The Engineer
10 December 2004
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Cleaning up a dirty butt
12 Jan 2005
For a New Year's resolution, Dave Wilson decides to give up one of his filthy habits. But the pressure of writing an editorial puts paid to his noble idea for good.
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Eye tracking
7 Jan 2005
Following the signing of a manufacturing licensing deal with QinetiQ, a lightweight and portable eye tracking system is now being manufactured by Boston, USA-based Applied Science Laboratories.
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Warp driver
10 Dec 2004
Andrés Galvez heads ESA’s Advanced Concepts Team, a group of young brains who translate concepts once banished to the world of sci-fi into active research. Richard Fisher reports from Amsterdam.
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A wave of drug busts
10 Dec 2004
Scottish researchers are developing a hand-held Terahertz device to identify illegal drugs concealed within clothing, plastics, and potentially inside the human body.
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Finger on the button of anti-chemical warfare
10 Dec 2004
A tiny UK-designed sensor which can detect an almost limitless range of airborne chemicals could provide a low-cost alternative to existing military technology.
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Heart of the matter
10 Dec 2004
The UK leads the way in neutron research, but if the government does not commit to bidding to build the world's highest-intensity spallation source we will lose our premier position. Julia Pierce reports.
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A short hop to Mars
10 Dec 2004
A Mars rover that could hop around the planet's surface harvesting atmospheric gas for propulsion has been awarded funding by NASA.
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Flying eyes
10 Dec 2004
A fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles will co-operate with a ground robot on surveillance tasks in the Australian Outback, in trials to be held next year by BAE Systems.
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Pump action
10 Dec 2004
A variable flow oil pump designed by UK engineers is claimed to use significantly less power than conventional fixed flow pumps. Jon Excell reports.
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Stress management
10 Dec 2004
A clever new coating could help speed the design process by discovering flaws or problems before a part is mass-produced. Christopher Sell reports.
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Toy story
10 Dec 2004
Charles Clarke salutes the development of Cosmic blobs - a pioneering 3D design product for children from the authors of SolidWorks.
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Hot properties
10 Dec 2004
NASA is backing a project to discover new high-temperature piezoelectric materials that could be used to control fuel flow in gas turbines, or act as sensors in jet engines and oil drilling equipment.
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Robotics aid stroke patients
10 Dec 2004
A robotic system to help patients recover more quickly after a stroke is being developed with funding from the Department of Health.
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Hidden agenda
10 Dec 2004
Some believe we will soon be surrounded by invisible, all-seeing computer networks, but many engineers doubt whether such a vision is technically possible yet, reports Richard Fisher.
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Kiteplanes power up
10 Dec 2004
Flying a kite in the park has inspired an innovative concept to generate electricity from powerful winds miles above the earth.
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Fuel-cell bike scoots into production
10 Dec 2004
The launch of the world's first fuel cell-powered motor-scooter has moved a step closer after a major engineering group took a stake in the company behind the project.
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Electric shock
10 Dec 2004
The amount of the UK's railways that is electrified is well behind the rest of Europe. Rod Smith believes we need to get current.
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Big-screen debut
10 Dec 2004
A large, wedge-shaped monitor and a pocket-sized projector are set to cut the cost of home cinema.
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Full steam ahead for biomass project
10 Dec 2004
An EU-funded research project has created technology allowing small-scale combined heat and power plants to run on biomass fuels.
