Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have demonstrated technology that could make it possible to produce ultra-thin camera lenses made from artificial materials known as...
Camcon Technology has announced the completion of the first phase of the development of a compact valve to maximise yields from downhole oil wells in a project sponsored by Shell.
A certain formality is often the hallmark of articles in the Victorian editions of The Engineer; but in the case of the now-celebrated American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, that formality gives way to...
Efforts toward flapless flight have taken off with BAE Systems and Manchester University successfully completing initial flight trials of MAGMA, a jet powered UAV aiming to manoeuvre with an...
Researchers from Purdue University and engine maker Cummins have developed an advanced closed-loop control system to prevent diesel engines from emitting greater amounts of smog-causing nitrogen...
Power and automation technology group, ABB, has secured a $28m contract with CE Electric UK to design and build the Wakefield B 16-bay indoor gas-insulated switchgear (AIS) substation.
A team at the University of Utah in the US has developed smart glasses that use liquid-based lenses to automatically focus on whatever a wearer is looking at.
BAE Systems has been awarded $9.4 million by Norway’s Kongsberg Protech to supply the TIM1500 thermal imaging module for the Remote Weapon Station on the US Army’s Stryker vehicle.
The storage capacity of concentrating solar power (CSP) can add significant value to a utility company’s optimal mix of energy sources, a new report by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory...
The defence industry has warned the government it risks undermining the UK’s high-tech economy and its security if it imposes cuts in an effort to curtail soaring national debt. Siobhan Wagner reports
