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  • An efficacious prescription for data-led problem solving

    On Wednesday 8th October, the IET Central London Events committee were welcomed by The Royal College of General Practitioners in Euston Square for the first of our monthly lectures at their superlative venue (until we can return to our real IET home at Savoy Place late in 2015). There, an appreciative audience found much to ponder upon as Dr. Geoff McGrath of McLaren Applied Technology (MAT) spoke on “Data-Driven Design Delivers Fast-Track Innovation”: A fast-paced and stimulating view of how they have worked with a number of organisations to solve problems using their focused analysis of data. We all know that McLaren are a high-performance/F1 motor company, even if we didn’t know that they provide the data telemetry for all the Formula1 teams. Yet who knew that MAT get involved in so many…

    David Tabor
    David Tabor

  • Funding Opportunities via Innovate UK

    Affordable space-based capability - SBRI - Opens 22 October 2014 This CDE themed competition seeks proof-of-concept research proposals for novel technologies that could lead to a step change in UK military space-based capability or substantially reduce the cost of the systems. Further details of this competition and others that Innovate UK are running can be found on their website.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Cycling: Four wheels is good, two wheels better

    Manchester Network's Transport Technical Group recently linked up with Manchester Salon in organising a debate on Cycling held on 22 September. On the panel which was chaired by Keith McCabe, Transport TG Chairman, were Mark Birbeck, Gabriele Schliwa, Helen Nugent and Nick Vaughan. The event was filmed and can be viewed here:

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • 22,295,864 amazing things you need to know about the UK’s newest satellite – TechDemoSat1

    Two of the biggest challenges facing suppliers and academic institutions working within the space industry are providing ‘flight heritage' for their systems and components, and the long lead times associated with proving space technologies. Satellite companies and others in the space area are understandably reluctant to trust new hardware without proof that it is fit for purpose. But without expensive flight time, it's almost impossible to provide that proof. TechDemoSat-1 is an attempt to break through that barrier, functioning as an in-orbit test facility for innovative UK devices and software. For further information on this article from Innovate UK – Technology Strategy Board, read here .

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Olivier Ezratty Technology Blog (in French)

    I had the opportunity last week to listen to a presentation by Olivier Ezratty on innovation in technology. He is a very enthusiastic speaker on technology. His subject was particularly the pressures for innovation: the opportunites presented by new, cheaper, components development, and the social development of people which pushes for more and more in products. He is a blogger on the subject and if you are interested and read French, you can take a look at his blog Options Libres here: http://www.oezratty.net/wordpress/.

    Phil Dunbar
    Phil Dunbar

  • Monthly Joint Institutions Networking Meeting

    I would like to remind those of you who are in Paris this month that the Institutions' (ICE, IET, IMechE, IStructE) joint networking and social evening of 2014 will be held next Thursday 16th October2014 from 19h00 at Carr's bar and restaurant, 1 rue Mont Thabor, Paris 75001 (Métro Line 1 Tuileries) . Spouses,partners and friends welcome. This regular event takes place the 3rd Thursday of each month. There will be an optional group dinner from about 20h30. Ian Dewsbury and Graham Hobbins for the ICE French LA and Phil Dunbar for the IET will be hosting the evening and they look forward to seeing you there for a drink and chat about past and future Institution events in 2014.

    Phil Dunbar
    Phil Dunbar

  • IET NI Officers And Contacts 2015-16

    Officers & Contacts 2015-2016: Chair Tom Gray Vice-Chair Caron Malone Past Chair Paul Moorhead Past Chair Jayne Brady Honorary Treasurer Richard Furey Professional Registration Alan Webb Communications Ben Greene Education Keith Chambers Awards and Competitions Karen Creighton Business Partners Randal Gilbert Young Professionals Chair Joseph Murray Universities Link Karen Rafferty Prestige Lectures Organiser David Macartney My Community Administrator David Procter Honorary Secretary Eoin McGread Community Relationship Manager Lynsay Callaghan

    Caron Malone
    Caron Malone

  • IET International Healthtech Conference 2014, Beijing, China

    IET Advocates the Speeding up of Medical Informatization to Improve Medical Service Levels September 26, 2014, Beijing, China - The IET International HealthTech Conference 2014 was held in Beijing today, during which more than 100 experts from domestic and foreign enterprises, academic circles, government agencies, charity organizations and medical institutions related to the medical health technologies discussed about the medical health technology most suitable for China, and put forward many constructive suggestions on the development of the medical technology in future. The conference was hosted by IET, and sponsored by ARM and Neusoft. The speakers of the conference include Dr. David Clifton from the Department of Engineering Science of the University of Oxford, Dr. Wang Shan, President…

