Kickstart for SafariSeat

SafariSeat is a wheelchair that has been designed specifically for people in developing countries. It’s low cost, all-terrain and open source. SafariSeat can be made in basic workshops using bicycle parts, which makes it easy to repair.

Deionised system shrinks water footprint

Veolia Water Technologies has supplied a deionised water system to Jaguar Land Rover’s Halewood factory.

The X factor in space flight

The incident where a SpaceX rocket exploded at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida – the latest of three such occurrences – prompted a backlash in some quarters, with some seizing on it as a disaster waiting to happen.

Alliance drives growth and prosperity

The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) aims to inspire universities and business to work together for growth and prosperity.

IED STUDENT PRIZES 2016

The IED has once again recognised in its annual awards those final-year student projects that most caught the eyes of its panel of independent judges. Here are their projects and the stories behind them

Century celebrations beckon for E&PDE

The E&PDE Conference in 2017 will be hosted at the HiOA Conference centre in Oslo, Norway, and will form part of its 100-year jubilee celebrations

Congratulations to IED Chair Dr Tania Humphries-Smith on winning the ‘International Woman in Tech’ Venus Awards

British Engineering Excellence Awards Name Lightpoint Medical as ‘Best of the Best’

Ground breaking medical imaging company takes the Grand Prix prize

Salute the Winners!

No doubt you’ve heard the brand names: Post-It, Scotchgard, Nexcare, Filtrete. And, among many more, they are all illustrious brands owned by 3M, who played host to the IED’s Annual and Extraordinary General meetings, plus annual Awards, on 9 July.

Slice of Raspberry Pi whets the appetite

Nearly 200 AWE staff, with some joined by their family, plus local IED members, packed the William Penney Theatre at Aldermaston recently to hear about the latest technology behind the Raspberry Pi, which is helping to inspire the next generation of budding scientists, engineers and IT ...