NASA details ambitious asteroid capture plan
Posted on 27 Mar 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
US space agency NASA yesterday detailed plans to undertake an ambitious new space mission. Research and Development
The companies leading the charge in transparent solar panels
Posted on 26 Mar 2015 by Aiden Burgess
The future of the solar industry is looking bright with the development of transparent solar panels that can double as windows while also generating electricity. ABB and Samsung SDI join forces to develop microgrids globally
Posted on 26 Mar 2015 by Tim Brown
Power and automation company, ABB, and Samsung SDI, a leading manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, have signed an MoU to develop microgrid solutions globally. EU funds €6m to improve efficiency of batch processes
Posted on 26 Mar 2015 by Tim Brown
A consortium of European industrial companies, universities and research institutes have launched a €6m (£4.42m) project to test the use of sensors to improve efficiency of batch process production. Siemens develops most powerful electric aircraft motor ever
Posted on 25 Mar 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
Siemens has debuted a new electric aircraft motor that is five times more powerful than other motors in its class in terms of its power-to-weight ratio. Ford uses neuroscience in motor vehicle customer research
Posted on 24 Mar 2015 by Matthew Buckley
Ford is researching the impact its car interiors have on people by measuring the particular biological functions of test subjects while they explore a cars interior. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries achieves wireless electricity milestone
Posted on 23 Mar 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
Recent tests undertaken by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan have demonstrated the feasibility of wireless electricity transmission. Alstom to develop fuel cell emission-free trains
Posted on 20 Mar 2015 by Tim Brown
Alstom representatives and Helmut Riegger, the District Administrator of Calw in Germany, have signed a letter of intent for the planned use of new fuel cell drive emission-free trains on the Hermann-Hesse railway line. Boeing testing new efficiency technologies on ecoDemonstrator 757
Posted on 19 Mar 2015 by Tim Brown
Boeing has begun several months of flight testing with its ecoDemonstrator 757 to evaluate new technologies to improve commercial aviation's efficiency, reduce noise and carbon emissions. Autonomous cars still about 20 years away says new report
Posted on 19 Mar 2015 by Tim Brown
It will likely be sometime before you see autonomous cars, even though autonomous vehicles are already successfully utilised in open cast mines, nuclear power stations, underwater and in other relatively inaccessible places.