Twenty six companies have formed the Enhanced Wireless Consortium in the hope that they can speed up the 802.11n ratification process.

A UK university team has developed laser radar technology to produce a reliable estimate of aviation pollution around airports

A surgical robot developed in the Netherlands is undergoing trials in Oxford in preparation for optical gene therapy that could restore sight. Stuart Nathan reports. 

Digital healthcare has been part of the ‘future landscape’ for a while now; it’s something we on The Engineer take an active interest in, and is a major area of expertise for the UK

Partial sight loss following stroke affects around 55,000 people across Europe each year. There are also many thousands of people who have suffered vision loss following a brain injury.

Novelist Jon Wallace considers the science fiction implications of engineering stories that have caught his eye. This month, examining the predicament of the soldier of the future