The Engineer
6 February 2004
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Dial-up directions
19 Feb 2004
Drivers could soon be able to call directory enquires, ask for an address and receive turn-by-turn voice-transmitted directions over their mobile phone.
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ESA agrees to space launcher co-operation with Russia
19 Feb 2004
The European Space Agency ESA will collaborate with Russia on the development of future launchers and will also build a launch pad at Kourou, French Guiana for Russian Soyuz rockets.
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Micro-light
19 Feb 2004
UK technology designed to make complex optical circuits viable for mass-market production will ramp up to full-scale commercialisation within two years.
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Automatically generating tools
18 Feb 2004
CoWare's latest release of its LISATek suite of software enables embedded processor designers to model their processor using a high level language and automatically generate Instruction Set Simulators as well as an associated C compiler.
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Power over Ethernet
18 Feb 2004
Cisco Systems has released a number of products for its intelligent switches that support the IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) standard.
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Rotating joints
18 Feb 2004
Stratos Lightwave has developed a new line of rotary joints for fibre optic systems that allow uninterrupted transmission of data in applications that require a full 360 degree rotation of the fibre.
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Chip enables 99 Euro DAB radio
17 Feb 2004
Frontier Silicon has launched an integrated module for Band III, L-Band and VHF radios that it believes will enable the first 99 Euro DAB digital radios in Europe.
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Solectron sells its SMARTs
16 Feb 2004
Solectron has signed an agreement to sell SMART Modular Technologies and its other affiliated SMART Modular Technologies companies for approximately $100 million in cash.
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Entrepreneurs wanted
12 Feb 2004
Oxford University is launching its 2004 Business Plan Competition - the UK's largest science- and technology-focused competition offering £30,000 in prize money - on February 16th.
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Fibre channel upgrade
12 Feb 2004
Intel has introduced two optical transceivers that, it claims, will double the performance of existing Fibre Channel storage systems at about the same cost.
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Integrated dispersion compensation and timing
11 Feb 2004
Bristol, England-based Phyworks, a fabless semiconductor company, has begun to ship samples of its 10 Gbit/sec PHY1060 Electronic Dispersion Compensation (EDC) integrated circuit (IC).
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Hydrogen hurdles
10 Feb 2004
A transition to hydrogen as a major fuel in the next 50 years could significantly change the US energy economy but technical, economic, and infrastructure barriers need to be overcome.
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6.25Gbit/sec serial link
9 Feb 2004
Texas Instruments has introduced its first 6.25 Gbit/sec serial link product that will enable faster transmission over legacy system backplanes that currently run up to 3Gbit/secs.
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A brake with tradition
9 Feb 2004
A totally different approach to analysing and tackling the problem of car brake squeal could be applied in most industrial situations. Jon Excell reports.
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Acid test
9 Feb 2004
UK engineers are poised to road test a lead acid battery designed to make hybrid electric vehicles more affordable for the mass market.
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Aircraft need design 'step change'
9 Feb 2004
Pulse detonation engines, blended wing bodies, fuel cells and multiple mini-engines are the future of aerospace engineering technology outlined by Dr. Mike Howse in the 2004 Whittle Lecture last Tuesday.
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ARM boosts sales despite weak US dollar
9 Feb 2004
Further signals that the slump-stricken semiconductor industry is hauling itself off the floor came when ARM, the UK microprocessor designer, predicted a better year ahead.
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Digital enhancement brings reel improvement
9 Feb 2004
Researchers in the UK are developing a digital image restoration tool, which could be distributed free on the internet.
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Energy efficient
9 Feb 2004
Renewables are not the only answer to achieving the government's targets for reducing emissions. Wasted energy needs to be the next thing we address. Dr. William Nuttall reports.
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Intelligence test
9 Feb 2004
Artificial intelligence is unlikely to replace engineers, says Charles Clarke, but knowledge-based tools are already playing an important part in testing and 'genetically engineering' complex design processes.
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Many happy returns
9 Feb 2004
A re-usable lunar lander could be used for the Moon missions NASA plans to carry out from 2015 under President Bush's space plan.
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New twist on encryption
9 Feb 2004
A method of encrypting information in beams of light will provide complete protection against eavesdroppers and provide a massive increase in bandwidth for optical communication, according to researchers in Scotland.
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Physician, reshape me
9 Feb 2004
Rapid prototyping technology could soon be making its debut in dentistry and hospital surgery. Damon Schünmann reports.
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Road watch
9 Feb 2004
Satellite navigation systems could be combined with an image of the road ahead to provide drivers with more detailed route information, according to in-car electronics specialist Alpine. The company is investigating the idea of placing a miniature camera at the front of the car to produce an actual moving image of the road ahead. This image would be displayed on an in-car screen and overlaid with a line representing the route provided by the satellite navigation system.
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Shedding light on metal fatigue
9 Feb 2004
A laser originally developed for fusion power research is being used by Rolls-Royce to strengthen aerospace components.
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Switched on thinking
9 Feb 2004
Lighthouse automation reaches new heights thanks to the application of industrial computers which are usually more at home on the factory floor. Jon Excell reports.
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We have the technology
9 Feb 2004
The UK space industry could provide life support technology, propulsion, remotely-operated robots and autonomous software systems for a future European- manned Mars mission, experts claimed last week.
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A crashworthy diet
6 Feb 2004
Car makers are running out of ways of shedding weight off their models to meet new EU emissions targets. Drivers just want too many advanced features. David Fowler reports.
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Legislation gives backbone to human tissue engineering
6 Feb 2004
The European Commission is proposing to harmonise legislation governing the sophisticated manufacturing processes involved in human tissue engineering.
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Office monitor
6 Feb 2004
Personal computers could soon advise workers in meetings that they are talking too much, drinking too much coffee or have slept too little, according to researchers in the US.
