Developed by school students Joseph Birch and Finley Stirk, the AutoMate mechatronic chess board allows users with physical disabilities to play chess without touching the pieces.
Balfour Beatty announced today that it has agreed to acquire Centex Construction, a US building company, from Centex Corporation for a cash consideration of $362m.
Researchers have developed a laser-based process for 3D printing parts made of glass, an advance that could lead to complex optics for vision or laser-based applications.
Researchers have found a way to sculpt material at the nanoscale in a predictable, controllable and inexpensive manner by using a conducting liquid medium.
Chinese researchers have developed flexible implantable batteries which could be used as an alternative to lithium-ion in medical and wearable devices.
ScottishPower is planning to build a 1,000MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station alongside its existing gas-fired Damhead Creek plant.
Alcatel has won contracts worth $9.3 million with Lao Telecommunications to provide wireless, optical and broadband solutions for a new phase of network expansion in Laos.
General Motors has named the outfit that is to acquire its Hummer brand of vehicles, along with the division's senior management and operational team.
ITI Energy is investing up to £9.3 million in a research project that will focus on producing large-scale 250kW Zinc-Cerium batteries.
Royal Philips Electronics and the University Medical Center Utrecht have signed an agreement to develop new solutions for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of major diseases.
