Brexit Fallout: Engineering industries form super-group amidst uncertainty
Dr Steve Mackay6 July, 2016
The Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers and a list of 33 other engineering organizations have banded together after the results of the Brexit Referendum. The super-group of engineering industries want to collectively pressure the British government into making a good deal...Read More
Additive manufacturing: Metal tools & 3D models
Dr Steve Mackay6 July, 2016
3D printing - or rather 'additive manufacturing - has seen a boom in the engineering industry recently. We have reported on the multiple ways additive manufacturing is being used in engineering industries. Chinese construction companies are printing 400-square-meter villas in 45 days, mining equipment like longwall shearers have been printed...Read More
Netherlands and South Korea launch world-first IoT networks
Dr Steve Mackay6 July, 2016
The Internet of Things. It's a buzzword that won't be getting old anytime soon. The Internet of Things will see everyday objects connected to cloud-based solutions, with the ability to interact with other devices or live alongside each other in an interconnected network. Now, the first country-wide Internet of Things...Read More
14.3 million wireless IIoT-connected devices in 2015
Dr Steve Mackay5 July, 2016
30 billion Internet-of-Things-connected devices are supposed to up and running by 2020. Some of these connected devices will be in the industrial automation industry, that will ensure manufacturing of goods never dies. But how many were running in 2015? A study conducted by an IoT analyst firm named Berg Insight...Read More
Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index cements Brexit damage
Dr Steve Mackay5 July, 2016
It's hard to ignore the effects the Brexit is having on engineering. The first physical marks the Brexit referendum has made on engineering has been shown by Markit, a company that covers global market trends. As the referendum's results were unveiled at the end of June, the construction Purchasing Managers'...Read More
Construction completed: China’s Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
Dr Steve Mackay5 July, 2016
Thirty football fields in size. 500 metres wide. A marvel of civil engineering. It's the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, also known as FAST, and the construction is complete. The final touches are happening and it will be fully operational in September. The Xinhua News confirmed that the final 4,4450 panels...Read More
Who’s afraid of the big bad robot?
Dr Steve Mackay4 July, 2016
Some jobs are just not going to come back. Those were the words spoken by Barack Obama at a recent town hall meeting when talking about how automation is changing employment in the United States of America. Recently, we reported, that Germany had pulled ahead of the U.S. when it...Read More
First thin-film solar powered vehicles ready to ride
Dr Steve Mackay4 July, 2016
Making the switch to renewable energy is slowly becoming easier and easier in a world that desperately desires progress in clean energy markets. Energy consumers want more control. Car manufacturers noticed this and companies like Tesla, BMW, Nissan and more, saw the gap in the market. Car manufacturers want to...Read More
First thin-film solar powered vehicles ready to ride
Dr Steve Mackay4 July, 2016
Making the switch to renewable energy is slowly becoming easier and easier in a world that desperately desires progress in clean energy markets. Energy consumers want more control. Car manufacturers noticed this and companies like Tesla, BMW, Nissan and more, saw the gap in the market. Car manufacturers want to...Read More
Energy Storage Wars: Formula E battery packs are dark horse of energy storage units
Dr Steve Mackay4 July, 2016
Formula E is an auto-racing competition that uses only electric-powered cars. The battery packs inside the vehicles are developed by Williams Advanced Engineering that is housed inside a body shell named the Spark-Renault SRT 01E. The car goes 0 to 60 MPH in 3 seconds and can reach a maximum speed...Read More