The Engineer
21 September 2001
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Big-spending UK could avoid the world recession
27 Sep 2001
The US is no longer a safe haven. The fall in airline passenger numbers and its impact on the airlines is just one storm warning among many.
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Design of the times
27 Sep 2001
The future of CAD/CAM is inseparably linked to the future of the rest of the business world.
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High-tech plan to foil hijackers
27 Sep 2001
An anti-terrorist flight mode installed on commercial aircraft could prevent a repeat of attacks like those on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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Joining the new Underground movement
27 Sep 2001
Infraco BCV has begun a drive to recruit engineers as it gears up for the government's planned public private partnership for the London Underground.
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Levy piles extra pressure on recession-hit sector
27 Sep 2001
The Climate Change levy is set to add £90m to the net costs of the engineering sector in its first year and seriously damage the competitiveness of UK manufacturing.
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Receiving at high speed
27 Sep 2001
Agere Systems has extended its range of high speed receivers for 10Gbit/sec transmission.
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US AIA Chief says outlook is plain glum
27 Sep 2001
The US Aerospace Industries Association has revised its estimate for US aerospace industry sales based on the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
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GM and Daewoo make a deal
24 Sep 2001
GM, Daewoo Motor, and the Korea Development Bank have signed an MOU outlining the formation of a new company to be owned jointly by GM and its partners.
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Fuel cell gets a military twist
25 Sep 2001
Hydrogenics Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Department of National Defence in Canada to undertake further development of its fuel cell technology.
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Fibre ribbon blows onto the desktop
24 Sep 2001
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave has introduced 12- and 2-fibre ribbon bundles designed for its Future Flex Air Blown Fibre to the Desk (FutureFlex TTD) system.
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Building on the past
24 Sep 2001
Autodesk's new building systems products - Building Mechanical and Building Electrical - use smart objects that are updated as a design develops.
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Worldwide wavelength service revenue to top $3 billion by 2005
24 Sep 2001
Wavelength services using DWDM as an alternative to SONET-based private lines are forecast to grow from $1 billion worldwide this year to more than $3.3 billion in 2005.
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Cellular market approaches single-digit growth
21 Sep 2001
2002 will represent the last year of double digit revenue growth for Western European cellular services, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics.
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GE Medical Systems to acquire Imatron
24 Sep 2001
GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Imatron, a pioneer of Electron Beam Tomography (EBT) scanners.
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Booties protect the feet of dogs
25 Sep 2001
100 sets of dog booties have been donated by Dupont to protect the paws of the rescue dogs searching the debris at the World Trade Center in NYC.
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Magnifying the picture
25 Sep 2001
NHK Research has recently demonstrated what it calls 'The Virtual Scope', a display system that creates an enlarged, detailed image from art.
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UK firms fear for internal harmony
27 Sep 2001
Fear of rocking the boat internally is making many UK companies nervous about their e-business strategy, claims chip maker Intel.
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UK start-up addresses wireless' Achilles heel
25 Sep 2001
Synad Technologies says that its new AgileRF architecture has been developed to deliver interoperability in wireless local area networks.
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Semi industry posts August book-to-bill of 0.61
21 Sep 2001
The North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $742 million in orders in August 2001 and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.61.
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Extending the standard
21 Sep 2001
Broadcom, Genesis Microchip and Texas Instruments have introduced a cross-platform digital interconnect standard for the consumer electronics industry.
