Agriculture automation company Grownetics wins UoC IT competition
Posted on 20 Apr 2016 by Tim Brown
Industrial automation has been around for decades, but up until recently its use in indoor agriculture has been minimal. Research and Development
Crestron Electronics expands home automation business with new Texas site
Posted on 20 Apr 2016 by Tim Brown
Crestron Electronics announced this month that it will expand its building and home automation technology business with the development of a new new campus in Plano, Texas just outside of Dallas. Fanuc, Rockwell and Cisco combine to optimise CNCs and automation
Posted on 19 Apr 2016 by Tim Brown
Fanuc is collaborating with Cisco, Rockwell and Preferred Networks on the development and deployment of a platform that connects CNC machines with robots, peripheral devices and sensors. DARPA XS-1 spaceplane moves closer to flight
Posted on 18 Apr 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
A new satellite launch vehicle developed by the US military called the XS-1 has received funding from the US government to enter the second phase of its design process.
Jacobs wins $400m Nasa White Sands Test Facility contract
Posted on 14 Apr 2016 by Tim Brown
Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded the Test Evaluation and Support Team 2 (TEST2) contract at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Breakthrough Starshot initiative aims to build interstellar probes
Posted on 13 Apr 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
A new initiative announced yesterday has created a plan to send a swarm of tiny probes to Alpha Centauri, Earth’s nearest star.
Airbus and Siemens join forces to develop hybrid electric planes
Posted on 13 Apr 2016 by Aiden Burgess
Airbus and Siemens have signed a collaboration agreement to work on hybrid electric propulsion systems with the aim of creating small hybrid planes that will be partly powered by electricity. Automotive light weighting: driving the revolution
Posted on 11 Apr 2016 by The Manufacturer
Sajid Mohammed, Associate Commercial Director at plastics recycler Luxus, looks at how automotive light weighting is helping drive a step-change in plastics innovation. DARPA and US Navy unveil autonomous Sea Hunter warship
Posted on 11 Apr 2016 by Aiden Burgess
DARPA and the US Navy have unveiled a new autonomous and unarmed warship during a recent christening ceremony in Portland, Oregon. Flux Electric Bikes look to ‘Trump’ the e-bike market with mid-mounted motor
Posted on 11 Apr 2016 by Tim Brown
Even the most avid cyclist knows the dread of waking up in the morning in the searing heat, realising you've got an hour bike ride ahead of you to get into work, and then finding out when you arrive that the office shower is out of order.