Volumes & issues:
Volume 8, Issue 2
March 2013
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- Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0216
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What's missing from the 14 Global Grand Challenges? #GGCSLondon. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0217
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The latest engineering stories from around the globe. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 8 –9
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0218
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Designing a car to race in the deserts of South America. - Author(s): M. Venables
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 10 –10
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0219
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Stumbling blocks emerge for UK's nuclear new build. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 12 –12
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0220
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2013 will be the year of the truck and the luxury car, according to forecasts at Detroit - America's most influential auto show. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 13 –13
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0221
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(3 pages) - Author(s): B. Cervi
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 18 –18
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0222
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Two German industrial giants get in a spin over the environment, while a US behemoth chips away at the table market. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 20 –20
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0223
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Billions of euros for Future and Emerging Technologies, thousands of remotely monitored patients and several hundred million smartphones make up the figures this month. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 21 –23
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0224
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- Author(s): M. Venables
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 24 –25
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0225
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Boeing has made much of the innovative technologies in its 787 Dreamliner - but battery problems have seen the fleet grounded. - Author(s): A. Hopper
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 27 –27
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0226
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Engineers have to start working closely with scientists and business, says Professor Andy Hopper. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 28 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0227
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Pick of the E&T inbox. - Author(s): G. Williams and O. Zehner
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 30 –31
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0228
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One of the grand Challenges for engineering is to 'make solar energy economical'. Can it be clean, cheap and ubiquitous? We ask two experts with radically different views. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 32 –37
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0200
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On 12-13 March the IET hosts a major international summit in London organised by the national engineering academies of the UK, US and China to discuss progress on 14 'grand challenges' identified five years ago by America's National Academy of Engineering. In the following pages we look at what they are, and how close the world is to solving them. If we are to move away from fossil-fuel-driven energy solutions then the burden will need to be taken up by renewable energy sources, and the most bountiful among these is, of course, the power of the sun. Over the period 2000-11, solar PV was the fastest growing renewable power technology worldwide. Cumulative installed capacity of solar PV reached roughly 65GW at the end of 2011, up from only 1.5GW in 2000. Concentrated solar power (CSP) is a re-emerging market. Roughly 350MW of commercial plants were built in California in the 1980s; activity started again in 2006 in the United States and Spain. At present, these two countries are the only ones with significant CSP capacity, with about 1GW and 500MW installed respectively, and more under construction or development. - Author(s): A. Spurling
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 38 –41
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0201
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As the IET gets set to host the Global Grand Challenges Summit next month, Professor Dame Ann Dowling, who is chairing the steering committee, talks about the challenges in her life - engineering, scientific, educational and human. - Author(s): C. Evans-Pughe
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 42 –44
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0202
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Mapping the brain's exact micro-circuitry in order to get much clearer answers is an undertaking on a completely different scale, not least because the human brain has 100 billion neurons, each one linked to around 10,000 others. And yet such detail is becoming tantalisingly within reach as scientists in a number of major projects are beginning to make progress in understanding, modelling and simulating the brain down to nanometre resolutions. Scientists may be able to improve treatments for neurodegenerative conditions, and even make faster computers, by figuring out how the human brain learns and remembers. - Author(s): A. Harris
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 45 –47
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0203
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Modern cities are at the heart of economic growth, driving innovation and delivering a breeding ground for culture. With greater size comes enhanced efficiency, but for large cities to maximise this potential they need to attract innovative people and investment to make the ideas happen. They need to find a way to leverage the benefits big cities bring, while managing the inevitable challenges they face. The paper states that advanced technology can improve the urban infrastructure, but the heart of any city still lies with its inhabitants. - Author(s): M. Williamson
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 48 –51
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0204
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In Europe, much of the built environment is historical and difficult to alter, but in the United States, where the historical record is much shorter, the scope for evolution is greater. No part of the built environment illustrates this better than the interstate transport infrastructure. It has evolved from jalopies and graded roadbeds to electric hybrids and electronic toll collection. Wherever we live, we tend to take roads for granted, until they are closed by accidents or restricted by roadworks. It is no secret that the US is defined by its road network: viewed from space at night, the nation resembles a classical topological network of nodes and links, formed by the cities and freeways. On closer inspection, the links are, in fact, chains of smaller nodes joined together by the interstate road network. - Author(s): S. Davies
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 52 –55
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0205
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There are two main kinds of solar energy - solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP). PV directly converts solar energy into electricity using a PV cell made of a semiconductor material, while CSP devices concentrate energy from the sun's rays to heat a receiver to high temperatures. This heat is transformed first into mechanical energy (by turbines or other engines) and then into electricity - solar thermal electricity (STE). Over the period 2000 11, solar PV was the fastest growing renewable power technology worldwide. Cumulative installed capacity of solar PV reached roughly 65GW at the end of 2011, up from only 1.5GW in 2000. In 2011, Germany and Italy accounted for over half the global cumulative capacity, followed by Japan, Spain, the United States and China. In its SunShot strategy the US Department of Energy predicts that when the price of solar electricity reaches about $0.06 per kilowatt-hour over its lifetime, it will be cost-competitive with other non-renewable forms of electricity. This in turn will enable solar-generated power to grow. The drive to reduce costs encompasses the entire value chain from the efficiency of individual cells to manufacturing costs as well as complimentary technologies such as energy storage and effective planning. - Author(s): T. James
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 56 –58
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0206
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The growth in emissions of carbon dioxide, implicated as a prime contributor to global warming, is a problem that can no longer be swept under the rug, but perhaps it can be buried deep underground or beneath the ocean. This article presents a discussion on the carbon capture and storage technology and its implications on atmospheric carbon dioxide mitigation. - Author(s): T. James
