http://www.theengineer.co.uk http://www.theengineer.co.uk http://www.theengineer.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.theengineer.co.uk http://www.theengineer.co.uk/aerospace/news/the-engineer-qa-european-extremely-large-telescope/1016550.article http://www.theengineer.co.uk/aerospace/news/the-engineer-qa-european-extremely-large-telescope/1016550.article Your chance to ask the UK team behind plans for the world’s largest telescope how they’re going to build it. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:30 GMT http://www.theengineer.co.uk/aerospace/news/mars-mission-on-course-as-last-big-construction-deal-signed/1016554.article http://www.theengineer.co.uk/aerospace/news/mars-mission-on-course-as-last-big-construction-deal-signed/1016554.article Europe’s plans to send a satellite and rover to Mars are a step closer to fruition following the contract signing for the final construction phase. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:52 GMT http://www.theengineer.co.uk/medical-and-healthcare/news/better-design-tests-needed-for-medical-devices-say-engineers/1016548.article http://www.theengineer.co.uk/medical-and-healthcare/news/better-design-tests-needed-for-medical-devices-say-engineers/1016548.article The medical technology sector needs better ways of demonstrating the safety, effectiveness and performance of its products, says a new report. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:02 GMT http://www.theengineer.co.uk/final-piece-of-britains-new-aircraft-carrier-sets-sail/1016549.article http://www.theengineer.co.uk/final-piece-of-britains-new-aircraft-carrier-sets-sail/1016549.article The final section of the UK’s first new aircraft carrier in 30 years, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has left its shipyard. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:02 GMT http://www.theengineer.co.uk/automotive/news/bosch-unveils-smartphone-enabled-self-parking-system/1016543.article http://www.theengineer.co.uk/automotive/news/bosch-unveils-smartphone-enabled-self-parking-system/1016543.article Bosch engineers have developed a smartphone-enabled autonomous parking system that could enter production by 2015 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:52 GMT http://www.theengineer.co.uk/aerospace/news/project-revisits-1960s-plans-for-british-hypersonic-space-plane/1016547.article http://www.theengineer.co.uk/aerospace/news/project-revisits-1960s-plans-for-british-hypersonic-space-plane/1016547.article A hypersonic space plane and a jeep that leaps over enemy blockades are among the ideas revisited by a new project that shines a light on British inventions scrapped in the 1960s. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:50 GMT http://www.theengineer.co.uk/medical-and-healthcare/news/fall-sensor-for-elderly-receives-2m-to-improve-technology/1016542.article http://www.theengineer.co.uk/medical-and-healthcare/news/fall-sensor-for-elderly-receives-2m-to-improve-technology/1016542.article Technology that can detect when elderly people have fallen over and call for help has been awarded almost €2m (£1.7m) by the EU. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02 GMT