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Volume 8, Issue 3
April 2013
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- Author(s): D. Ross
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0314
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There's no denying the technology sector is abundant with fruitful projects. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 6 –7
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0315
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The latest engineering stories from around the globe. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 8 –9
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0316
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The Mercier-Jones has been dubbed 'the Bugatti of hovercrafts'. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, page: 10 –10
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0317
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- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, page: 12 –12
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0318
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Engineers in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah have begun laying the foundations of what's planned to be the world's tallest building - Kingdom Tower. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 13 –14
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0319
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- Author(s): B. Cervi
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, page: 16 –16
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0320
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As one iconic British company rises above corruption allegations, two others fight it out in the chip market. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, page: 18 –18
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0321
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An outline of the IET's charitable work. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 20 –21
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0322
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- Author(s): M. Venables
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 22 –23
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0300
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Mark Venables looks at government options for maintaining Britain's power supplies. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 24 –25
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0303
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Pick of the E&T inbox. - Author(s): D. Byrne
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, page: 27 –27
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0309
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There are more ways than ever of pursuing a career in the technology sector, says Dolores Byrne. - Author(s): D. Moylan and F. Wingate
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 28 –29
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0323
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London Mayor Boris Johnson is in favour of building a new, four-runway airport to the east of the capital. But is this the best solution to maintain Britain's position as a leading commercial centre in Europe? - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 30 –33
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0301
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As the Raspberry Pi celebrates its first birthday, designs intended for the hobbyist are getting mainstream attention from developers of 'grown up' applications. Few items of electronic hardware have engendered quite as much enthusiasm as the compact, single-board computer developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the aim of encouraging basic computer science in schools. Had it had been for sale in shops, the queues would probably have outstripped those around Apple stores in the earlier days of the iPhone and iPad. The Pi - and other hardware like it - is reinvigorating the world of electronic design; but the project started out with fairly limited ambitions, with its founders hoping that it would simply fill a gap in education. As the Raspberry Pi celebrates its first birthday - and one million units shipped - there are several indications that its value is being readily exploited by developers of 'grown up' products who see it as a cheap (circa £25) and effective way of getting compute power into a range of commercial-class solutions requirements. - Author(s): C. Andrews
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 34 –37
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0302
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Education secretary Michael Gove plans to introduce a new IT curriculum that focuses more on computer science and less on secretarial skills. The British education system is notoriously slow to embrace change, though. Whether it's today's children who will benefit or the children of future generations remains to be seen. Something that may speed things up, though, is the new computer that looks like the sort of thing the geek might keep in his den, but sounds like something served up in the school canteen. The Raspberry Pi is an uncased, credit-card sized computer that can run off the mains or from a portable battery. Developer the Raspberry Pi Foundation says that it is individual children, not their schools, who will be given the computers. At schools, or at home, the kids will be able to use the Raspberry Pi like a desktop PC for gaming, spreadsheets, word-processing and to play videos. Also like a desktop, their new machine will connect to TVs, games consoles and keyboards. - Author(s): S. Harris
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 38 –41
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0324
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This year's First Lego League challenged youngsters to build projects to help the elderly. - Author(s): K. Sangani
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 42 –45
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0304
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This paper discusses issues regarding BYOD or bring your own device in schools today. - Author(s): A. Grogan
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 46 –49
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0305
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We all have a rough idea of what an eco-city is: some perfect unison of nature and technology. Countless proposals of sci-fi utopias have adorned the glossy pages of architect's portfolios, showing a bold new way of addressing the imbalance of these seemingly opposing forces. There is no single internationally accepted definition of an 'eco-city', but China believes it has a pretty good suggestion in Tianjin Eco-city. - Author(s): S. Davies
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 50 –53
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0306
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Constructing a new subway line in a major city such as New York throws up a wealth of challenges aside from engineering ingenuity. - Author(s): M. Venables
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 54 –55
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0325
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The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWeM) Environmental Photographer of the Year 2013 is an international showcase for the very best in environmental photography and video. - Author(s): P. Hunter
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 56 –59
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0307
