Energy & Environment
Suit Converts Body Heat into Energy for Mining Cryptocurrency
'The Institute of Human Obsolence' (IoHO) has demonstrated a suit which converts human body heat into energy for mining Cryptocurrency.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
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Automotive & Transport
World’s steepest railway opens – The Schwyz-Stoos funicular
The world’s steepest funicular line has opened at the Alpine resort of Stoos in Switzerland. The record-breaking railway can climb a 110%…
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Health
Growing food from mattresses: what Engineers can learn from working in refugee camps
The news is often full of refugee crises couched in terms such as “how will we cope?”, without much thought for the refugees themselves.
Careers Biomedical
Health
Birmingham University takes to sea with the Royal Marines to save lives
The team behind "the VR ‘Chinook’" have taken to the sea with the Royal Marines for the next phase of the project.
Careers Biomedical
Health
Motion Capture suit for dogs will make CGI realistic
Engineers at the University of Bath’s Centre for Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research& Applications (aka CAMERA) are developing new techniques to make on-screen animated dogs played by humans more realistic.
Careers Biomedical
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Did Scientists just Engineer A New Form of Matter?
A new form of matter called “Excitonium” has been confirmed by a team of scientists working at the University of California, Berkeley, and University of Amsterdam
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Work underway on Wiltshire Dyson tech campus
It is offical - work is now well underway at Dyson's Wiltshire technology campus.
Space
History through Engineering-Flying chariots and exotic birds
People have been dreaming about space travel for hundreds of years, long before the arrival of the spectacular technologies behind space exploration today – mighty engines roaring fire and thunder,…
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Electronics & Communications
Bristol to host UK's first 5G trial
The city will host one of the first 5G trials with Millennium Square to act as the main testbed for the next generation of wireless mobile communications in the UK.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Health
3D-printed living bacteria
Engineers in Zürich have created a biocompatible ink for 3D printing using living bacteria.
Careers Biomedical
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Meet the robot that swims like a manta ray
Engineers have created an aquatic robot called MantaDroid which swims like manta rays.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
SpaceOpportunities
2018 is the Year of Engineering
Today the Government announced a new national campaign to increase their awareness and understanding of what engineers do.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Space
Competition: The Perfect Christmas STEM Booklist for Younger Children
Do you have younger kids, or are looking for the perfect gift for friends or family? We are giving away four books that make the perfect gift for younger children interested in Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Robot Passed a Medical Licensing Exam
Xiaoyi - a Chinese AI-powered robot - has taken the country's medical licensing examinations and passed.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Construction & InfrastructureBreakthroughs
BBA certifies Q-Bot insulating system
The testing experts at the British Board of Agrément have certified the Qbot marking the first time it has certified a construction service delivered by a robot.
Careers Civil, Structural
ChemicalsBreakthroughs
University of Warwick creates Fluorescent dye to highlight 99% of hidden ocean micro-plastics
With the smallest microplastics in oceans going largely undetected the University of Warwick has developed an innovative and cheap new method of detecting microplastics as small as the width of a human hair.
Careers Chemical
Energy & Environment
Bath University merges Art & Engineering in “Engineered Equanimity”
Bath University is celebrating the boundaries between Art and Engineering in their latest exhibition "Engineered Equanimity".
Careers Electrical, Chemical
SpaceBreakthroughs
How do the latest earphones translate languages?
In the Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy, Douglas Adams’s seminal 1978 BBC broadcast (then book, feature film and now cultural icon), one of the many technology predictions was the Babel Fish.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Electronics & Communications
Bristol based Reach Robotics signs exclusive deal with Apple
Bristol based Reach Robotics announced last week that it will exclusively sell its MekaMon real-life gaming robots in Apple’s stores in the USA and United Kingdom .
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Construction & Infrastructure
MIT Wins Mars City Design Architecture Prize 2017
The Mars City Design Architecture prize aims to take seriously the question of how people live on Mars.
Careers Civil, Structural
Manufacturing
Pembient believes Biotech can Save the Rhino.
Pembient is a Seattle-based biotech startup. The company hopes to combine 3D printing with some basic economics to solve the rhino poaching crisis.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation