Watch – “Having a ball” at MIT
If you think of MIT as only one the world's leading Engineering institutions it might surprise you know that each year it hosts the MIT Open Ballroom Competition - the largest collegiate competition in the USA.
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Electronics & Communications
Inaugural TOCHI best paper award goes to University of Leeds Engineers
The University of Leeds is celebrating after two of its researchers (Professor Roy Ruddle and Rhys Thomas from the School of Computing) scooped the 2016 TOCHI best paper award.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Automotive & Transport
How we can make super-fast hyperloop travel a reality
Across Europe and parts of Asia, travellers can enjoy some of the fastest rail services in the world.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Electronics & Communications
Engineering Talks – Colossus & the Breaking of Lorenz
By the end of World War Two 10 Colossus machines were working around the clock to find the start wheels of the Lorenz-encrypted messages.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Electronics & Communications
#whyflyfast – 360 VR Wingsuit Jump above Dubai
A collaboration between XDubai and Skydive Dubai has produced an innovative VR recording of a wingsuit flight over the coastline of Dubai.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Electronics & Communications
WIRED releases its 2017 Smart List
WIRED has released its 2017 smart-list. The list highlights up-and-coming minds from bioscience to software, fashion to entertainment.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Electronics & CommunicationsOpportunities
Explore – Women in Computing: a British Perspective
The National Museum of Computing and Google have worked together to chart the history of women's involvement in computer science.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
HealthOpportunities
In Conversation with Prof Eleanor Stride – Encouraging More Young People into Science and Engineering
Watch Prof Eleanor Stride (from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Oxford) talk to Dr Sung Hee Kim (the Director of Voices from Oxford)discuss the need for…
Careers Biomedical
Manufacturing
Watch: A self-healing, water-repellent, spray-on coating has been developed that is 100x more durable than its counterparts
Engineers at the University of Michigan have created a self-healing, water-repellent, spray-on coating developed is hundreds of times more durable than its counterparts.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Manufacturing
Stanfords new method for recording bird flight in 3D shows how birds deform their wings
Engineers at Standford University have developed a new 3D method for recording the shape of birds’ wings during flight.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Electronics & Communications
Virtual Reality used to restage 1839 photography show
Renowned British artist Mat Collishaw is planning to recreate the first photography exhibition, held in 1839 by William Henry Fox Talbot, at Somerset House in an entirely virtual reality space.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Construction & Infrastructure
Why was Juicero's Press so Expensive?
Last week Bloomberg published a "Silicon Valley’s $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze". Overnight, Juicero, a Silicon Valley start-up with major…
Careers Civil, Structural
Energy & Environment
The largest gas platform in the world – Aasta Hansteen – is currently on it’s way to Norway
The sail away date for the substructure of the world’s largest Spar platform, Aasta Hansteen, is approaching.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Electronics & Communications
Innovate UK offers a glimpse at Cities of the Future
With over two-thirds of our population living in urban areas by 2050 the demands on cities’ services will increase significantly.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Automotive & Transport
Aston Martin Support the RAF Benevolent Fund with Vanquish S Red Arrows Raffle
Iconic British Engineering firm Aston Martin has donated its 10th Vanquish S "Red Arrows" Edition to the RAF Benevolent Fund
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
The Browser Plug-in That Lets You Access Millions of Scientific Papers for Free
Here at Born to Engineer we try our best to link to original sources and supporting papers for breaking news.
Space
NASA commits to Fusion Reactor Engines, Extraterrestrial Drilling, Other Far-Out Technologies
NASA has announced how it plans to spend its $49.9 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program funds.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Electronics & Communications
Facebook working on Brain-to-Computer interfaces
Facebook’s developers’ conference is underway this week. One of the most intriguing pieces of tech news to come out of the event involves the social media giants work on direct brain-computer interfaces (BCIs)
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Electronics & Communications
This brick laying Robot can work 500% faster than humans
In a few months SAM (Semi-Automated Mason) will be coming to the UK. SAM is able to lay 3,000 bricks per day, four times faster than a human.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Health
STAT announces the most innovative idea of 2016 – A prosthetic arm that can 'feel'
Born to Engineer favourite STAT has just announced the winner of its "most innovative idea" poll that pitted 32 innovative discoveries published in peer-reviewed journals last year against one another…
Careers Biomedical
Health
The Science behind the Incredible Moment a Colour-Blind Grandpa Sees Colour for the First Time
Landscaper Noll Staffords family chipped in for the most amazing 66th birthday gift - a pair of glasses that have allowed him to see colourful flowers and plants for the first time
Careers Biomedical