The year’s most important developments in the world of engineering.Ted + ChelseaWe may be tired of hearing about the climate crisis, but here’s the thing: It’s still the most important challenge we face today. The good news is, lots of companies are taking novel tacks to make smarter use of the planet’s finite resources. Modernized…
Should major engineering-related industries in the UK be taken into public ownership? Take Our Poll (function(d,c,j){if(!d.getElementById(j)){var pd=d.createElement(c),s;pd.id=j;pd.src=’https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/plugins/polldaddy/js/polldaddy-shortcode.js’;s=d.getElementsByTagName(c)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(pd,s);} else if(typeof jQuery !==’undefined’)jQuery(d.body).trigger(‘pd-script-load’);}(document,’script’,’pd-polldaddy-loader’)); The Labour Party’s manifesto for the upcoming general election includes pledges to take several industries into public ownership; which would represent the largest nationalisation programme since the 1970s. Although in past decades many industries, […]
Pilot plant aimed at providing emergency power for data centres to be built near Stuttgart Left, Dr Martin Teigeler, Executive Vice President R&D Rolls-Royce Power Systems; left, Susanne Hahn, Head of Lab1886 Global Rolls-Royce Power Systems, a German subsidiary of the gas turbine, aerospace and nuclear giant, is collaborating with Lab1886, an innovation laboratory that […]
A newly launched UK project is exploring how composites could be used to improve the efficiency of the integrated electric drive units (EDU) of electric vehicles The project will investigate the use of composite materials as a means to enable increased power density and reduced unit size. Led by UK Leamington-spa based engineering consultancy Drive […]
Still not aliens — The team used a machine-learning algorithm to search aerial photos for geoglyphs. Kiona N. Smith – Dec 2, 2019 7:32 pm UTC Archaeologists have rediscovered 143 more enormous drawings called geoglyphs etched on the rocky ground of Peru’s Nazca Desert, with one of the finds coming courtesy of a machine-learning algorithm. […]
I’m not an engineer, but I can’t stop watching this hypnotic and oddly satisfying video of tying rebar. From World of Engineering. The tool in the video is identified as the Makita XRT01TK 18V LXT Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless Rebar Tying Tool Kit (5.0Ah). You know, for all your rebar-tying needs at home. Or to calm…
The company envisions developers using the 32-key, two-octave keyboard as a tool for experimenting with machine learning. You can use the instrument to lay down a melody, and then, with the help of Amazon’s DeepComposer toolset, create new compositions. At launch, Amazon will have pre-trained algorithms that will be able to dress up melodies as […]
Xianming Shi first thought of using biotechnology to derive deicer additives out of agricultural waste materials several years ago when tasked by the Alaska Department of Transportation to develop locally sourced and performance-enhanced brine formulations for anti-icing. Credit: WSU The U.S. spends $5 billion a year to repair damages to road infrastructure from winter snow…
According to Matt Wood, vice president of artificial intelligence at Amazon Web Services, the tool can understand medical language. Additionally, doctors don’t have to worry about calling out commas and periods; the software will take care of that automatically. Wood also claimed that Transcribe Medical is very accurate, though Amazon has yet to publish a […]
Have you ever seen such savings before? The deals are poppin’ this Cyber Monday! Gearwrench/AstroAI/Adam’s Polishes/Mothers/Amir Mukhtar/Craig Cole/Roadshow This story is part of Cyber Monday 2019, our roundup of the best deals on today’s tech. Well, did you spend enough money on Black Friday? If not, Cyber Monday is here once again, and the deals…