Month: May 2014

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Malaysia Airlines flight #MH370 joins list of mysterious aviation disappearances – an annotated infographic

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With the mystery as to what happened to flight MH370 no nearer to being solved, the ill-fated plane joins an historical list of famous mysterious aviation disappearances, going back to 1937 and the year legendary pilot Amelia Earhart vanished. E&T‘s coverage of the hunt for flight MH370 continues, including our most recent stories on how the acoustic signals intercepted in early April probably did not originate from the black boxes of the missing plane; how raw satellite data used by telecommunications firm Inmarsat to determine the likely location of Flight MH370 wreckage has been made publicly available for independent experts … Continue reading Malaysia Airlines flight #MH370 joins list of mysterious aviation disappearances – an annotated infographic

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Hot news! E&T news weekly #4 – we choose our favourite stories from the week

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Friday May 30 2014 Real-time Skype call interpreter developed by Microsoft Microsoft says its ground-breaking application for Skype will enable people from all over the world to talk to each other without language barriers. Is Microsoft actually aiming at discouraging people from learning languages? Won’t that make humans rather dependent on technology and simply ignorant? I will certainly be interested to test this app once it becomes available – just to see whether its translations will actually make any proper sense. Tereza Pultarova, online news reporter   The Internet of Pigs Sensor-assisted livestock management has the potential to enable farmers … Continue reading Hot news! E&T news weekly #4 – we choose our favourite stories from the week

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#Apple finally seals the $3billion deal with @BeatsByDre – Iovine and the good Dr. join Apple – an annotated infographic

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Apple’s negotiations to acquire headphones maker Beats together with its music streaming operation have come to a conclusion with Apple investing $3bn (£1.8bn) to buy the business. As part of the deal that will see Beats Music and Beats Electronics becoming part of the technology giant, the company’s co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will also join Apple. “Music is such an important part of all of our lives and holds a special place within our hearts at Apple,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “That’s why we have kept investing in music and are bringing together these extraordinary teams so … Continue reading #Apple finally seals the $3billion deal with @BeatsByDre – Iovine and the good Dr. join Apple – an annotated infographic

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Google joins the wearable technology set – #wearabletech – an annotated infographic

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“Wearable technology”: another of those futuristically empty phrases currently doing the rounds in a vain attempt to whip up some enthusiasm for objects that do things none of us ever actually desired them to do in the first place. When did you ever care that your trousers couldn’t communicate with your laptop over the internet to remind it to order more washing powder, after you’ve just knocked your lunch in to your lap? Aside from any discussion as to the pointlessness or otherwise of these smart clothes, the phrase itself hardly defines a new idea. Isn’t the 99p wristwatch you … Continue reading Google joins the wearable technology set – #wearabletech – an annotated infographic

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#WorldCup2014 – security in Brazil and new stadiums – two annotated infographics

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With a little over two weeks to go before the tournament kicks off, Brazilian construction workers are still scrambling to finish the new stadia being built for the country’s World Cup carnival. Fortunately for them, the stadium that will host Brazil’s opening match against Croatia is already completed, as is the new stadium in snake-infested, jungle-bound Manaus where the England team will heroically lose its first three games before blaming the weather, the hotel accommodation and probably the red-eyed Amazonian tree frog for their poor performances. On a serious note, eight workers have died during the accelerated construction phase of … Continue reading #WorldCup2014 – security in Brazil and new stadiums – two annotated infographics

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Hot news! E&T news weekly #3 – we choose our favourite stories from the week

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E&T staff select their picks of the week from our daily news coverage – the best stories, industry developments, company announcements, new product releases, future predictions and past reflections. Friday May 23 2014 E&T surveys LGBT attitudes in engineering E&T is launching a survey of gay and lesbian people working in engineering to gauge the level of acceptance or prejudice they experience at work. The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) survey takes only a few minutes to complete. If you’d like to contribute to our upcoming coverage in other ways then contact us (anonymously if you wish) at engtechmag@theiet.org. Dickon … Continue reading Hot news! E&T news weekly #3 – we choose our favourite stories from the week

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#WorldCup2014 – match-day wallchart and handy team shirt reference guide – two annotated infographics

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Few things in life are as fun as a World Cup wallchart, so we gift one to you today in order that you may begin efficiently organising a month of your life. We also have a handy visual guide to the primary shirt choice of each of the 24 nations, so you’ll be able to tell who’s playing no matter how drunk you get. Neato. Well, unless you have a black and white telly, of course. In which case, you’ve got bigger problems than figuring out which teams are playing. Anyhoo, we now eagerly await June 12, when host nation … Continue reading #WorldCup2014 – match-day wallchart and handy team shirt reference guide – two annotated infographics

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Huge #Gazprom deal pipes gas from Russia to China – an annotated infographic

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China and Russia have signed a long awaited contract for Gazprom to supply natural gas to China. The contract, worth £237bn, will see Russia’s energy giant Gazprom delivering natural gas to China’s National Petroleum Corporation, enabling the east-Asian superpower to facilitate the shift away from coal towards greener energy resources in a bid to address intensifying environmental issues. The deal, vital for Russia seeking diversification of its customer base as the European Union has pledged to decrease its dependence on Russian resources in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine, includes construction of a new pipeline linking Siberian gas fields … Continue reading Huge #Gazprom deal pipes gas from Russia to China – an annotated infographic

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#WorldCup2014 – mind-controlled exoskeleton will kick off the tournament – an annotated infographic

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And so it begins. With the Premier League decided, the FA Cup Final done and dusted and only the Championship Play-Off Final and the Champions’ League Final remaining of the 2013/14 season, we look beyond the concerns of mere domestic clubs to consider the national game in the home of the beautiful game. Yes, in case you hadn’t noticed, there’s a World Cup tournament coming up this summer and it will be held in Brazil. To kick off the tournament, a person with paralysis will deliver the ceremonial first kick. They will be equipped with a mind-controlled exoskeleton on their … Continue reading #WorldCup2014 – mind-controlled exoskeleton will kick off the tournament – an annotated infographic

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New issue of E&T magazine now online – the fashionable engineer issue

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Technology and fashion are two of the coolest areas to work in for bright new talent in Britain. It’s surprising then that the two aren’t seen together more often. The first thing that usually springs to mind is “anoraks” rather than “innovative” or “cutting edge”. Yet fashion owes a lot to engineering and technology, and the clothing industry owes everything. From Arkwright’s spinning frame to the zip fastener or manmade fibres, what we wear has been shaped – literally – by mechanical engineering, manufacturing methods and materials science. In this issue we discover how the conservative clothing industry is slowly … Continue reading New issue of E&T magazine now online – the fashionable engineer issue