The Engineer
23 January 2004
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Alba to purchase Grundig
5 Feb 2004
Germany's Grundig is set to join the list of consumer electronics brand names owned by the Essex group.
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Award winning TV
5 Feb 2004
UK-based Verdant Technologies has won a £45,000 SMART award from the DTI to develop a power transceiver that enables closed circuit television signals to be distributed over existing analogue co-axial cabling.
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Blowing bubbles
5 Feb 2004
Metal foams are finally beginning to come of age. Jon Excell reports on a group of materials that stand on the brink of industry-wide acceptance.
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Coming in from the cold
5 Feb 2004
Cambridge engineers have imported a technique from Siberia to achieve a breakthrough in measuring high-frequency electronic systems. Jon Excell reports.
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Cool calipers
5 Feb 2004
An innovative approach to cooling brake systems on high-performance cars developed by a UK company makes its debut in this season's US NASCAR series. Jon Excell explains.
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Crosspoint switch
5 Feb 2004
National Semiconductor has introduced a 1.5 Gbps 2x2 Low Voltage Differential Signalling analogue crosspoint switch with programmable pre-emphasis and IEEE 1149.6 testability.
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Roll up for a vision of the future
5 Feb 2004
Philips is setting up a new division to bring thin, roll-up display screens to the mass market.
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Big fish
4 Feb 2004
Dave Wilson reviews Tim Burton's latest film 'Big Fish' and asks whether it might teach a lesson to those in the engineering fraternity.
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House with a view
5 Feb 2004
Physicist Dr Carl Masens is domesticating nanotechnology. Forget blue-sky ideas and self-replicating robots, his showcase house shows how big a difference nanomaterials can make to everyday life. Julia Pierce reports.
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Nanoparticle stereolithography
2 Feb 2004
DSM Somos claims to have introduced the first composite stereolithography material that incorporates 'nanoparticle' technology.
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Take it easy
28 Jan 2004
Dave Wilson recounts the true story of a middle-aged woman who worked much too hard and got the comeuppance that she deserved from her manager.
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Beware the Luddite bandwagon
23 Jan 2004
Engineers must communicate better to retain the people's trust or they could find themselves in the sights of the anti-tech mob, says Max Glaskin.
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Lighting up time
2 Feb 2004
Agilent Technologies has introduced a new ambient light photo sensor that increases the battery life of portable equipment by eliminating unnecessary backlighting.
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Another giant leap
23 Jan 2004
The spacecraft for a future manned lunar mission could be launched in sections using existing rockets and self-assembled in orbit by docking with its component parts.
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For sale on line
23 Jan 2004
Billed as the automotive industry's global online marketplace, Covisint looked until recently to be the last bastion of the floundering dotcom revolution.
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Camcon raises £500k
23 Jan 2004
The UK developer of new binary actuator technology has raised new finance to fund its expansion plans.
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Launching fireworks
23 Jan 2004
A UK pyrotechnician has invented a machine to launch fireworks more reliably and cheaply. Based on the principles used in conventional six-chamber pistols, it reduces the set-up time for major fireworks displays from days to hours.
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Celling point
23 Jan 2004
UK researchers claim to have made a breakthrough in the design of fuel cells that could transform the commercial prospects of the fledgling clean-energy technology.
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T-ing up a new image
23 Jan 2004
TeraView, a UK pioneer in terahertz scanning, has raised £6m in new funding in what amounts to a major vote of confidence for the emerging technology.
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Pace leaps back into the black
23 Jan 2004
Pace Micro Technology has clawed its way back into the black helped by growing demand for the new breed of digital video recorders (DVRs).
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Watching the waste line
23 Jan 2004
The UK's nuclear industry has teamed up with a number of universities to form a national network to investigate new storage and testing technologies for the safer disposal of radioactive waste.
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Power and control
23 Jan 2004
An easy-to-install home automation system to allow lights and electrical appliances to be controlled via the ring main from anywhere in the house has been launched in the US by Black and Decker.
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The heat is on for breast cancer
23 Jan 2004
A device for detecting and treating breast cancer without causing the painful and unpleasant side effects of chemo and radiation therapies could begin clinical tests in 2006.
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Warning light
23 Jan 2004
Unprecedented numbers of hybrid cars on display at this month's Detroit International Auto Show signify that the industry is taking the technology increasingly seriously.
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Pulling power
23 Jan 2004
The first magnetic levitation trains are running. But is maglev really a viable global transport system? Many experts feel the concept is better than the reality. Helen Knight reports.
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Making waves
23 Jan 2004
It started with flat-panel loudspeakers. But fine-tuning hi-fi sound wasn't enough for Henry Azima of NXT - he wanted to cause a revolution with his technology. Andrew Lee reports.
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Vehicles with a high EyeQ
23 Jan 2004
MobilEye, an Israeli specialist in image processing, has developed an image processing system that can analyse video footage of the road to warn motorists of impending danger.
