The Engineer
20 July 2001
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Animated discussion
26 Jul 2001
The press coverage that surrounded the launch of the video-projected mannequin ‘Anibod’ put its developer ATOM into the living rooms of millions of households.
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Carrot for the UK cake
26 Jul 2001
Will Chancellor Gordon Brown take the lead from the US and Italy and introduce tax incentive programmes to help our ailing industries?
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Facing up to the full cost of CCL in the UK
26 Jul 2001
This week's rescue of the Kyoto treaty on climate change, minus the participation of the US of course, was a case of high drama on the world stage. The treaty was pulled back from the brink, albeit in a watered down form, after marathon talks and much diplomatic posturing.
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Gigabit Ethernet transceiver complies with GBIC power requirements
26 Jul 2001
The BCM5421S is claimed to be the first Gigabit Ethernet-over-copper transceiver to comply with the 1.5W power requirements of Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) modules.
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Opening the research fund gates
26 Jul 2001
How can an investor assess whether a new technology company is worth backing if there isn't a long enough track record?
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Plan to give skills reps union status sparks row
26 Jul 2001
A row has broken out between employers and unions over proposals for 'learning representatives' to help identify workforce training needs.
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Robot workers spark electronics skills drive
26 Jul 2001
The growing use of robots in car making is increasing demand for automotive engineers with electronics skills. While many in industry may have hoped robots would reduce the impact of skill shortages in manufacturing, Lyndsay Davies, national accounts manager at Henry Court, Honda's managing recruitment agents, said the growth of automation technology has actually increased the need for electronics specialists.
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Temperature on the rise in transatlantic tariffs row
26 Jul 2001
The UK's trade dispute with the US over its threat to restrict steel imports reached near meltdown this week.
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Tooling up: purchasing engineering machines
26 Jul 2001
John Dunn looks at the various ways UK engineers approach getting the right tools, the right components and the right machines for the job in hand.
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Trading threat to green initiatives
26 Jul 2001
The UK's biggest energy users warned this week that the new system for trading electricity had so far discouraged two key developments aimed at cutting energy bills.
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Troubled export industry rejects intervention plea
26 Jul 2001
UK manufacturers have rejected calls from economists for intervention to lower the pound, even though the export market is prompting firms to cut thousands of jobs.
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UGS has new designs on widening its data base
26 Jul 2001
Design and manufacturing software specialist UGS has unveiled ambitious plans to get millions more people using its digital data.
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E-business on the rise down under
25 Jul 2001
A report published today by Cisco Systems suggests that fifty five percent of Australian companies are now part of the country's $28 billion a year Internet Economy.
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UK coal mines to get £21 million in government aid
25 Jul 2001
Four UK coal mines in England and Wales are set to receive over £21million of Government aid following European Commission approval given today.
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Broadband goes to China
24 Jul 2001
Great Wall Broadband is to use EnReach's iTV middleware and application software to bring web-browsing, e-mail, video and music-on-demand to China.
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Jumping on the HyperTransport bandwagon
24 Jul 2001
A coalition of industry leaders have formed the HyperTransport Technology Consortium to support the development of AMD's HyperTransport I/O Link specification.
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One Watt or not?
24 Jul 2001
An amendment to the US 'Energy Advancement and Conservation Act of 2001,' would create a 1W stand-by energy consumption standard for all US 'household appliances.'
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Shell buys the wind in Wyoming
24 Jul 2001
Shell Renewables' US wind energy operation, Shell WindEnergy, has purchased a 50 MWatt wind farm in Wyoming.
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Thyssen Schienen Technik to be sold
24 Jul 2001
ThyssenKrupp Steel AG is to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Thyssen Schienen Technik GmbH of Duisburg, to Voest-Alpine Schienen of Leoben, Austria.
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$2.4 billion makes a better military radio
23 Jul 2001
CDC Systems UK has been awarded a $2.4 billion (£1.7 billion) contract by the UK MoD as the prime contractor for the Bowman communications system.
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European missile companies to make bigger bang
23 Jul 2001
Precision-Optical Engineering's parent company, Matra BAe Dynamics UK Ltd is joining together with other European companies to form a much larger organisation to serve the needs of the European missile market.
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CPS gets 911 call
20 Jul 2001
Cambridge Positioning Systems' EOTD system has been selected by all major US GSM mobile operators as their technology of choice for compliance with the US E911 legislation.
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Cross licensing leads to dressing up in a PC
20 Jul 2001
Hitachi has entered into a license agreement with Xybernaut in order to develop a Wearable Internet Appliance (WIA) for the consumer market.
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First the landing gear, now the slides
20 Jul 2001
Goodrich has been selected by Airbus to supply the evacuation systems for the A380 aircraft. Under the contract, Goodrich will engineer and manufacture the slides and provide customer support once the aircraft enters commercial service in 2006.
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Gas ships made in Korea
20 Jul 2001
BG has entered into an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries Limited of Korea for the purchase of two new build liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships.
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Industrial production falls in the US
20 Jul 2001
US industrial production fell 0.7 percent in June, to 142.5 percent of its 1992 average, and second-quarter production was down 5.6 percent at an annual rate.
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Rolls-Royce signs $360 million maintenance agreement
20 Jul 2001
Rolls-Royce today announced the signing of a long-term $360 million maintenance support agreement with Continental Airlines for its existing fleet of RB211-535E4B aero engines.
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Steel merger under EU review
20 Jul 2001
The European Commission has decided to launch an in-depth investigation into the planned merger of France's Usinor, Aceralia of Spain and Luxembourg-based Arbed.
