The new age of train
Organisers of the High Speed Rail World Europe conference in Madrid this week see 2010 as the year of high speed rail.
The new age of the train
Organisers of the High Speed Rail World Europe conference in Madrid this week see 2010 as the year of high speed rail.
Imec leads development of stretchable electronic fabrics
Belgian research institute Imec is leading a €9m project aimed at developing smart textiles that can be manufactured in high volume.
UK’s first high-speed railway will be run by consortium
The 30-year concession to run Britain’s first high-speed railway has been awarded to a consortium comprising Borealis Infrastructure and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan for £2.1bn.
Airlines forewarned of Rolls-Royce engine issue
Rolls-Royce was warned months ago about the safety of the engine model powering a Qantas aircraft forced to make an emergency landing yesterday.
Aircraft order ‘worth more than $5bn to the UK economy’
China Aviation Supplies Holding has signed an agreement to acquire 102 aircraft from Airbus, a deal that is likely to be worth more than $5bn to Britain’s economy.
WFS Technologies develops radio for AUVs in Arctic seas
Underwater robots operating in the Arctic could soon be able to communicate through ice for the first time thanks to work by a British firm.
Stone cold groove
Of all the materials you could use to create a musical instrument, concrete is probably not the first that springs to most people’s minds.
Toyota issues iQ recall
Toyota is recalling a number of iQ models in the UK to carry out a modification to the software used to manage the vehicle’s Electric Power Steering system.
Airbus and Rolls-Royce help investigate aircraft failure
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are helping investigate the engine failure that forced a Qantas aircraft to make an emergency landing in Singapore earlier today.
IECHP attracts investment for fuel-cell systems
IECHP (UK and Eire) has attracted £3.7m investment to take forward its fuel-cell combined heat and power systems for the residential, commercial and light industrial markets
Transparent films could enable large-scale solar applications
US Department of Energy scientists claim to have made transparent thin films capable of absorbing light and generating electric charge over a relatively large area.
An environmental issue
When the folks that ran the large government agency responsible for maintaining the environment were asked to think of ways in which they might save the taxpayers a few shillings, they came up with all sorts of bright ideas.
Stuck for a lead
As a regular contributor to our sister publication, The Engineer, I’m always hunting around for an interesting lead from which to develop a story that might whet the appetites of the magazine and website’s readers.
Boeing forecasts China to triple aircraft fleet
Boeing predicts that China will require 4,330 new commercial aircraft valued at $480bn over the next 20 years.