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Volume 7, Issue 9
October 2012
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- Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0916
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Some materials come and go but wood is always with us. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0917
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The latest engineering stories from around the globe. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 8 –9
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0918
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Check out this scooter made of wood. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 10 –10
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0919
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- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 12 –12
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0920
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Neil Armstrong's passing reminded the world of how the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 fired a passion for science, engineering, and exploration in a generation of young technologists - including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 13 –13
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0921
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(4 pages) - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 19 –19
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0922
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Technicians keep Paralympians performing, old vehicles are scrapped and old gadgets aren't. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 20 –20
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0923
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(3 pages) - Author(s): B. Cervi
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 26 –26
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0924
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A leading wind turbine group struggles with turbulent markets, while a chinese Pc maker finds more solid ground. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 28 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0925
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Highlights from IBC 2012 - the International Broadcasting Convention for media content providers in Amsterdam. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 30 –31
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0926
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Pick of the E&T inbox. - Author(s): N. Everard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 33 –33
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0927
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As the Olympics show the more human face of Britain's armed forces, Nick Everard explains how and why ex-military personnel have much to offer the engineering industry. - Author(s): S. Winser and C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 34 –35
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0928
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As Google adds more images of Antarctica to Street View, E&T asks the experts if there are real benefits to be had from public online visual mapping systems. - Author(s): P. Bizony
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 36 –39
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0900
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While chiefly remembered for being the first man on the Moon, Neil Armstrong preferred to emphasise his technical background once stating: 'I am, and ever will be a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer'. - Author(s): S. Davies
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 40 –42
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0901
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Timber buildings may soon be on course for a comeback, driven by an unprecedented push for sustainable development. - Author(s): M. Harris
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 43 –45
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0902
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Eco-friendly engineered wooden panels are helping architects reach for the ply. - Author(s): M. Venables
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 46 –47
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0910
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Mark Venables selects ten of the most bizarre items to have been made from wood past, present and future. - Author(s): T. James and A. Grogan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 48 –50
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0903
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Crafting in wood is part of our national heritage, but traditional woodworking skills are undervalued by modern industry. - Author(s): T. James
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 51 –53
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0904
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The paper states that there is more to wood than meets the eye as researchers looks to its components for next-generation materials. - Author(s): M. Venables
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 54 –56
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0911
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This month we look at the work of 12 students from the Royal College of Art who were set a challenge of designing and manufacturing a seat from American hardwood. - Author(s): A. Harris
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 57 –59
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0905
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Improving the tonal quality of wood may allow modern instrument makers to match the legendary quality of violin master Antonio Stradivari. - Author(s): T. James
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 60 –63
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0906
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It was the renewable fuel that propelled human evolution, and remains valuable in heating the technological age. Man's discovery of how to make fire is regarded as one of humanity's most important advances. The fuel of choice for Neanderthal man was wood, and over the ensuing millennia very little has changed. The burning of wood is currently the largest use of energy derived from a solid fuel biomass. Wood fuel can be used for cooking and heating, and occasionally as feed stock for steam engines and steam turbines that generate electricity. - Author(s): C. Andrews
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 64 –67
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0907
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After years of being ignored in favour of metals and plastics, wood is getting a high-tech military makeover. - Author(s): L. Douglas
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 68 –71
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0908
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The paper states that after the devastating fire in 2007 , the Cutty Sark has undergone a complete makeover. We take a look at the engineering behind the legendary ship's revival. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 72 –75
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0929
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A new smartphone app called Chirp allows short-range data exchange using digital 'birdsong'. Sounds like fun, but there's a very serious side to chirping, says inventor Patrick Bergel. Words and portrait by Nick Smith. - Author(s): J. Hayes
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 76 –78
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0909
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The 'bring your own device' proposition is about more than just who owns the computing tool you do your work on: followed through to its fullest extent, BYOD could cause changes to enterprise communications provisioning models that have been around for decades. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 79 –83
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0915
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Big-science experiments are expensive so electronics designers are turning to off-the-shelf technologies to keep costs under control. - Author(s): B. Betts
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 84 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0912
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Solid state drives now offer an attractive storage alternative for enterprise users - but is the range of options and pace of innovation proving more of a headache than a help to IT specifiers? - Author(s): K. Sangani
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 88 –89
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0913
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The quest for the perfect laptop is almost as old as portable computing itself. Could the latest contender, Intel's Ultrabook, spell the end of the search? - Author(s): R. Piggin and C. Sandom
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 90 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0914
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We are moving toward a world where every connected system is becoming safety critical - so ICT professionals should step up to the principles of ultra-rigorous system design and build. It has become increasingly important for technologists of all disciplines to focus on cross-sector communities and activities that may not fit neatly into standard professional vertical sectors. For instance, trends such as ICT convergence, and the emergence of 'smart' products - including smart buildings, smart cars, smart transport, smart grid and smart factories, et al - need dependable IT-enabled control systems that are assuredly safe and secure. - Author(s): S. Munk
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 98 –99
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0930
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It's tablet war! Can Google's Nexus 7 or Asus's Transformer Pad Infinity rival Apple's iPad? And more consumer technology to goggle at. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 100 –101
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0931
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PlayStation Vita gets the teardown treatment from HIS. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 102 –103
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0932
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Mobile phones now need as much protection as laptops - if not more. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 104 –105
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0933
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Matters of life and death, and how to execute daring rescues, are the subject of this month's books. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 106 –107
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0934
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We talk to author James M Clash, whose new book paints a picture of the iconic individuals who sculpted the technical landscape of the 1960s. - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 108 –108
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0935
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The Vikings' seafaring exploits relied on some ingenious navigation techniques. - Author(s): M. Barfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 109 –109
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0936
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Our regular collection of highly irregular and extremely questionable facts. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 110 –110
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0937
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Borg cubes, hairy hares and speeding trains make up this month's teasers with a set of puzzle books up for grabs. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. 112 –113
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0938
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The world's biggest aeroplane was made of wood. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 9, page: 114 –114
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2012.0939
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The students brave piles of microwave pizza, value lager and dirty socks in a visit to the back-end developers.
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