- Materials
- Issue 90
Averting hidden corrosion
Q: What links leftover lasagne, the Statue of Liberty, and an Alaskan tundra - and causes environmental catastrophe if left unchecked?
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- Civil & structural
- Health & medical
- Opinion
- Issue 90
Better buildings need a breath of fresh air
Post-COVID-19, how do we stay safe in winter without throwing open all the windows and cranking up the radiators to max?
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- Electricals & electronics
- Technology & robotics
- How does that work?
- Issue 90
Robotic vacuum cleaners
Twenty years after the Roomba's original release, the latest generation of robotic vacuum cleaners incorporate sophisticated machine vision technology to steer clear of electrical cables, stray socks and pet poo.
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- Electricals & electronics
- Software & computer science
- Issue 90
Q&A: Rose Grey
Rose Grey is a higher software engineer at location services startup Focal Point Positioning (FocalPoint). She recently received an award from the Royal Institute of Navigation.
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- Design & manufacturing
- Aerospace
- How I got here
- Issue 90
Q&A: Kate Todd-Davis
Apprentice Kate Todd-Davis followed her passion for aerospace and automotive engineering to Rolls-Royce – and gained a degree in manufacturing technology from the University of Sheffield along the way.
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- Design & manufacturing
- Innovation Watch
- Issue 90
The afro hair comb inspired by printing
Swansea-based engineer Dr Youmna Mouhamad is using her R&D experience to invent a hair comb designed to make looking after textured hair easier and less painful.
- Health & medical
- Issue 90
Could organ-on-a-chip technology replace animal testing?
Move over, humble Petri dish. Bioengineers are taking inspiration from electronics manufacturing to make more realistic environments to test new drugs in.
- Electricals & electronics
- Technology & robotics
- Profiles
- Issue 90
An innovator who fills a vacuum
From outer space to the depths of the earth, Professor Trevor Cross FREng seeks new uses of the technologies that enabled the electronic revolution.
- Health & medical
- Issue 90
How lab-on-a-chip tech brought rapid genetic testing to the public
A technology pivot accelerated the return of the Royal Ballet and other cultural institutions during the height of the pandemic, thanks to rapid DNA-turned-COVID-19 testing.
- Aerospace
- Electricals & electronics
- Software & computer science
- Issue 90
Supercharging GPS precision
With the help of startup FocalPoint (headed up by ‘the real-life Q’), we examine the past, present and near-future of this integral technology.