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Lockheed Martin has announced that that it would test a compact fusion reactor in less than a year, build a prototype in five years and deploy the system in 10 years. However, some scientists are skeptical . Here is CNET's take on the news.
The following link is to the DRAFT IET Northumbria network programme for the 2014-15 session. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuqBe2LnQz5idGQtUHRwLVVtUy1qV21ZY0NrY3FTM3c&usp=sharing Please note that it is a work in progress and may be updated by the committee at any time. If you would like to contribute any suggestions for the programme, then please do and I will pass them on to the committee. If you would like to join the committee which meets quarterly at Northumbria University then you would be most welcome. Currently there are vacancies for Assistant Secretary, Professional Registration Advisor. Please post any enquiries to this forum.
4 th December, Royal College of GPs, 30 Euston Square, London A discussion on the UK and Worldwide gender and general skills gap in engineering/technology and our role in tackling this as IET Fellows. Kindly note, you do not have to be fellow of the IET to attend this event. However, If you are interested in Fellowship, then this may be a good starting pount for you. Please e-mail womensnetwork@theiet.org to register your interest Programme 09.30 Registration and Refreshments 10.00 Welcome and Introduction Suzanne Flynn 10:15 TBD William Webb IET President 10.30 Defining the Gap, it is not just a gender issue TBD Professor John Perkins 11.15 ‘Sticky Notes’ (attendees write on sticky notes why they became engineers/technologist and who or what influenced them) exercise followed by refreshments…
Dear IET Member living in France, and particularly in the Toulouse area The IET Aerospace TPN are holding a technical symposium regarding the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) programme, at the end of this month. It promises to be of interest to anyone involved in, or interested in, European air traffic management. The attached file gives details about the event, and registration details. If any members are interested in holding regular events in Toulouse, please let me know, either by mail, or by commenting on the blog.
Dear IET Member living in France I have been asked by the British Community Committee to forward this flyer about your right to vote in UK elections, and how to register. BR Phil Dunbar
Mackie Academy in Stonehaven was the venue for the first of the 2014/15 Challenge Days, with Kinross High, Larbet High, Bearsden Academy, Kilwinning Academy and Lockerbie Academy being the other hosting schools in Scotland. The Kinross Challenge Day had teams for Kinross High, Perth High, Perth Academy, Kirkcaldy High and Queen Anne High from Dunfermline pitting their wits to see which team could come up with the best solution to the Challenge. Throughout the day there was a real buzz as the members of each team went enthusiastically about their allotted roles. Setting out their ideas, developing their 3D models, and making use of the tutorials on the building of electronic circuits that would make their finished design stand out from the others. The highlight of this Challenge was the opportunity…
Here's a list (according to Push to Pass) of the World's Coolest Electric Cars, in order: 5) Infiniti Emerg-E Concept 4) BMW i8 3) MEV h***** HX 2) Tesla Model S 1) Rimac Automobile Concept-One Do you agree with the above; is there a car you feel should be up on that list? For more information on this article click here .
The Healthcare Technology Network's 2014-15 program commences this month but first I would like to take the opportunity to look back over the events that the network has supported this summer. One of our aims as a network has been to produce quality content from our supported events and I am pleased to say that we have achieved this with the events listed below. London Critical Data Marathon 5-7 September 2014 This event took place in London alongside parallel events in France (Paris) and the US (Cambridge, MA). The idea was to bring together healthcare providers with data scientists to answer clinically-relevant questions over the course of a weekend. Appropriate Healthcare Technologies Conference for Low Resource Settings (AHT) The 8th international conference promoting access to healthcare…
Marie, 2013 IET YWE finalist, has been recognised for her work in supporting engineering in the developing world and her passion for sharing knowledge and using her skills to make a difference. She works as a Senior engineer for Atkins, in Bristol, having joined its graduate scheme back in 2008. She is currently seconded to the ITER nuclear fusion project in France as the lead engineer for a building within the design integration team. For several years Marie worked in the Aerospace industry. Her most recent role in Aerospace was within the core team of a key strategic research and technology project for Airbus, where she was involved in the system analysis, product development process and a high profile ground test. The talk will be broken up into the following segments: 1. What is integrated…
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…
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.
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:
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 .
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/.
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.
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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…
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…
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…
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 …
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
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…
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.
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…
