The Engineer
19 November 2004
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Pakistani wind
9 Dec 2004
The government of Pakistan, working through its Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB), has given the go ahead to the country's first commercial wind farm.
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Reducing stress
25 Nov 2004
Using technology developed for military applications, QinetiQ has developed demonstration software for processing EEG (electroencephalogram) recordings.
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Making cheaper supercrystals
22 Nov 2004
Semiconducting crystals at the heart of next-generation high-resolution scanning and imaging devices could be produced more cheaply and efficiently thanks to a new process introduced by a Durham University spin-out company.
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Giving wind farms the bird
22 Nov 2004
Former Soviet weapons scientists have developed wind turbines that are almost silent and have a low impact on bird life, removing critical barriers to the building of wind farms.
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Staying on the rails
22 Nov 2004
The rail industry is investigating methods to improve the design of trains in a bid to keep them upright and in-line in the event of a collision.
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Winning formula
22 Nov 2004
Malcolm Roberts heads a division of BAE Systems that has helped put McLaren on the podium and also enabled the aerospace firm to bring state-of-the-art F1 technologies to aircraft.
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Giant steps
19 Nov 2004
Manned lunar bases are a mouthwatering prospect for scientists that could further our understanding of space and provide a springboard to Mars. Richard Fisher reports.
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Venturing into the unknown
19 Nov 2004
How Alphamosaic, thanks to groundbreaking mobile technology, moved quickly from a standing start to part of a US giant. Robert Swann reports.
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Industrial strength boosts Siemens
19 Nov 2004
Engineering and technology giant Siemens ended 2004 in robust shape - thanks to strong performances from some of its traditional industrial divisions.
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We're good, but not by right
19 Nov 2004
A study for the Society of British Aerospace Companies says that the UK faces some tough choices over which areas of the aerospace industry should be nurtured and which others should effectively be abandoned to their fate.
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Keep up - or die
19 Nov 2004
The UK aerospace industry faces tough choices over which areas of capability to let wither so others have a chance of survival, according to a sobering new study. George Coupe reports.
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Chemical reaction
19 Nov 2004
Technology borrowed from large-scale chemical production could help reduce the cost of stationary fuel cells, according to BASF researchers.
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Increased life for body armour
19 Nov 2004
Mexican researchers have developed a process to strengthen fabrics with ceramic nanoparticles that could dramatically increase the lifetime of body armour, nylon and vehicle tyres.
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Stairway to the stars
19 Nov 2004
NASA is backing a US company to develop a lunar 'elevator' concept that could pave the way for using the technology from Earth.
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Aerospace recovery helps Hampson back into black
19 Nov 2004
UK aerospace and precision engineering group Hampson Industries crept back into the black and flagged up a mixture of confirmed and potential orders from the likes of Rolls-Royce and GKN.
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Maintaining the balance
19 Nov 2004
There's little doubt that preventive maintenance is a far better option than waiting for something to break down, but what technologies are available and how should they be used? Martin Oakham investigates.
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Bags of protection
19 Nov 2004
Train drivers could benefit from airbags to protect them in the event of a collision, according to research being carried out for the Rail Safety and Standards Board.
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High-flyer
19 Nov 2004
A prototype rotorless, easy-to-handle helicopter that can dock with skyscrapers is to be built by 2006, following successful tests of the plane's unique control systems.
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It's a rollover
19 Nov 2004
Finnish researchers are building a wind-propelled 'tumbleweed' Mars rover capable of rolling hundreds of kilometres, which they claim is more efficient and easier to control than previous designs.
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Longer arm for the law
19 Nov 2004
The military and police could increase surveillance camera reach by five times using a UK astronomy team's method of reducing the Earth's atmospheric distortion in images of distant galaxies.
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Seeing the writing on the wall
19 Nov 2004
GPS-based technology that allows mobile phone users to post virtual messages on buildings, doors and even potholes could be as big as SMS, its developer has claimed.
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No-jam recipe
19 Nov 2004
Nottingham is to host trials of a telematics system developed by BT, capable of transmitting traffic information between vehicles and control centres.
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Distributed computing toolbox
19 Nov 2004
The MathWorks has introduced its new Distributed Computing Toolbox, which enables engineers and scientists to execute MATLAB algorithms and Simulink models in a cluster of computers.
