The Engineer
10 September 2004
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Not such a disaster
23 Sep 2004
A new European system that takes pictures during or after a building collapse due to an earthquake promises to be a lifesaver.
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Nuclear restructuring
22 Sep 2004
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Patricia Hewitt has welcomed today's decision by the European Commission to approve the UK Government's restructuring aid to British Energy.
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BGA reed relay
17 Sep 2004
Coto Technology has introduced what it claims to be the first four independent channel, form-A, planar BGA reed relay. Unlike Coto's B10, B40 and other high-performance RF reed relay products, no slot or hole in the PC board is required to mount the B41 series device - a feature which simplifies the design of multi-layer boards. Coto's new, patented technology also allows for shorter RF paths in a controlled 50 ohm environment to minimise signal attenuation.
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Making waves in space
17 Sep 2004
US researchers have developed a novel travelling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator for generating electrical power aboard spacecraft.
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32-bit RISC core
17 Sep 2004
Cambridge Consultants’ new 32-bit RISC core - the XAP3 - is available in Verilog RTL and can be fabricated in under 50,000 gates in a variety of ASIC and FPGA technologies.
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Ultra-wideband comes to miniPCI
16 Sep 2004
Freescale Semiconductor and GlobalSun Technology have developed an Ultra-Wide-Band-enabled miniPCI module which will be available in Q4 this year.
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Single-chip set-top box
16 Sep 2004
STMicroelectronics' STi7710 is an integrated single-chip solution that targets designers of high definition set-top boxes.
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Infineon guilty of price fixing
16 Sep 2004
Infineon Technologies, the German DRAM manufacturer, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $160 million fine for participating in an international conspiracy to fix prices in the DRAM market.
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In the pipeline
16 Sep 2004
The Corus Group has been awarded a contract valued at over 100 million Euros (£72 million) to manufacture the entire steel line pipe for an Anglo-Dutch gas pipeline.
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VME with a PowerPC
15 Sep 2004
Concurrent Technologies has broadened its PowerPC based VME64x product range with the introduction of the VP 742/20x, a single slot board designed around the Motorola MPC7455 PowerPC "G4" processor.
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I, Robot
15 Sep 2004
Developers at Fujitsu have built a Windows XP-based robot that they are targeting for use in the service industry.
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RF design and simulation
15 Sep 2004
The Mathworks' RF Blockset and RF Toolbox expand the scope of model-based design for wireless system development.
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A defensive move
15 Sep 2004
UK defence giant QinetiQ is to buy St Louis, MO-based Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, one of the US's leading providers of aerospace technology solutions, in a £72.2m ($130m) deal.
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Handheld drive interface
15 Sep 2004
A new initiative to define a storage interface tailored to the unique needs of handheld and portable consumer electronic devices is underway.
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Linux standard base 2.0
14 Sep 2004
The Free Standards Group, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to developing and promoting open source software standards, has announced the availability of the Linux Standard Base 2.0.
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Gas gauge
14 Sep 2004
Texas Instruments has released a gas gauge technology that calculates remaining capacity in lithium-based battery packs with up to 99% accuracy throughout the entire life of a battery.
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Flat screen JV
14 Sep 2004
Canon and Toshiba are to establish a joint venture to manufacture flat-screen panels that boast an energy consumption roughly one-half that of large-screen CRTs and about one-third of plasma display panels.
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Heat-controlled drug implants
14 Sep 2004
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a material that may one day allow patients to receive medication through micro-thin implantable films.
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Safe-by-wire
13 Sep 2004
Leading automotive systems and component suppliers have formed a consortium is to combine what have been two independent and competing automotive safety bus standards.
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100 billion data values
13 Sep 2004
Version 9.1 of National Instruments' DIAdem software has a new data plug-in layer, so that engineers can import a wider variety of file types and access more test data than before.
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Big cat
10 Sep 2004
A Canadian ferry, whose engine design integrates key technologies, is cutting journey times and getting commuters to give up the roads in favour of water.
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Marconi back in the black
10 Sep 2004
Marconi - best known over the past few years for its ability to lose bucket loads of cash - is now debt free.
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Antonov: it's all systems go in Paris
10 Sep 2004
Antonov, the company developing new automatic gearbox technology, said it is on course to unveil a car equipped with its latest transmission system at the Paris Motor Show.
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Reinvention pays off
10 Sep 2004
Strong performances by its fluid power and climate control divisions helped IMI to a bright start to 2004.
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Keeping an eye on river pollutants
10 Sep 2004
An optical sensor, capable of detecting minute amounts of organic pollutants in river water, has been developed in an EU-funded project.
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Cat over shallow water
10 Sep 2004
A high-speed catamaran capable of travelling over shallow water could be used to transport cargo on Europe's rivers, reducing road congestion, its UK developers claim.
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Turtling along
10 Sep 2004
A highly manoeuvrable unmanned underwater vehicle that is easy to control in water too turbulent for other craft could soon be used for mine clearance by the US Navy.
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It's a steel!
10 Sep 2004
To help combat steel distortion in vehicle gearboxes, Corus has developed an alternative.
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Remote control
10 Sep 2004
The notion of the car being an extension of the home was reinforced this week by technology developed by BMW to enable drivers to remotely check up on their house.
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Carbon dating
10 Sep 2004
Carbon sequestration makes sense: technology for it is in place and it could help the UK meet emissions targets. But it will have to happen soon in the North Sea. Julia Pierce reports.
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Blending for reinforcements
10 Sep 2004
UK researchers are attempting to improve the strength and wear resistance of composites by combining them with carbon nanotubes.
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Looking for the sunny side
10 Sep 2004
A University of Reading spin-out company is on the verge of commercialising solar energy devices that are both more efficient and half the cost of conventional solar panels.
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Buoyant future
10 Sep 2004
A US pioneer in wave-powered electricity generation will set up a UK operation after securing the first European interest in its technology.
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Mixed motives
10 Sep 2004
Autodesk's latest CAD release, AIS 9, talks the language of the engineer as well as the professional modeller by providing a risk-free path from 2D to 3D.
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Winding up for the challenge
10 Sep 2004
Is the renewable technology sector in danger of being shot down before it has a chance to show what it can do?
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Turning on the heat
10 Sep 2004
Design flaws believed to be at the root of the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster are being addressed by a new NASA concept.
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The right connections
10 Sep 2004
Jon Crowcroft and his Communications Innovation Institute team are out to identify the best ways to apply new technology to ensure the industry is not caught by another 3G-style surprise.
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Deep thinking
10 Sep 2004
A multi-national submarine rescue system that can be flown anywhere in the world within 72 hours is on the horizon - and it's all thanks to UK technology.
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Cool operators
10 Sep 2004
Developments in cooling technology could be a breath of fresh air for designers of electronic devices.
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Earth to Galileo: spread the word
10 Sep 2004
Ignorance and misinformation are rife when it comes to satellite positioning. If the EU doesn't get out and publicise how its new system can work, it may not work.
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Mean, green machine
10 Sep 2004
The UK developer of an exciting new sports car believes that its creation could redefine the way consumers think about hybrid cars.
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Fuel cells are stacks cheaper
10 Sep 2004
A UK electro-chemical technology specialist said it has cleared several hurdles in its bid to bring a range of cheaper fuel cells to the commercial marketplace.
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Wheel spin
10 Sep 2004
An electric drivetrain designed to improve the efficiency of cars and trucks has been fitted for the first time to a demonstrator vehicle that will be unveiled later this month.
