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Volume 7, Issue 2
March 2012
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- Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0209
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Modern technological advances are leading engineers into ever murkier ethical waters. Is it time to take an oath? - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0212
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This month's engineering stories from around the globe. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 8 –9
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0213
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A downside to turning waste into fuel. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 10 –10
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0214
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(3 pages) - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 14 –14
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0215
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved two two-loop Westinghouse AP1000 pressurised water reactors at Plant Vogtle, Georgia, the first new nuclear plant in more than 30 years. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 15 –15
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0216
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- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 16 –16
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0217
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In the news this month are 400,000 hybrid cars from Toyota and 126 fighter jets due in India from France. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 17 –17
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0218
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- Author(s): S. Davies
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 18 –18
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0219
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NI's offerings for measurement and control reflect a growing move from hardware to software. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 19 –21
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0220
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- Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 22 –23
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0221
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While US policy-makers ponder whether or how to support Intelligent Transport Systems, the private sector is pushing ahead. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 24 –25
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0222
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Pick of the E&T inbox. - Author(s): S. Baker
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 26 –26
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0223
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Government policy on waste is failing to keep up with industry's enthusiasm for recycling. - Author(s): R. Holdway and K. Goffin
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 28 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0224
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Is Britain's edge in the manufacturing and design sector being lost to big hitters in China and the Far East? - Author(s): J. Goodyer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 30 –33
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0200
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Written almost 2,500 years ago, the Hippocratic Oath is perhaps the most famous and enduring text in all of Western medicine. Adherents of the oath praise it for setting out an ideal for newly qualified physicians to aspire to. Technology has vast potential to shape the lives of human beings. Ethical concerns are therefore central to the practice of engineering. Whether it involves bridges, power plants or the delicate surgical robotics, considerations of safety and risk must always be on the agenda. Poor engineering standards have grave implications for the quality of life. - Author(s): A. Saini
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 34 –37
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0201
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As ethical considerations become an established part of engineering, one of the practical dilemmas is that people working in fields and industries that rarely overlap under normal circumstances have to collaborate with one another. How easy is it for engineers to work alongside social scientists, ethicists and philosophers? And what do these partnerships look like in practice? This paper focuses on improving working relationship between social scientists and engineers. - Author(s): A. Grogan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 38 –40
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0202
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The evolution of safety systems and more efficient networking has worked wonders for what's possible in theme parks. As safety technology has developed rides, standardisation efforts have stepped up to manage it. Standard revisions are underway to provide detailed guidance on how to manage risk and hazards analytically. - Author(s): B. Betts
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 42 –45
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0203
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Supercomputing has long been regarded as a high-end technology for the big users with big applications and big processing needs. However, suppliers of supercomputers or high-performance computing (HPC) are now targeting a much wider audience, using a mixture of cheaper and more powerful hardware, sophisticated new system architectures, and software that allows resources to be shared or even rented online. Their overall aim is to reach users who might use one occasionally, but cannot afford a supercomputer of their own. The suppliers are not just reaching out to smaller versions of the current HPC user base, either; they hope to enable new markets and new groups of users. From cloud supercomputing through shared systems, to distributed HPC architectures, vendors such as Bull, Fujitsu, and SGI are offering to solve key computational problems and bring high-end power to bear for even quite small manufacturers, designers, and research groups. - Author(s): S. Crampsie
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 46 –49
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0204
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The Isle of Wight is pioneering the development of the UK's first truly sustainable region. The ambitious project promises islanders a 'utopia' of lower living costs, better quality of life, and a lighter carbon footprint. - Author(s): S. Gold
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 50 –54
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0205
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Android, the smart phone and tablet operating system of the moment according to some, celebrated its fourth birthday last November. However, it hit the headlines in a big way throughout the year owing to an apparent tidal wave of malware that infected the apps - the software that loads on to the platform available on the mobile Internet. Android has developed against a backdrop of an experienced cybercriminal fraternity that has enriched itself by finding ways of subverting desktop Internet users, using a mixture of phishing, targeted attacks and, of course, all manner of malware. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 55 –55
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0225
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E&T magazine is a preferred media partner for Hannover Messe 2012, the world's leading trade showcase for innovative industrial and engineering technology. This preview highlights some key visitor must-visits - with details of free entry for IET members. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 56 –59
