The Engineer
3 August 2001
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Chorus of hope drowns out doom mongers
9 Aug 2001
As the official bell tolls confirming the recession, it might seem surprising that there are still plenty who believe the suffering will be short-lived.
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Companies must avoid cheques to progress
9 Aug 2001
Firms remain reluctant to part with funds over the internet, and fear about security is not the only culprit for delaying the spread of e-payment.
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Economic climate makes it tougher to play Footsie
9 Aug 2001
UK Engineering companies are losing out on much-needed investment because they are dropping out of the Stock Market's top FTSE 100 index.
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Hitting the hub of the workforce
9 Aug 2001
Ford's global intranet portal offers 200,000 staff easy access to 300,000 web pages - the key to driving up productivity.
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Nuclear meltdown for Blair's emissions
9 Aug 2001
Labour's campaign to lead Europe in the battle against global warming faces serious embarrassment.
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Nuclear survival on the line
9 Aug 2001
British Nuclear Fuel's mixed oxide fuel plant at Sellafield is crucial to the company's fortunes. But five years after it was built, consent to operate it continues to be elusive.
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Providing the key to Internet success
9 Aug 2001
Firms are being wooed with a range of add-ons as internet service providers battle to remain competitive.
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Raid Brown's war chest to avoid boom and bust
9 Aug 2001
The world stands on the brink of another recession, rather as it did in the early 1970s, 80s and 90s.
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Rent, don't buy: the benefits of an ASP
9 Aug 2001
Imagine if you, as a car owner, had to buy a petrol station - complete with pumps and maintenance engineers - before you could use your motor on the road.
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Rolls-Royce set to power Boeing
9 Aug 2001
British engines could be used to power Boeing's Sonic Cruiser - its proposed rival to Airbus's A380 superjumbo.
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Winners and losers in a digitally ideal world
9 Aug 2001
Despite all the hype about e-business, many remain unclear about the degree to which it can transform a business. What they do see are a lot of new acronyms - so this column will be an initial-free zone.
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World's thinnest BGA package
9 Aug 2001
Stacking two or more packages that have been tested, burned-in and verified as 'known good devices,' is now a reality thanks to a new development from Amkor.
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GM takes wraps off gasoline-fed fuel cell pickup
8 Aug 2001
General Motors has unveiled what it claims is the world's first gasoline fuel processor for fuel cell propulsion.
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One step meshing
8 Aug 2001
Algor has announced a new one-step assembly meshing technique for generating unstructured FEA meshes more quickly.
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Getting an edge in IP aggregation routing
7 Aug 2001
New forecast data shows edge IP aggregation routers as the primary growth segment in the switching and routing market over the next three years.
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Strong growth for Italian drives
7 Aug 2001
Italy will become an increasingly important market for vendors of low-power electric drives, according to new research from industry analysts Frost & Sullivan.
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Boost for green energy in the UK
6 Aug 2001
The UK's Minister for Energy, Brian Wilson, has launched a statutory consultation on measures that will lead to an increase in the amount of 'green' electricity generated in Britain.
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Football's turning green
6 Aug 2001
QinetiQ has created an intelligent football which tells players and referees when it is at the correct pressure.
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Free graphics program for 3D anomalies
6 Aug 2001
Johns Hopkins University and the Open Channel Foundation are offering design engineers a free downloadable graphics program that speeds up the way a computer displays three-dimensional models.
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Hamilton Sundstrand to acquire Orbital's sensors
6 Aug 2001
United Technologies' Hamilton Sundstrand division is to acquire the Sensor Systems Division of Orbital Sciences in a deal valued at approximately $20 million.
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Text to speech naturally
6 Aug 2001
AT&T Labs claims to have developed the most human-sounding computer-speech system in the world. And if you don't believe it, you can listen to the system converting your own text to speech on the company web site.