    Gemma Hadley
    Gemma Hadley

  • Appropriate Healthcare Technologies (AHT) 2014

    The 8th International conference promoting access to healthcare through technology took place from 17 - 18 September 2014 in London. This two day conference brought together healthcare technologists, clinicians, researchers and public bodies from around the world to explore effective engineering solutions to meet the healthcare problems in low resource settings. Delegates were provided with a great opportunity to learn about the key issues surrounding healthcare provision in the developing world with around 22 countries represented at the event including a couple of Skype presentations. The IET (and the IEE before it) have been holding these two-yearly events on appropriate healthcare technologies (AHT) since the year 2000. Archives on previous events and resources on AHT as well as the abstracts…

    Gemma Hadley
    Gemma Hadley

  • London Critical Data Marathon 2014

    The Healthcare Technologies network was proud to sponsor the London Critical Data Marathon which took place over the 6th and 7th September 2014 alongside parallel events in Paris, France and Massachusetts, USA. The event ran over the course of the whole weekend and brought frontline healthcare providers and data scientists together to answer clinically-relevant questions. The main focus of the event was for the participants to work with the MIMIC-II which is a large open access ICU database. It empowers those who have not typically engaged in research but who possess a deep understanding of the information gaps as well as the elements involved in practice, to contribute to and become part of a data-driven learning system. The weekend provided an opportunity for the delegates to enjoy some interesting…

    Gemma Hadley
    Gemma Hadley

  • Welcome To New Members

    Hi, It is great to see that membership of the PEMD TPN is growing rapidly - We have passed the 100 member milestone less than a day after the first realy publicity shot. We will be rolling out our invitation to join to PEMD Conference delegates and then to the IET sectors and beyond. PLEASE INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TO JOIN TOO!!!! Whilst a lot of the members are old friends, I am delighted to see so may new names which bodes well for the group, You will be asking what exactly have you joined. The web site is embrionic, though I hope you have taken the opportunity to look at some of the content. Whilst a significant feature of the web site is the collation of relevant event information, we are working on a series of smaller events which we feel would be imporatnt to the community …

    Bill Drury
    Bill Drury

  • IBC 2014 - Content

    You may or my not have notice that whilst at IBC 2014 I was running around and interviewing various people about various topics and to save you looking for them individually I thought I'd write this blog post with all of the links in to the blogs (Nice aren't I!) here they are I hope you enjoy the content: IBC 2014 – Overview Women in the Broadcast industry Advice to Young Professional’s IP and the Broadcast chain Second Screen SeeQVault Vislink Next VR and Red Digital Cinema Piksel DivX

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Wikimedia Edit-a-thon Event

    To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day this month the IET is working with Wikimedia to run an edit-a-thon for our members. We are offering you the opportunity for a training and networking day, co-sponsored by Wikimedia UK. This is part of a worldwide celebration of Ada Lovelace Day, a focus point for activities around women in STEM careers, named after the first computer programmer. You will learn how to edit Wikipedia, and will work together to create and improve articles about female engineers as women are under-represented on Wikipedia, both as participants and as subjects of biographies. You will have the chance to network with engineers from other companies, to discuss initiatives that support women in their careers. We will be inviting trade press to document these positive steps. The outcomes…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IBC 2014 - Women In The Broadcast Industry

    There is an ongoing campaign to highlight the need of attracting more women into the traditionally male-dominated fields of engineering and broadcasting. We talk to some industry professionals to get their views on the subject.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IBC 2014 - SeeQVault

    One of the great things about IBC is finding out about new up and coming technology before everyone else! We met up with Victor Matsuda, Chief Communications Officer and Dean E. Short, Esq, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer of NSM Initiatives LLC, a group made up of some of the leaders in consumer technology – Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba. They’re working on SeeQVault a product that will allow consumers to move content seamlessly across devices without domain or account bound restrictions, enjoy content anywhere, anytime with or without an internet connection and much more, watch the video below for more details…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IBC 2014 - Second Screen

    With the growing popularity of tablets and smart phones, people are increasingly using them whilst watching TV. The second screen is becoming more popular, with operators working on ways in which they can interact with the consumer using the second screen. At IBC I wanted to talk to providers of second screen technology to find out what second screen means to them, what they are trying to address with their app and what are the consumer trends? Miles Weaver, Innovation Programme Strategist, Piksel Piksel's 2Si second screen interactive suite provides a fully customizable modular toolkit that lets you create, integrate and update second screen experiences for all types of devices. Colas Overkott, CEO, Visiware Visiware is an innovative interactive studio based in Paris, New-York and Denver,…

  • Americas Community Volunteer Conference

    Hi all, The Americas Community Volunteer Conference will be held in San Francsico in November. At this meeting, groups from all over the Amercias will discuss plans for the IET in the region and ideas for improving things such as communciton, interaction with other groups etc. If you have any ideas or points of view, please pass them along! Allan