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0226
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The Highways Agency's new major projects director Peter Adams believes that efficiency is the key to delivering new roads on budget. Words and portrait by Nick Smith. - Author(s): S. Davies
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 60 –61
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0206
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Coal has traditionally been lambasted as an environmental evil, but its use within the power generation sectors looks set to grow over the next decade. - Author(s): M. Venables
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 62 –65
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0207
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Whilst all key elements of carbon capture and storage (CCS) have been demonstrated in the laboratory or at small scale operation, the key challenge for the industry is to demonstrate the entire chain at commercial scale. This means incorporating CO2 capture from large sources, CO2 compression, and transportation and injection into suitable storage sites or for a use that results in permanent emissions abatement. The use of coal is set to grow over the next decade and, despite concerns over its environmental credentials, the introduction of carbon capture and storage technologies is of utmost importance. - Author(s): T. Humfrey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 66 –67
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0227
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The appearance of World War Two code breaker Alan Turing and steam engine inventor Thomas Newcomen in the Royal Mail's 'Britons of Distinction' series of stamps is not the first philatelic celebration of engineering. - Author(s): N. Anscombe
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 68 –71
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0208
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According to estimates from market researchers YouGov, 1.3 million e-readers found their way under UK Christmas trees last year. An online survey carried out between 28 December 2011 and 3 January 2012 indicates that one in 40 adults received or bought a device over the festive period. The bulk of the sales, more than 90 percent, were down to Amazon, with the Kindle becoming the online retailer's biggest selling product for the second year running. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 72 –77
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0210
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The electronics industry is all about economies of scale, and has for much of its existence been organised around major-volume markets. This pattern has been renewed with the advent of the smartphone, and the way in which the electronics industry evolved for smartphone platforms has encouraged innovation in other, often quite dissociated, technologies. The highly absorbent smartphone is gaining a controlling interest in how the electronics industry is evolving, as technology developed for it seeps increasingly into other markets. - Author(s): M. Manivannan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 78 –81
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0211
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The smartest office buildings of the near-future will be built around IP-enabled network infrastructures, rather than vice-versa. - Author(s): M. Venables
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 82 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0228
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Professional and amatuer photographers help to put pride back into British manufacturing. - Author(s): S. Munk
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 88 –89
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0229
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More goodies lifted from CES, the world's largest consumer technology trade show, which took place in Las Vegas in January. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 90 –91
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0230
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The IHS iSuppli team goes inside the heart of the market leader in connected car technology. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 92 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0231
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How are your New Year's resolutions looking? Oh dear. Here are some apps to help you get back on track with that fitness regime. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 94 –95
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0232
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Find out if you've got what it takes to be a Googler and learn about Britain's largely forgotten rocket programme. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 96 –97
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0233
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Workplace analytics can help you to calculate who does what and where in your organisation. But can the application of science to business make a difference to the quality of your company? - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 106 –106
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0234
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The name of Tommy Flowers deserves to be as well known as the computing industry giants who profited from his wartime efforts. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 107 –107
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0235
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Dates for your diary. - Author(s): M. Barfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 108 –108
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0236
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New year's second compendium of quirky engineering mini-stories. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 109 –109
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0237
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Jack's student kitchen turns into a war zone as male rivalry meets molecular gastronomy. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 110 –110
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0238
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Goats, dog walkers and Pac-Man feature in this month's puzzles page, with the chance of a prize for the first set of correct answers. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, p. 112 –113
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0239
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Can a polygraph test tell if you're telling the truth? - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 2, page: 114 –114
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0240
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Why a quirky engineer's abecedarium and a Soviet propaganda manual are fit to be on the same bookshelf.
Editor's letter
World news
The bigger picture: Brierley Hill
News
The graphic: US nuclear power
News
Number news
News
Taking stock
News
News analysis: Safety benefits drive US policy support for connected vehicles
Letters to the Editor
Comment: If you ask me
For and against
Would you sign up to this?
On-site ethics
Thrill, not kill [theme parks]
Supercomputing to go
The isle of right [sustainable development]
Android: A secure future at last?
Hannover Messe 2012
Interview with Peter Adams
Coal still king
Catch me if you can [power coal]
one2ten
E-reader revolution?
The great smartphone soak-up
Building around IP
Photo essay
Gadgets
The teardown: Ford Edge
Software reviews: Keep on running
Book reviews
Book interview: Tim Ringo
The eccentric engineer
Events
E&Tcetera
Jack's blog
Thinking cap
Classic projects: Polygraph
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