A company pioneering the use of digital image data for agriculture and environment protection has been awarded €225,000 funding to commercialise its grassland management platform.

Today’s press-produced components must be measured and calibrated to a degree of accuracy unheard of even a decade ago. Mark Venables looks at what is on offer.

Researchers at Columbia University have developed an autonomous robotic cane on wheels that tracks the stride of its user, providing support during walking.

Composite paper that can be used as a negative electrode in sodium-ion batteries has been developed at Kansas State University. 

SMEs are being urged to take advantage of the Manufacturing Growth Programme, a scheme set up to provide specialist assistance to manufacturers.

In 2012 the IEEE predicted that up to 75 per cent of road cars would be autonomous by 2040 but Nissan says it will have its fleet of affordable autonomous vehicles ready for consumers by 2020.