Two elevators, one shaft


17 May, 2016
Engineers at one of the world's leading elevator companies, ThyssenKrupp, have shown off an elevator system dubbed 'TWIN', that would see two elevators on the same shaft. In some countries, the system has been installed and have been working for quite some time, but for others, two elevators on one shaft...Read More

System-on-chip companies seeing success


16 May, 2016
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) have found the right people to shake hands with to ensure that they continue to produce processors to the engineering industry. Due to this, they saw revenue jump up in the biggest increase in the last 35 years for the company and are reportedly expected...Read More

Ultra-thin solar panels and energy efficient electronic devices promised with engineered semiconductors


16 May, 2016
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is the newest addition to semiconductors in the optoelectronics field. Optoelectronics is the field of engineering that has produced great, useful machinery like X-rays, infrared and more. Now, engineers from the University of Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have discovered a method wherein ultrathin semiconducting...Read More

The delicate balance of engineering quality products


11 May, 2016
Never has electrical engineering and audio engineering come together in quite an innovative way. Sony has announced a new iteration of their LED light bulb speakers. Yes, you read that right...lightbulb speakers. Sony Japan quietly launched the bulbs with Bluetooth speakers embedded into them last year in July.  Credit: Sony...Read More

What will power electric vehicles in the not so distant future?


6 May, 2016
Interesting week for electric vehicles and the companies that are producing them. Tesla Motors Inc. has seen the exit of two top executives whilst they confidently stride forward to releasing the Tesla Model 3. Tesla initially said that they would be delivering the car at the end of 2017 and intend to push out...Read More

The 5G network to power the Internet of Things coming soon


3 May, 2016
It was just the other day when tech leaders all converged on Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress in February. The hot topic was the inevitable Internet of Things and what kind of internet connections the world is going to have to have to accommodate it.  The word of caution...Read More

The factory of the future is here with the Industrial Internet of Things


21 April, 2016
FANUC Corp. is a Japanese company that announced that it has created a network that will connect robots over IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) that will set the bar for other factories of the future to aim for.  The new solution for factories by FANUC will ensure that robots stay...Read More

U.S. senate secures future of energy storage and liquefied natural gas


21 April, 2016
News from the United States confirms The Senate has passed a bill that will see the country's power grid modernized and also have an effect on liquefied natural gas exports. The bill will see security measures put in place that would protect the U.S.'s power grid from weather interference and...Read More

Total focuses on renewable energy as fossil fuels dip to all time low


20 April, 2016
In an effort to roll with the ever-changing punches that come with working with renewable energy sources and the likes, the French oil and gas global company, Total, has announced a new division that will focus on gas, renewables, and power.  From the 1st  of September the new division will...Read More

Small factory engineers get task of building bobsled for Jamaicans


18 April, 2016
An engineering career might take you many places. Places that you never thought you would ever find yourself when you started. This rang true for engineers in Tokyo, who found themselves working with the Jamaican Olympic bobsledding team. Ota Ward is the company involved with the team building a model...Read More