Research and Development

The Airlander Mission Module being fitted

Milestone for Airlander’s Return-to-Flight scheme

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Nature inspired nano-structures help create smart windows

RDM Group's electric powered LUTZ Pathfinder pods can seat two people, reach a maximum speed of 12 mph and boasts a range of 40 miles.

LUTZ boss welcomes positive ‘appetite’ for self-driving vehicles

Nissan invest £26.5m in North East manufacturing

The project will look to develop new knowledge; skills; technology, and facilities to support UK industry.

WMG to support £20m development of next-generation electric vehicle batteries

Horizontal Innovation - IET 3

Is horizontal innovation the key to strengthening UK industry?

The latest autonomous drive Nissan Leaf test vehicle being readied for continued city testing outside the automaker’s research center in Silicon Valley - image courtesy of Nissan.

Obama proposes $4bn for driverless car development

Blast off for funding applications

An artists impression of artificial intelligence and robotics - image courtesy of DFC

Elon Musk leads tech giants with $1bn AI research plan

‘E-floater’ from Floatility – a first-of-its-kind, lightweight, solar-powered, electric scooter. The working prototype was created with Stratasys 3D printing - image courtesy of Stratasys

New solar powered ‘e-floater’ electric scooter created using 3D printing

The Fisher-Price Code-a-Pillar will teach young children the basics of coding and computer programming - image courtesy of Fisher-Price.

Fisher Price to teach children coding with the aid of a robot caterpillar