Hydrogen breakthrough opens road for fuel cell vehicles
Posted on 8 Apr 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
Scientists at Virginia Tech in the US have developed a new breakthrough method of generating hydrogen. University research
UK scientists launch first ever graphene light bulb
Posted on 2 Apr 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
Researchers at the University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) have revealed the world’s first ever graphene light bulb. Sesame Smart Lock by Stanford entrepreneur is a big hit on Kickstarter
Posted on 1 Apr 2015 by Tim Brown
A Stanford masters student has raised over $800,000 after launching his smart lock product on Kickstarter. Pumping up the bass puts out fire
Posted on 31 Mar 2015 by Tim Brown
Fire departments around the world may soon be out shopping for thumping subwoofers thanks to a new fire extinguisher invented by George Mason University undergrads, which uses nothing but low frequency bass to extinguish flames. 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. NASA probe Dawn enters orbit of dwarf planet
Posted on 10 Mar 2015 by Aiden Burgess
NASA has made history once again, with its Dawn probe becoming the first spacecraft ever to circle a dwarf planet. Google Lunar XPrize: the new space race
Posted on 5 Mar 2015 by The Manufacturer
Following WWII, the US and Soviet Union developed rockets capable of striking enemy territory located on the other side of the world. Mitsubishi Electric develops ‘fingerprint-like’ security solution for IoT devices
Posted on 5 Feb 2015 by Tim Brown
Mitsubishi Electric has patents pending on a new high-tech method to help reduce the security risks faced by IoT devices. Intelligent monitoring technology aims to make industry more efficient
Posted on 3 Dec 2014 by Jonny Williamson
Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have developed a new artificial intelligence system which reportedly detects problems with cutting tools on manufacturing lines with 100% accuracy.
Decades of missed UK R&D spending could damage future growth
Posted on 1 Dec 2014 by Callum Bentley
The Government must commit to a three per cent target of GDP of research and development (R&D) spending by 2020 to ensure the UK doesn’t lag behind international competitors, says the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee in its Business-University Collaboration report published today.