Research and Development

The front view of the Faraday Future FFZERO1 Concept car - image courtesy of Faraday Future.

Faraday Future manufacturing site to be put to a vote by California city council

On 19 May, 2016, San Bernardino County Fire responded to a fire at The Ivanpah concentrated solar power plant in California - image courtesy of San Bernardino County Fire Department. Global Power Grid

Fire at world’s largest concentrated solar power plant caused by own mirrors

The Amazon AWS IoT Button - image courtesy of Amazon

Amazon releases Internet of Things button aka AWS IoT Button

The RLV-TD space plane being prepared for launch. Image courtesy of ISRO.

India tests home-grown space plane demonstrator

An artist's impression of a cityscape featuring a skyTran system - image courtesy of skyTran

Futuristic skyTran levitating pod transportation set for Lagos, Nigeria

The 2016 Toyota Hybrid Prius. Image courtesy of Toyota

Toyota hybrid car sales reach over 9 million

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

UK Manufacturing Jaguar Land Rover's world-class engine family has been designed and built from scratch to bring manufacturing back to the UK.

Top prize highlights game-changing UK innovation

The Warwick WMG additive manufacturing 3D printer at work 3D printing a part - image courtesy of WMG.

Forging the future: additive manufacturing

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