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Electronics made to twist
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03/12/2008
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| Two US researchers have developed electronic components and circuitry that can be twisted, especially suitable for systems that could be worn by humans |
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Elastomer actuators win a prize
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02/12/2008
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| Danish scientist Peter Sommer-Larsen has just been honoured for his researches into artificial muscles made of elastomers. |
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Nuclear options identified for UK
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01/12/2008
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| Following the publication of the 2008 Energy White Paper, in which the government announced it’s intention to allow private companies to propose the building of new nuclear power plants, the parliamentary Office of Science and Technology has identified the two most likely technical solutions for the next generation of nuclear reactors. |
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CAD extends its reach
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28/11/2008
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| Dassault Systèmes is introducing increasingly sophisticated free tools and services to bring product concept designers and even games designers into its fold. |
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Revived enthusiasm for manufacturing
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25/11/2008
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| Despite all the gloom and doom in mainstream media about the impending recession, the mood at this year’s CBI annual conference was surprisingly upbeat, with a renewed enthusiasm for manufacturing |
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Little support for geo-engineering
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20/11/2008
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| Following the evidence session on geo engineering for the House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee that we reported on November 13th, a second session was held on November 17th that was even more sceptical |
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Reverse engineering helps racing dominance
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19/11/2008
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| Carlin Motorsport was able to scan in its latest F3 race car, and quickly build a wind tunnel model that allowed it to modify aerodynamic components and add new ones to enable it to finish first, second and third in the 2008 British F3 International Series and become British F3 champions in 2008 |
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UK team to enter Solar Splash
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18/11/2008
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| A team from Southampton University intends to be the first UK team to enter a US competition for solar powered boats |
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No rush to engineer world climate
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13/11/2008
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| A just held evidence session for the House of Commons showed no great enthusiasm to rush into trying to geo engineer the world’s climate although there was a strong suggestion that we should start feasibility studies now, rather than possibly doing something drastic and improperly evaluated in response to a crisis |
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Missile lasers to aid turbine blade crack detection
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11/11/2008
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| US Air Force funded research aimed at developing lasers for missile defence and remote sensing produces coherent X-Rays that could prove very useful in imaging thick samples such as gas turbine blades in order to identify cracks |
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Carbon storage could be easy
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10/11/2008
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| Professor Carl Ross, Emeritus professor of mechanical and design engineering at the University of Portsmouth believes that once CO2 has been captured from power plants or whatever, it could be safely dumped in the deep ocean by forming it into dry ice torpedoes and dumping them over the sides of ships. |
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Recycled chair depends on software
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06/11/2008
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| Made from recycled plastic from Sony PlayStation 2 games console casings, the seat and back of the Reee chair were designed with the help of advanced software to enable it to achieve required performance without over-use of material. |
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Hydrogen storage potentially lighter than batteries
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05/11/2008
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| A Dutch sponsored researcher has developed a new way of finding which alloys are best at absorbing hydrogen and come up with a material that has the potential to provide hydrogen storage that is 60 per cent lighter than an equivalent battery. |
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Curved folding performed by real robots
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03/11/2008
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| Curved folding technology, which was the subject of the cover story in the August 2007 edition of Eureka has reached the point where the first curved folding has been performed by industrial robots |
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Breaking new ground
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30/10/2008
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| A new generation of circuit breakers will trip less frequently and monitor energy usage more reliably |
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