Environmental Sustainability

An artists impression of the drone bee at work pollinating a flower. Image courtesy of AIST - Eijiro Miyako.

Innovation

Japanese scientists demonstrate ‘drone bee’ prototype

Drones

Flow batteries developed by reserachers at Harvard could revolutionise the storage of renewable energy. Image courtesy of Wikipedia - AleSpa

Innovation

Harvard researchers develop battery that could last a decade

An experimental fusion reactor built by General Fusion. Image courtesy of General Fusion. fusion power

Innovation

Fusion power: safe, green and coming soon

The UN says global GHG emissions need to be approximately 55 per cent lower than their 2017 levels by 2030 in order to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C. image courtesy of Wikipedia

Innovation

IBM lists 5 life-changing innovations due in next 5 years

China has been installing a large amount of renewable energy capacity in recent years. Image courtesy of Wikipedia - WiNG.

Finance

China doubles solar power capacity

Savortex hand dryers will be IP-enabled so that advertising messages and (very) short films can be served to individual dryers – image courtesy of Savortex Intel - IoT.

Digital Transformation

The IoT solution hanging rivals out to dry

IoT

The Annual Manufacturing Report 2017 reflects a surprisingly resilient mood among UK manufacturers- image courtesy of DFC

Leadership & Strategy

Annual Manufacturing Report 2017 published

Ford recalls 400,000+ vehicles due to safety and compliance issues - image courtesy of Ford.

Leadership & Strategy

Ford CEO calls for reducing fuel economy targets

Republican candidate Donald Trump has claimed victory in the 2016 US election - image courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Skills

Trump talks with Tesla and Apple about making US manufacturing great again

An artist's impression of a futuristic smog-eating skyscraper. Image courtesy of Arconic.

Innovation

Arconic envisages smog-eating skyscrapers

NS Dutch Railways CEO, Roger van Boxtel, recently strapped himself to a windmill blade to celebrate every Dutch electric train running on wind power - image courtesy of NS Dutch Railways.

Innovation

Dutch trains first in the world to travel by 100% wind power