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Making trains that will fly
Japanese engineers are developing low-friction trains that will lift off the track, using only a quarter of the power required for magnetically levitated (maglev) trains ...
Winged inspections taking flight
A new device called a Micro-Air Vehicle (MAV) is being developed that can help make close inspections of dangerous or difficult to reach areas ...
Don’t hang up
A Chicago telephone engineer named Mike Sandman has invented an electronic box that can block telesales calls from companies that use automatic dialling machines (ADM) ...
A human-like resemblance
Australian engineers are working to determine exactly what happens to the human body when it is impacted by a bomb blast. To do this, they are developing an isomorph that closely resembles a human ...
It’s in the genes
Researchers at Genostic Pharma in Cambridge have developed a device that uses DNA chips that can detect or sense over 2,500 gene fragments at once, including those genes related to behaviour and intelligence. This will provide the core genetic profile of an individual ...
Proof in plastic
Those two-litre plastic pop bottles will soon be used for more than just holding liquid.
A team at Bradford University has found a way to manufacture sound-proofing material from plastic waste which is cheaper ...
Smart pens
If you prefer writing messages freehand instead of typing on a keyboard, watch out for a new electronic pen being developed by a company called Anoto in Sweden ...
Eat this!
Tar eating bugs are on their way to Litherland, Liverpool in a project that aims to regenerate and convert the site from brownfield to green ...
Getting rid of sticky bacteria
Researchers at Plymouth University have developed the ultimate in non-stick materials. They are so slippery that even the most stubborn bacteria cannot cling to their surfaces ...
Stress test for structural safety
A new £2.5m project is aimed at developing an advanced neutron diffractometer, or ENGIN-X, which will measure stress distribution in engineering components ...
Steering clear of accidents
Someday we might be taking accident-avoidance lessons from locusts.
Studies have shown that despite having poor vision and a simple brain ...
Much in store
If you haven’t already done so, don't buy that DVD just yet! Two companies – Imation in the US and Bayer in Germany – are developing holographic discs that can store movies ...
Smell power
Researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories in the US are developing a hand-held device that can provide a chemical analysis through smell ...
Splitting rays
Researchers at Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing a technique that “splits" sunlight into energy and light ...
Coming clean
A new technique is being developed to clean up toxic wastes such as pesticides ...
A network of contacts
The CED's Technology Strategy Group has set up the Research Contacts Network (RCN) project in an effort to provide an all-embracing railway research, knowledge, information and technology network ...
Plugging in for safety
Delegates to LUL's Health and Safety Conference each received a new invention – the PlugLock – as a demonstration of security control and enhanced safety ...
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