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China’s solar highway shut down by thieves A highway built out of robust solar panels that generate energy throughout the day has actually become a reality thanks to Chinese engineers. The engineers have dubbed it the very first photovoltaic highway the world has ever seen. (Although France opened one of...Read More

The future of automation is set in stone. It seems clear that industrial robots will replace human beings on the assembly line inside most, if not all, factories in the future. Car manufacturers have already seen many of the tasks on the assembly line replaced by robots - tasks that,...Read More

Because they create solutions and solve problems Mechanical engineers develop processes and they design and implement the moving parts in a range of industries. They are needed on all stages of a product, from research and development to design and manufacture, through to installation and final commissioning.   Most industries...Read More

Like water off of a duck’s back, Volkswagen’s Dieselgate controversy has not deterred consumers from buying their vehicles. Autoblog estimates that VW’s worldwide overall sales reached “around 10.7 million cars” in 2017, cementing it as the largest automaker in the world - inching just above Toyota. The company also set...Read More

A new year has arrived, and with it, new engineering challenges. As 2018 rolled in, so did incredible weather events in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.   In the Northern Hemisphere, it has been extremely cold. Days after New York’s governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, revealed a clean energy policy...Read More

This is a message to EIT students - past, present and future: to those who want to qualify well and to those determined to benefit from their learning experiences generally. If you are studying with us presently (or have completed your studies) you will understand only too clearly what the...Read More

It would not have been a pleasant break at the end of 2017 for those working in the power industry. General Electric (GE) is retrenching 12,000 employees from their electrical power division; it equates to 18 percent of their workforce. The European branches of GE Power seem to be the...Read More

The people of London, England, are officially one year away from using a new underground railway. Crossrail is a new railway that links up to the renowned Elizabeth Line; since 2009 the teams involved have been working around the clock to make it happen. Engineers behind the project are calling...Read More

By now you might have noticed that voice recognition hardware and software are growing exponentially. Companies including Google, Amazon, and Apple are developing technologies that allow humans to access the internet and control connected devices by using their voices. The introduction of products such as Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Home...Read More

The fourth industrial revolution is here, making us a part of the Internet of Things (IoT), whether we like it or not. Artificial intelligence, big data, data generating sensors, robotics and automation are the kinds of innovations that are currently disrupting and indeed benefiting industry. One issue which is facing...Read More