The Engineer
28 September 2001
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Authenticating the net means taking a Liberty
4 Oct 2001
Some of the world's biggest industrial and technology companies have signed up to a major new project to establish a framework for secure access to the internet.
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Beyond control...
4 Oct 2001
Paul Gay explains how suppliers of control systems have adapted a strategy to include long-term maintenance and even asset management contracts.
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British-led team gains access to secrets of sunken Kursk
4 Oct 2001
A British-led team of engineers is overseeing this weekend's hazardous operation to raise the wreckage of the 11,500-tonne Russian nuclear submarine Kursk.
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Enigma set to solve the puzzle of mobile repair
4 Oct 2001
Technical content specialist Enigma has unveiled a mobile software platform allowing maintenance and repair information to be accessed via wireless devices.
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EU plans the appliance of science
4 Oct 2001
Getting experts together to speculate about the future is becoming something of a trend. In Britain, the DTI assembled dozens of busy industrialists and academics to produce its 'Foresight' reports, outlining the likely trends in society and technology, in an attempt to set priorities for action over the coming decades.
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Filtronic's loss-making plant given spark of hope
4 Oct 2001
Electronics group Filtronic could be just weeks away from signing two desperately needed contracts for its troubled Newton Aycliffe semiconductor plant.
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Green light deal for GoIndustry
4 Oct 2001
GoIndustry is to join forces with a US counterpart, creating a £16m a year online marketplace for used and surplus industrial equipment.
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Hewitt must kick-start regional aid to industry
4 Oct 2001
Patricia Hewitt's call to set up a 'Manufacturing Summit' next month looks on the face of it like a talking shop.
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Mayflower pioneers fuel efficiency breakthrough
4 Oct 2001
Mayflower has unveiled a technical breakthrough which, it claims, promises dramatic improvements in fuel economy and emission performance in IC engines.
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Power equipment firm needs bright sparks
4 Oct 2001
Power supply equipment firm HiTek Power is recruiting electronics engineers as part of a long-term expansion plan.
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Reading, writing and rocket science
4 Oct 2001
There has been a flurry of activity to get the first engineering schools established in the UK. Helen Knight looks at the future for science education.
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Skills shortages as far as the eye can see
4 Oct 2001
The threat of recession has been made all the more tangible by the tragic events in the US, last month. Early signs, however, suggest that demand for engineers, especially experienced ones, is holding up.
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The driving force behind EU shift
4 Oct 2001
Toyota is proving to be a model citizen of the UK and Europe since it arrived as a manufacturer nine years ago.
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Federal-Mogul files Chapter 11
3 Oct 2001
Federal-Mogul Corporation and its US subsidiaries have voluntarily filed for financial restructuring under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.
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Multi-rate solutions for networks
3 Oct 2001
Intel has introduced a new optical networking subsystem designed to deliver 10 Gigabit Ethernet and OC-192 Sonet/SDH communications on a single line card.
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Fill your clubs with Lodengraf
1 Oct 2001
Versatile and lightweight, Lodengraf granules can cut in half noise and vibration from almost everything. But what the heck are they? And why should Tiger care?
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FlexRay Consortium gets a big new member
1 Oct 2001
General Motors has announced that it will be joining the core member companies of The FlexRay Consortium.
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Mine's a pint!
1 Oct 2001
A free photo service lets people send digital photos over a mobile phone!
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UK science receives £120 million boost
1 Oct 2001
The UK Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt today unveiled details of how more than 200 universities, colleges, and hospitals across Britain will benefit from a £120 million science windfall.
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World's first pocket DAB receiver
1 Oct 2001
Roke Manor Research and Panasonic System LSI Design Europe have unveiled what they claim is the world’s first hand-held digital audio broadcast receiver.
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A new concept in optical fibre technology
28 Sep 2001
Researchers at the Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre have fabricated the first microstructured polymer optical fibre.
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Every breath you take
28 Sep 2001
PNNL scientists have designed a virtual computer model of the nose, larynx and lungs of a rat in hopes of better understanding how pollutants affect those systems.
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Flash is fast
28 Sep 2001
Intel has introduced a new flash memory chip designed to enhance the performance of cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other wireless devices.
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It's a wind-up
28 Sep 2001
UK-based Freeplay Energy Group and Motorola are to develop and market a Freeplay-driven wireless phone power source.