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 59 –61
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0207
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Water supplies are facing new threats, but affordable, advanced technologies could make a difference for millions of people. From digging wells to building dams, engineers have been prime providers in meeting supply and quality needs of society. To meet current needs, which increasingly include environmental, and ecosystem preservation and enhancement demands, the methods will have to be more sophisticated. - Author(s): P. Dempsey
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 62 –65
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0208
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The paper states that with China offering lucrative incentives to engineering graduates, what can the United States of America do to keep the world's top talent focused on Silicon Valley? - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 66 –67
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0209
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England's engineering heritage is vast. To mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the London Underground this year, national tourist board Visit England has drawn up this list of nine of the nation's top engineering landmarks. What do you think should be the tenth? - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 68 –72
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0210
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The future of the satellite launch is cubed: meet the Jack-in-the-box that can carry your experiment into orbit on a realistic budget. Satellite technology has, of course, progressed hugely over the last 50 years - as has its expense. It can take years to design and build a satellite these days, and can cost up to $1bn for a complex set-up - with around half of the funding going on the disposable rocket used to put the probe into orbit. The three-satellite Metop (Meteorological Operational satellite programme) project run by the European Space Agency (ESA) for weather monitoring is estimated to be costing a total of euro3.2bn, including the expense of maintaining contact with Earth stations. A four-month delay to the launch added more than euro10m to the bill. Such high costs have limited access to space to those with very deep pockets; now that situation is changing, due partly to the advent of the 'Cubesat'. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 73 –73
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0211
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E&T magazine is again a preferred media partner for this year's Hannover Messe showcase of industrial and engineering technology innovation. This last of three previews surveys in brief the technology-specific trade shows that make-up Hannover Messe 2013 - and includes details of free entry for IET members. - Author(s): C. Evans-Pughe and A. Bodhani
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 74 –77
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0212
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The resilience of communications is constantly tested during and after a major disaster. For this reason companies are creating innovative ways to ensure communication is maintained between the emergency services. Mobile communications have become integral to how emergency services respond to major incidents. The aftermath of the 2005 7/7 London terrorist bomb attacks saw mobile phone networks overloaded and network operators forced to initiate Access Overload Control (ACCOLC) to prioritise emergency calls. Unfortunately many key emergency personnel did not have ACCOLC-enabled mobile phones, and paramedics using SMS as part of the service's basic communications strategy could not get their messages through either. - Author(s): P. Hunter
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 78 –81
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0213
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Cloud computing models are changing the way governments procure - and at the same time look set to usher in a period of profound change for public-sector IT careers. - Author(s): K. Sangani
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 82 –83
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0214
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The ubiquity of the Internet has enabled consumers to store data on cloud services. The cloud is a game changer in an age of near ubiquitous mobile broadband, offering benefits to consumers and cloud service providers alike. - Author(s): M. Venables
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 84 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0215
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With the advent of artificial pitches in the 1980s grass seemed to have had its day, but new hybrid technology is giving it a new lease of life. - Author(s): S. Munk
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 86 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0229
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Fresh from CES, the world's largest consumer electronics trade show, the hottest, weirdest, high-techest gadgets of 2013. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 88 –89
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0230
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We look at how Amazon has managed to pack so much into the relatively cheap Kindle Fire HD. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 90 –91
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0231
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Whether you're looking to escape Instagram, or just curious about instant photo editing, we have some easy tools for you to try on your phone or tablet. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 92 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0232
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Can piracy really have played a major role in defining business models that bring technology to the people? Nick Smith talks to an author whose new book claims that Jack Sparrow could teach us a thing or two about competitive strategy. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 94 –95
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0233
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A fascinating account of the aftermath of Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami from two storytelling newspaper reporters is among this month's titles. - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 96 –96
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0234
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Personal tragedy prompted Samuel Morse to investigate a quicker way of communicating important news. - Author(s): M. Barfield
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 98 –98
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0235
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Answers to the Christmas quiz and more not-quite-serious mini-challenges. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 99 –99
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0236
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Dinner parties and dancing dinosaurs are among this month's puzzles with the usual prize up for grabs. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 100 –101
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0237
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Find out about the River Severn's most southerly bridge. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 102 –102
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0238
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A Romans v Greeks debate planned by the college philosophy society prompts the students to lay siege to some age-old stereotypes. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2, page: 106 –106
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0239
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First names inspired by technology are gaining popularity in the West, yet their roots go back to the Stalinist Soviet Union.
Editor's letter
World news
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News: Stumbling blocks emerge for UK's nuclear new build
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News in brief
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News in brief
News analysis: Dreamliner becomes Boeing's nightmare as fleet grounded
Comment: If you ask me
Letters to the Editor
For and against
Engineering Grand Challenges
Interview with Professor Dame Ann Dowling
Mapping the mind
Future metropolis [urban planning]
Way to go! High-tech roads [road networks]
Making the most of it [engineering grand challenges]
Catch me if you can [carbon capture and storage]
Water World [water resources]
The rules of attraction [human resource management]
one2ten
The cubed route [electronics satellites]
Hannover Messe 2013
Comms in a crisis [communications emergency services]
Gathering clouds
Space race
SportsTech: Rugby. Green, green grass of home [football/rugby stadium artificial pitch]
Gadgets
The Teardown: Kindle Fire HD
Software reviews
Book interview: Rodolphe Durand
Book reviews
The eccentric engineer
e&tCetera
Thinking cap
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