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In a general context big data is an aggregation of data sets that are so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using readily available database management tools or traditional data processing applications. This challenge also contains an opportunity for commercial organisations that are equipped to find ways to use it - or elements of it - to inform and enhance revenue drivers (see 'Puzzling out big data', E&T Vol 7 Issue 12). The term 'big data' is partly a recognition of the growing relative weight and importance of unstructured data not amenable to conventional database analytics and reporting tools and techniques. Above all, though, it embodies an ambition to extract value from data, particularly for sales, marketing, and customer relations. - Author(s): A. Bodhani
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 60 –63
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0308
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As point-of-sale systems embrace mainstream software, they will have to deal with the security threats that come with it. Connected point-of-sale (POS) systems - that's the checkout to you and me - are the most recent targets of the cybercriminal. Checkout technology has been getting steadily more intelligent over the last decade, and if checkout systems are starting to look more like standard personal computers than electronic cash registers, it's because they are increasingly adopting much of the same technology. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 64 –67
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0326
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CEO and founder of Geomagic, Ping Fu discusses her extraordinary journey from the concentration camps of China's Cultural Revolution to becoming one of America's most influential women in reality capture technology. Words and portrait by Nick Smith. - Author(s): C. Edwards
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, page: 68 –68
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0310
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Smartphones designed to exploit the emerging 4G networks are ravenous for data, and that's good news for service operators who need ways to maximise usage-based revenue models, but the transition from 3G to 4G is likely to throw up several contentious issues that will take time and effort to reconcile. (4 pages) - Author(s): J. Goodyer
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 73 –75
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0311
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With the soaring popularity of smartphone cameras and online photo sharing, is there room in the photographic world for instant analogue photography? - Author(s): A. Harris
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 76 –79
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0327
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With energy efficiency sitting high on the political agenda, we caught up with Dr Nick Eyre, a Jackson Senior Research Fellow in Energy at the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) at Oxford's Oriel College, to unravel the tangled web of policy and technology. - Author(s): M. Venables
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 80 –83
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0312
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It is no longer enough to simply have top-notch operational efficiency. The future belongs to companies that can innovate within that often restrictive fiscal framework. - Author(s): M. Venables
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 84 –85
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0313
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The humble black rubber tyre may seem like an afterthought amidst the plethora of high-tech innovations that sit under the monogrammed skin of a modern Formula One car, but they are crucial to the overall performance. After several years of Formula One tyre-wars, in which Goodyear, Bridgestone and Pirelli vied to produce the fastest tyres, the sport's governing body, Fédération International de l'Automobile (FIA), decided that better control was needed and opted for a single tyre-supplier. - Author(s): S. Munk
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 86 –87
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0328
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The latest in innovative consumer technology including: the future of home gaming, running shoes redefined and the latest in top movie-making kit. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 88 –89
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0329
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We take a look inside the future of in-vehicle navigation, the Chevrolet Captiva. - Author(s): B. Betts
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 90 –91
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0330
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Raspberry Pi's flexibility and openness is spawning a host of useful apps, making it a great educational tool for the less-than-young as well as for school kids. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 92 –93
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0331
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We are constantly being told that the 21st Century is the age of global innovation. But what does that mean? We talk to an author whose new book explains all. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 94 –95
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0332
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This month we look at titles that highlight innovation in wartime, medicine, structural engineering and life itself. - Author(s): J. Pollard
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, page: 96 –96
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0333
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A determined young woman and her fight for recognition as the inventor of a real American star of the show. - Author(s): D. Sandham
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, page: 98 –98
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0334
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Sorcery and sums feature among this month's puzzles with the usual prize up for grabs. - Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, page: 99 –99
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0335
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Self-pity, pay scales and the Lion King's Simba all feature in the students' late-night bar debate. - Author(s): N. Smith
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, p. 100 –101
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0336
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The machine that invented office work. - Author(s): V. Vitaliev
- Source: Engineering & Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, page: 106 –106
- DOI: 10.1049/et.2013.0337
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Technology-related place names are more often than not products of toponymical engineering, increasingly driven by aggressive advertising and marketing.
Editor's Letter
World news
The bigger picture: Mercier-Jones hovercraft
News
The Graphic: Kingdom Tower skyscraper
News in brief
Business focus
Delivering charitable benefits: An outline of the IET's charitable work
News in brief
News analysis: Big bills & blackouts could make energy an election issue
Letters to the Editor
Comment: If you ask me
For and against
Not-so-humble Raspberry Pi gets big ideas
Easy as Pi [Raspberry Pi]
Building skills brick by brick
BYOD to the classroom [bring your own device]
Blueprint for a new Utopia
The line that time forgot [transport subways]
Photo essay
Journey to the Centre of Big Data
Turn on, log in, checkout [connected point-of-sale systems]
Interview with Ping Fu
Feeding time [mobile handsets]
Instant gratification [instant analogue photography]
Q&A
Stand out from the crowd
SportsTech: Formula One
Gadgets
The Teardown: Chevrolet Captiva C140 Mechless Head Unit w/ Navi
Software reviews
Book interview: Yves Doz
Book reviews
The eccentric engineer
Thinking cap
Jack's blog
Classic projects: The manual typewriter
After all: Letter from steam corner bivalve, and furnace
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