Engineering publications brought to you by Mark Allen

News

Joulen claims smaller scale battery systems could help transform the grid
Batteries

Government urged to allow smaller batteries on to grid

NMD24 is an opportunity to showcase jobs and careers in manufacturing
Manufacturing

Made Smarter encourages manufacturers to open their doors

Thermology Health’s solution predicts diabetic foot ulcers
Medical & healthcare

Thermal imaging technology predicts diabetic foot ulcers

Automotive

Lamp post charging back in play after advice review

Impacts are simulated on a helmet test rig developed at Imperial College London
Sports engineering

Safety rating system for cycle helmets revealed by new research

The architecture resists crack propagation and toughens the material
Materials

Human bone inspires tougher cement

FireSat will be able to detect fires measuring about 5x5m
Energy & environment

Google’s FireSat constellation to detect early stage wildfires

A first-of-its-kind flexible manufacturing line will focus on increasing local supply chain content
Automotive

Unipart Manufacturing partners in £11m initiative

A Spitfire RW388 on show at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent
Aerospace

Spitfire cockpit flight simulator designed by university students and apprentice technicians

Pagers began exploding in Beirut at around 1530 local time
Defence & security

Supply chain interference suspected as cause of pager detonations

Pyri has been inspired by serotinous pinecones, which release seeds in the presence of fire
Communications

Wildfire early detection device wins UK Dyson Award

Participants wore tracking devices on their heads so movement could be monitored
Civil & structural

UCL ‘art gallery’ experiment aims to inform better design of spaces