Articles in this issue
Are we ready for autonomous systems?
Dr Natasha McCarthy and Lambert Dopping-Hepenstal FREng
A look at some of the hopes and concerns for robotic and autonomous technology.
Subterranean navigation
Rob Shoup and Jean Paul Lips
Rate gyroscopes help businesses survey underground. They can also guide relief well drilling as they did withthe recent Chilean rescue at the San Jose mine.
Satellite broadband around the globe
Dr Rebecca Pool
How the 2010 MacRobert Award winner, Inmarsat, has developed a lightweight and portable mobile satellite communication system.
Acrylics for the future
Dr Ben Harris
An explanation of the Alpha process: a cheaper, greener way of making methyl methacrylate.
Serious games
Professor Robert Stone
How video games offer an alternative to established practices in simulation-based training and design.
Innovation Watch - Home area network for energy visibility and control
AlertMe is a recent UK innovation helping consumers control their energy usage.
Board members for this issue are:
| Editor-in-Chief | Dr Scott Steedman CBE FREng | |
| Managing Editor | Dominic Joyeux | |
| Editorial Assistant | Juliet Benning | |
| Editorial Board | Professor John Burland CBE FREng FRS Derek Hanson FREng Michael Kenward OBE John Loughhead FREng Martin Manning FREng Dr Ian Nussey OBE FREng Professor William Stewart FREng Professor Liz Tanner FREng Professor William Webb FREng Stephen Vranch FREng |
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| Director, Policy & Public Affairs | Beverley Parkin | |
ARUP, BAE Systems, Lloyd's Register, Rolls-Royce plc
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