Engineering

Max Steinberg CBE, chair, International Festival for Business 2016.

30 days to International Festival for Business 2016

Stripping away superfluous switches, buttons, touchpads and electronics on the steering wheel could save in manufacturing costs - image courtesy of Continental.

Continental aims to replace fiddly steering wheel buttons with gesture controls

The toughest, smartest, most capable and safest F-150 ever is also the greenest according to Ford - image courtesy of Ford

Ford first to use captured CO2 to make foam and plastic for cars

A SunEdison solar project - image courtesy of SunEdison and PRNewsWire.

Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance created to help companies buy green electricity

The Made In Space team with a functional duplicate of the Microgravity Science Glovebox enclosure in which its 3D printer is housed in space - image courtesy of Made in Space

Nasa awards $20m contract to Made In Space to develop in-space manufacturing

Volvo autonomous cars include the XC90 Drive Me test vehicle. Several test vehicles have been on the road in and around Gothenburg since 2014 - image courtesy of Volvo.

Volvo autonomous cars to be tested on UK public roads next year

Inside the paintshop applying the coating to the Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus speaker - image courtesy of Bowers & Wilkins

British speaker maker Bowers & Wilkins acquired by Silicon Valley start up

GE hopes to increase the number of small and medium commercial buildings that feature building automation systems - image courtesy of GE

GE energy startup buys building automation firm Daintree for $100m

The toughest, smartest, most capable and safest F-150 ever is also the greenest according to Ford - image courtesy of Ford

Ford recycling creates 30,000 F-150 bodies worth of aluminium every month

The 2016 Ford Focus Electric vehicle at a charging point - image courtesy of Ford

Ford to take on Chevrolet and Tesla with improved electric vehicle

GE's TurboRotoscan detects stress corrosion cracks at the inner and outer surface of the retaining ring on wide range of generators - image courtesy of GE

GE robot inspectors deployed to check Australian power plants