    Allan Casey
    Allan Casey

  • IBC 2014 - IP and the Broadcast chain

    What better place to find out about the future of IP and the broadcast chain than at IBC, we spoke to some providers of IPTV to find out answers to these questions: • What are the challenges of broadcasting over IP compared to traditional broadcasting? • What are the benefits of broadcasting over IP to the general public? • What’s wrong with the system as it is? • What are the drivers for moving over to broadcasting using IP? • What does the future hold? How do you think we will be consuming media in five years’ time? To find out what they said click on the videos below where we spoke to: Phil Laven, Chairman DVB Project, Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) The Digital Video Broadcasting Project is an industry-led consortium of over 200 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, software…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Resilience And Cyber Security Of Technology In The Built Environment

    This briefing is essential reading for those involved in the specification, design, procurement and operation of buildings where there is a convergence of corporate IT and building systems, including industrial control systems (ICS). The technical briefing examines the different sources of threats across the building lifecycle from initial concept through to decommissioning. It considers potential threat agents that could cause or contribute to a cyber security incident and identifies some of the measures that may be appropriate to reduce the risks. Economic and environmental pressures have encouraged the convergence of technical infrastructure and computer-based systems. Cyber security and resilience incidents are becoming increasingly common as these converged systems are being connected…

  • An Interview with Leon Daniels from the Bus Innovation: How Green Can Buses Be event

    On 17 th September 2014, Central London held an event about the innovative green technology being implemented in the new Routemaster buses. The speaker, Leon Daniels, has been working in the bus industry for over 40 years. He is currently the Managing Director of Surface Transport and has involvements in the transport elements of the Olympic Games. We caught up with Leon at the event. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? I’m Leon Daniels, Managing Director of Surface Transport at Transport for London. It’s a job I have been doing for 3 and half years. In my past I have worked for the government, shipping, publishing and I fell into transport by accident. As soon as I got into transport I realised that I loved it; during the course of my time I ran sight-seeing buses here in London,…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Important Documents Of IET Hong Kong

    Hong Kong Handbook Hong Kong Election Procedure Hong Kong Constitution The IET Royal Charter and Bye-laws The IET Rules of Conduct

    Dodi Mak
    Dodi Mak

  • First Lego League in Scotland

    Building on the success of the Regional Event held in Edinburgh in January, there are three events being held on 29 th November at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, on 2 nd December at the Glasgow Science Centre and on 10 th December at Aberdeen’s Satrosphere. Ten teams of young people will be competing at each of these events to see which team goes forward to the National Final, with the possibility of going on to the World Final in America at which in 2013 and this year, a team from Britain was the overall winner. The 30 teams competing in Scotland have been very encouraged by being able to have dedicated coaches and assistant engineer mentors providing support as they hone their skills ready to meet the challenges on the day. Laura Meikle of Lambda Jam, the FIRST ® LEGO ® League (FLL) organiser…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Chairman's Message 2014

    I am honoured to serve the Robotics and Mechatronics TNP as the Chairman in 2014. This is an exciting time for robotics in particular and for mechatronics in general. This is represented by the establishment of Public-Private Partnership in Robotics by European Commission and organisations representing European industry and European research in 2012 to provide more funding to boost the research, innovation and applications of robotics in Europe. It is expected to received €700M in funding from the Commission for 2014 – 2020 and €2100 million from European industry to form the largest civilian-funded robotics innovation programme in the world. The UK government has also identify the Robotics and Autonomous Systems as one of the eight great technologies. Robotics has been around for over 20 years…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • IET Scotland Committee Members For The 2014-15 Session

    The IET Scotland Committee Members for the 2014-2015 session are as follows - Honorary Chairman: Professor Jim McDonald Executive Chairman: David Ritchie MSc BSc CEng FIET Senior Vice Chairman: Derek Little MSc PhD CEng FIET Junior Vice Chairman: Vacancy Past Executive Chairman: Paul R McKenna CEng MIET Honorary Secretary: Ryan M Tumilty MEng PhD CEng MIET Honorary Treasurer: Ryan M Tumilty MEng PhD CEng MIET Knowledge Management Board - IET Scotland North: Michael Cotterell CEng FIET Eur Ing Michael Gaskill MEng (Hons) MTech CEng MIET IET Scotland South East: Benjamin Clarke BEng (Hons) CEng MIGEM MIET IET Scotland South West: T McLean BSc CMILT MIET IET Scotland EC&I: Erik McEachern IET Scotland Manufacturing: Derek Little MSc PhD CEng FIET IET Scotland Power: C Cresswell MEng PhD MIET IET…

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