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Bombora begins final test and assembly of world’s most powerful wave energy converter
Energy & environment

mWave energy converter enters final test and assembly

Chanhong Lee and Ravi Tutika test the Octa-Glove in the lab of Michael Bartlett
Materials

Octopus-inspired glove grips objects underwater

Nuclear

Investment increases in global fusion industry

Quanta Dialysis Technologies awarded RAEng MacRobert Award
Medical & healthcare

Quanta Dialysis Technologies awarded RAEng MacRobert Award

Two 'Active Buildings' are currently in successful operation, utilising the solar panel technology
Energy & environment

Swansea University and Tata Steel launch solar project

Researchers believe mechanical arms in light-sensitive manufacturing environments could become capable of detecting when conditions change, thanks to the new technology
Electronics

Robots could ‘see’ using new electronic skin tech

AI automates diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease

Particles of mechanically sheared flash boron nitride, as seen through a scanning electron microscope. The arrow shows the direction of shear force applied to the material. The flash Joule heating process developed at Rice University creates turbostratic materials with weak interactions between layers, making them easier to separate
Materials

Rice lab makes boron nitride in a flash

Chimera has been devised to inspect pressure vessels safely and more cost effective across industries
Robotics & UAVs

Chimera robot to cut cost of pressure vessel inspection

Equipmake electric bus is heading for Buenos Aires
Automotive

Equipmake electric bus heads for Buenos Aires

Medical & healthcare

Microfluidic force sensor has real feel for hip replacement surgery

Software

Webinar: Engineering applications of high performance cloud computing