The Engineer
18 May 2001
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C&W stakes future on IP upturn
24 May 2001
UK telecom-turned-web company Cable & Wireless claims demand for internet-based services is on a steadily upward curve despite turbulence in many key global markets.
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Candidates give spin on industry
24 May 2001
What should the next government do to help manufacturing and promote innovation? Liam O'Brien puts the question to three engineers — in two constituencies — who are standing in the general election.
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Generics forges European alliances
24 May 2001
Technology consulting and investment group Generics has signed collaboration agreements with German electronics giant Siemens and a Dutch technology institute, TNO.
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Life in the fast lane
24 May 2001
It takes stamina and true grit, not to mention personality and passion, to make it as a successful motorsport engineer, writes Steve McCormack. The rewards for the dedicated are glory, riches and sleepless nights.
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National Grid in US surge
24 May 2001
Electricity transmission giant National Grid is poised to become a major power in the US, where it soon expects to make most of its profits.
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Oasis raises the standard
24 May 2001
An international working group has agreed an e-business internet standard that should make sharing data between companies easier.
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Prodrive steers engineers into virtual reality
24 May 2001
Motorsport technology specialist Prodrive has produced what it claims to be the world's first virtual reality chassis dynamics simulator.
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US Budget blows a cloud over JSF
24 May 2001
Uncertainties about the future of the Joint Strike Fighter project intensified this week, as experts warned that a final decision on whether it is to go ahead might not be made until 2002.
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Volvo cash injection to fuel jumbo engine deal
24 May 2001
Volvo's aerospace division is linking with Rolls-Royce to help finance the development of the Trent 900, the engine powering Airbus's A380 superjumbo.
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Carbon-doped transistors could go in handsets
23 May 2001
The Kopin Corporation looks as if it is one step closer to the commercial introduction of production-ready carbon-doped InP-based heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) wafers. Wireless handset designers could be the first beneficiaries.
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Field-programmable microwave circuitry
23 May 2001
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is developing a programmable metal-sheet technology that will enable microwave components to be reconfigured on-the-fly.
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Rocketdyne receives $65 million for space propulsion systems
23 May 2001
The $201.5 million that The Boeing Company was awarded by NASA last week includes more than $65 million to the Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power unit of the company.
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Way2Call show way to go
23 May 2001
Way2call Communications Ltd are set to launch the new Hi-Phone Stylus, a device that links analogue telephones (including cordless phones) to a PC.
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Agilent Technologies to acquire Sirius Communications
22 May 2001
Agilent Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire all of the issued share capital of Sirius Communications NV, a developer of CDMA ASICs for the 3G market.
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Composites replace steel and concrete in California Bridge
22 May 2001
A UC San Diego-government research project has resulted in the development of composite technology that has been applied to a new highway bridge.
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IBM and Mitsubishi Electric to develop chips for cell phones
22 May 2001
IBM has linked up with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation to develop a new range of ICs for third-generation (3G) cellular telephones.
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IBM pixie dust breakthrough quadruples disk drive density
22 May 2001
IBM is using a few atoms of 'pixie dust' to push back the data storage industry's most formidable barrier.
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Double the life of your touchscreen
21 May 2001
TouchSystems' 5-wire analog resistive touchscreen has a lifespan greater than 50 million touches, nearly twice that of the closest competitor.
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Dow buys a straw business
21 May 2001
Dow Pipeline has agreed to acquire a majority of the Manitoba assets of Isobord Enterprises, and enter the business of producing engineered composite panels made from wheat straw.
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Exide and Maxwell join forces
21 May 2001
Exide Technologies has signed a multi-year development and supply agreement with Maxwell Technologies to develop and market stored energy systems.
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Pratt & Whitney - Aerojet wins $115 million contract to develop new engines
21 May 2001
A new joint venture called Pratt & Whitney - Aerojet Propulsion Associates has been awarded a two-year, $115 million NASA contract to develop booster engines.
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The end of the old wireless?
18 May 2001
Portable wireless terminals are designed and manufactured with a lot of analog RF hardware. But in the future, a new design approach could change things.
