The Engineer
23 July 2004
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See through solar
5 Aug 2004
Sharp has introduced a new type of solar lighting system that consolidates power generation, daylight transmission and illumination functions in a single module.
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Big hard drive is small
5 Aug 2004
Toshiba Corporation has developed two new 1.8 inch hard drives - the 60GByte MK6006GA and the 30GByte MK3006GAL.
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Robot explores gas mains
5 Aug 2004
Carnegie Mellon University robotics researchers have developed a remote-controlled, untethered, wireless prototype crawling robot, designed to inspect underground gas mains.
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Handling solutions
4 Aug 2004
Festo has introduced a series of pneumatic handling modules that combine a swivel drive with a parallel gripper in a single unit.
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Integrated development environment
3 Aug 2004
Cambridge Consultants' xIDE is a generic Integrated Development Environment that can be customised by semiconductor companies to create software development kits for ASSP, structured ASIC, platform or SoC products.
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A new way to vapourise
3 Aug 2004
Vapore's Capillary Force Vapouriser is a compact, heat-powered device that generates a powerful jet of pressurised vapour from un-pressurised liquid - with no moving parts.
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Driving video over twisted pair
2 Aug 2004
Fully integrated into a single, 4 mm x 4 mm package, Analog Devices claims that its new AD8133 is the industry's smallest triple differential line driver.
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Small sub surfaces from down under
2 Aug 2004
Researchers at the Australian National University claim to have developed the world's smallest autonomous underwater vehicle. The 'Serafina', as the small submersible is called, is 40 centimetres long, with five propellers and a plastic hull crammed with rechargeable batteries and circuitry. The craft is able to travel at a relatively fast underwater speed of one metre per second - equivalent to fast walking pace - but can also hover, tilt and right itself if overturned.
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Two-phase PWM controller
30 Jul 2004
International Rectifier's IR3092 is a two-phase interleaved pulse width modulation (PWM) control IC that supports the AMD Athlon, Athlon64, Opteron, and Intel VR10.X processors.
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Meeting mummy at the museum
30 Jul 2004
Thanks to SGI's visualisation technology, British Museum visitors can see for the first time what lies beneath the wrappings of a 3,000-year-old mummy, while it remains completely intact.
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Forest fire sensor inspired by nature
29 Jul 2004
Zoologists at the University of Bonn have constructed a forest fire sensor which could be produced more cheaply than commercially available infrared detectors, although it is not yet as sensitive.
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Quantum dots target tumours
28 Jul 2004
Emory University scientists have used a new class of luminescent "quantum dot" nanoparticles in living animals to simultaneously target and image cancerous tumours.
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Smoothing out the kinks
27 Jul 2004
With a $5 million grant from the US Department of Defense, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology are hoping to bring electromagnetic propulsion technology out of the research lab and into practical use.
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Power converter
27 Jul 2004
Giving portable designers the ability to extend battery life in smaller designs, Texas Instruments has launced a new step-down DC/DC converter for space-constrained applications.
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Optical probe might find missed breast cancers
25 Jul 2004
A light-sensitive probe is being developed to help doctors spot breast cancer in women whose malignancies fail to show up in needle biopsies.
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STS calls for rescue package
23 Jul 2004
Shareholders in Surface Technology Systems are to vote next month on proposals for a £5m cash lifeline from the company's Japanese parent.
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Honda jets off into a new era
23 Jul 2004
Honda took a giant leap into the aviation market this week with the establishment of a new division in the US to win customers for what will be the company's first-ever jet engine.
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Extrasensory inspection
23 Jul 2004
As new technologies make condition monitoring cheaper and more reliable industries are becoming wise to the benefits of having real-time information about the state of their products.
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If the lights go out
23 Jul 2004
As the government announces the demise of the Strategic Rail Authority, Bill Nuttall makes the case for a controlling authority for electricity.
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Exit strategy
23 Jul 2004
Computer simulation of disasters such as September 11 could not only radically improve survival rates but also help designers create safer structures. Andrew Lee reports.
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Working on the edge
23 Jul 2004
Oxford University’s Andrew Briggs is leading research into nanotechnology that may be on the point of finally making quantum computers a reality.
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Trailblazing
23 Jul 2004
An international network to develop an emergency response system for fires in buildings is to be established this year, headed by UK researchers.
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Glass ceiling
23 Jul 2004
Polycarbonate could replace glass in almost all car windows, reducing weight and improving safety, according to engineering plastics producer Bayer MaterialScience.
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A double treat
23 Jul 2004
A liquid-repellent coating process originally developed for the MoD has been adapted for devices such as mobile phones, car parts and aircraft components.
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Air of superiority
23 Jul 2004
A military communication system designed to enable ground troops to call in airstrikes more quickly and accurately is now being used by the UK and Dutch armed forces.
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Premium bond
23 Jul 2004
A process to join metals directly to composites, creating an extremely strong bond, could significantly reduce the weight of aircraft and cars.
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Miles closer
23 Jul 2004
An aircraft-mounted scanning system that could help to increase the number of planes arriving at busy airports without the need for new runways, is being developed in a European project involving Airbus.
