SpaceX confirms Spring 2016 Falcon Heavy launch
Posted on 8 Sep 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
Rocket manufacturer and space-launch provider SpaceX has this week confirmed a time period for the first test of its new heavy-lift rocket.
Manufacturing Technologies
Plans to make UK leading light in robotics
Posted on 7 Sep 2015 by Fred Tongue
Innovate UK’s Northern Robotics Network put on a showcase of the future of UK robotics as one of David Cameron’s priority policies. Warship of the future designed by young engineers
Posted on 2 Sep 2015 by Jonny Williamson
A series of futuristic concept images on what a new surface ship for the Royal Navy could look like in 2050 has been released by a group of leading British naval electronic systems companies, working alongside Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL). Asif Moghal: the future of making things
Posted on 2 Sep 2015 by The Manufacturer
Asif Moghal, manufacturing industry manager at Autodesk, explains why the future of British manufacturing lies with smaller manufacturers (SMBs). New LED technology to allow cheaper production
Posted on 1 Sep 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
Researchers have discovered a new Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology which could revolutionize the way these lights are produced.
Artemis Intelligent Power: winds of change
Posted on 1 Sep 2015 by Jonny Williamson
Jonny Williamson talks intelligent hydraulics with Artemis Intelligent Power’s Professor Win Rampen and Dr Niall Caldwell. First self-driving truck to hit US streets this year
Posted on 31 Aug 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
A self-driving truck will the first autonomous vehicle to be tested on US highways according to a new announcement by Royal Truck & Equipment.
Driving the Connected Enterprise with intelligent technology
Posted on 31 Aug 2015 by Jonny Williamson
Jonny Williamson talks to Sanjay Ravi - worldwide managing director, Discrete Manufacturing Industry, Microsoft Corporation - about how today's smart technology is helping to power the Connected Enterprise of tomorrow. The evolution of additive manufacturing through 3D printing
Posted on 28 Aug 2015 by The Manufacturer
Rapid advancements in 3D printing have enabled new types of additive and hybrid manufacturing on a larger scale, explains Jan Larsson – senior marketing director EMEA, product engineering software at Siemens PLM Software. Reinventing the nation’s railways
Posted on 27 Aug 2015 by The Manufacturer
The University of Birmingham provides an update on its global and UK railway research and development projects.