Health
Tuning in the factory
Radio frequency identification is helping to pave the way for a new era in creating bespoke products on the assembly line.
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Energy & Environment
Proving factory aims to fill gaps in UK automotive supply chain
The Proving Factory, a new manufacturing initiative aimed at strengthening the UK’s automotive supply chain by helping small firms scale-up and industrialise innovative propulsion technologies, has been formally launched by…
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Brazil Amazon: Drone to scan for ancient Amazonia
More than 450 geoglyphs have now been identified in deforested areas
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
ManufacturingOpportunities
SEMTA Skills awards, 2015
Semta Skills Awards, Park Plaza, Riverbank, London. Hundreds of nominations from across the UK for the seven categories have been shortlisted to leave 25 finalists battling it out in the…
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Energy & Environment
New Dog Robot Can Run and Climb Just Like The Real Thing
Boston Dynamics, a company specializing in animal-like robots, has just released their latest design: Spot.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Health
Google’s Vint Cerf warns of ‘digital Dark Age’
Vint Cerf, a "father of the internet", says he is worried that all the images and documents we have been saving on computers will eventually be lost.
Careers Biomedical
Energy & Environment
Process improvement rendered in immersive 3D virtual world
Running a computer simulation of a ‘what if’ scenario on a production line or explaining a new design to colleagues is all very well - but imagine being able to explore both in a fully textured, lifelike 3D virtual landscape.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Opportunities
How to build a £multi-million global business from scratch
“Don’t be afraid just because you’re a one man band in an office,” says Lara Morgan, the entrepreneur (and force of nature) who started her hotel supplies business with no funding and sold it for £20m.
Health
Robot revolution predicted for manufacturing
Increases in the performance and price of robotics will slash manufacturing costs by up to a third in the world's top exporting countries over the next ten years, a study by management consultancy the Boston Consultancy Group has found.
Careers Biomedical
Construction & InfrastructureOpportunities
Bentley opens doors to applicants in recruitment drive
Bentley is recruiting 300 professional and technical positions in 2015 as part of a £40m investment into the company’s Crewe headquarters.
Careers Civil, Structural
Electronics & CommunicationsOpportunities
Vibrating glove uses ultrasonic echolocation to help the blind
Two manufacturing engineering and management students from Nottingham University have developed a glove that uses vibration signals to alert blind people to the proximity of objects.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Health
Tim Cook hails Apple Watch health benefits: ‘Sitting is the new cancer’
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has pitched health as one of the key selling points for his company’s upcoming Apple Watch smartwatch, including its hourly reminders to owners to be more active.
Careers Biomedical
Energy & Environment
Photorealism – the future of video game visuals
Imagine looking into the eyes of a video game character and knowing that they have lied to you, or that they’re scared, or that they love you.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Health
Driverless car review launched by UK government
Changes to road regulations and car maintenance checks will be necessary to accommodate driverless cars on the roads of the UK, a Department of Transport report has confirmed.
Careers Biomedical
SpaceBreakthroughs
Europe to attempt wingless re-entry
The trickiest thing about space is getting back from it in one piece. Just ask Giorgio Tumino.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Automotive & Transport
World’s best young engineers gear up for Formula Student 2015
135 teams from 28 different countries will compete at Silverstone
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Health
Making the UK the best place to do research and innovation
The new Government elected in May 2015 has an opportunity to build on our strengths and help make the UK the best place in the world to do research and innovation according to a statement published by the National Academies today (10 February).
Careers Biomedical
Electronics & Communications
New technique doubles distance of fibre optic communications
UCL researchers have demonstrated a new way to process fibre optic signals that could double the distance data travels error-free through transatlantic sub-marine cables, and cut long-distance transmission costs.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Opportunities
About that UK digital biz renaissance? Not so fast
Guest Opinion The Gibson Index business database has been surveying UK businesses since 2003. Here, founder Marcus Gibson explains why the Tech City quango’s "Tech Nation" survey touting the success of "digital" Britain is deeply flawed.
ManufacturingOpportunities
UK Manufacturers optimistic despite high number of "poorly prepared" youngsters
The full Annual Manufacturing Report 2015 can be downloaded by clicking here
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Innovation and entrepreneurship training for international engineers
Around 200 highly skilled international engineers from nine different countries will come to London over the coming two months starting today (9 February) to attend a specially designed, eight-day intensive…