Dates for your diary. - Author(s): D. Birkett
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, page: 85 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1121
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How much do we care about the speed, shape and former life of the place we stay in for a few nights? - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, p. 86 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1131
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- Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 4, Issue 11, page: 88 –88
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2009.1122
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The author on his innate fear of unexpected phone calls.
Editorial
News
Asia news
News in brief
Analysis: Fabless firms feel the pinch
Letters to the Editor
If you ask me
Machine for shopping
What the future holds
Olympics watch [structural engineering]
Gadget speak
The death of triple play
The wrong answers [Electronics at the nanoscale]
Ethics and synthetics
More opera than soap [automobile]
Alas poor Yorick - I think you've been upstaged! [humanoid robot]
Transmitted from pigs [bioenergy conversion]
A leading light [power fuel cells]
My way: Interview with Dr Phil Bennett
Analysis: A unified framework for IT security
Smart drives
Transition to the skies [automobile]
Counting the cost [offshore manufacturing]
Complex communications
Hush your mouth [comms voice security]
How to hire helping hands
Protect and survive [management IP protection]
Marketing in rising economies
Events
The global engineer
Book reviews
After all: My phone phobia
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