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New contenders for 2012 Olympics
Some tantalising technologies are being employed in British hybrid drive buses for the London Olympics. Tom Shelley reports |
14/11/2008
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Through the glass darkly
What does the future hold for medical devices, the environment and technology in general? Tom Shelley has been finding out |
13/11/2008
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Seeing the light
Why does your boss continue to reject your brilliant idea? Perhaps you’re not presenting it to him in the right way. Lou Reade reports |
09/10/2008
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Grasping the bigger picture
Inventors and start-ups collaborating with large companies face many daunting challenges on how best to proceed, as Tom Shelley has been finding out |
15/09/2008
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Door handle disinfects hands
A door handle designed for hospitals has two small apertures – through which a very small amount of disinfectant can be squeezed onto the hands when the handle is turned |
14/09/2008
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Engineer or artist?
Here’s a surprise: I recently read an article in the Daily Telegraph that annoyed me... |
14/09/2008
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Solution to Coffee-time Challenge
The solution to last month’s challenge – on a cheap supply of pure water – comes from Australia, where lack of water is a problem over much of the country |
18/08/2008
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Plasma lubricants slip into new markets
Lubricant technology first revealed in Eureka in 2001 is extending its range of commercial applications, thanks mainly to its ability to save energy. Lou Reade reports |
14/07/2008
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Small matter
Micro-manufacturing techniques could soon be leaping from the pilot scale into true industrial production. Julie Bieles reports |
13/07/2008
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Energy researchers look to a bright future
Whether it is paint that converts sunlight to energy, or new ways of printing circuits onto plastic film, new research promises to make solar energy cheaper. Lou Reade reports |
19/06/2008
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Winning iDEA
The ability to innovate can help to lift a company above its rivals and win more business – an approach rewarded in the Innovation & Design Excellence Awards |
12/05/2008
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Socket set up for real wave power
A 20MW facility is being constructed off the Cornish coast to allow the full scale testing of up to four different wave power machines |
09/04/2008
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Self-adhesive rubber films make solar cells more cost effective
Centrosolar Group, headquartered in Paderbon, Germany and Lanxess have developed a production method for solar cells that only requires that wafers be placed between two self adhesive 0.5mm thick films of “Levamelt”, a new ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA). |
09/04/2008
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Bin actually holds its contents
The solution to last month’s Coffee Time Challenge – on a bin that actually holds its contents – comes from Needham, Massachusetts |
09/04/2008
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Battle of the bulge
A hydraulic effect is being harnessed to build up massive amounts of energy – and may well be the key to producing cheap power from sea waves |
09/04/2008
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