Day: February 6, 2015

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#F1 technical changes 2015 – an annotated infographic

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In-house squabbles, financial battles and the incumbent Ecclestone’s belligerence notwithstanding, the F1 juggernaut keeps on rolling round the world. As the new race season hoves in to view, so does the annual list of new tech regs, designed to test the ability of the assembled teams and push them to their engineering creative limits. A new nose shape (for the cars, not the team engineers, naturally) is the standout feature this year, but some monkeying about with the suspension, car weight, engines and more will also be required. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading #F1 technical changes 2015 – an annotated infographic

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E&T news weekly 36 – we choose our favourite engineering and technology news stories from the week

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Friday February 6 2015  Dominic Lenton, managing editor Lost part of UK’s pioneering computer found News of how collectable vintage computers have become, with an Apple 1 selling at auction recently for nearly a quarter of a million pounds, may not have filtered through to people who should be scouring their attics. Following the announcement that an original part of one of the world’s first computers, EDSAC, had been discovered in the US, it’s been claimed that others sold off when the machine was decommissioned in the 1950s could be lying undisturbed in Cambridge lofts, sheds and garages. Even if, … Continue reading E&T news weekly 36 – we choose our favourite engineering and technology news stories from the week