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@SteveBenveniste @IETCommunities Prof. Craig Underwood talking on UK's first nanosat SNAP. pic.twitter.com/o1mAl0I5oW — Surrey Space Centre (@SpaceAtSurrey) February 15, 2014
Graham Lee (IET Australia Forum Chairman) was in attendance at the University of Sydney Electrical and Information Engineering School's annual Scholarship and Prizegiving Presentation on 17 May 2013 to celebrate the achievements of its outstanding students. The 2013 IET Student Prize for New South Wales was awarded to Laurence Rouesnel for outstanding achievements as an engineering student at the University of Sydney. More information is available on the University of Sydney website.
Anne-Marie Imafidon argues that we need to think differently about role models. She believes we need to stop looking at them as superhuman and instead embrace their mistakes as well as their successes, their personal foibles as well as their strengths. Once we do that, we can understand that everyone has something to contribute, we can all be members of what she calls the 'role model club'. For further informationa and to hear...
BBC News - Strathspey Steam Railway use crane for new bridge http://t.co/5K3ScP11ZP — Lynsay Callaghan (@IETLCallaghan) February 14, 2014
Interview - Lynne MacLachlan, Engineering 3D printed jewellery - E & T Magazine http://t.co/36MeisGAWT — Joanne Longton (@IETJoanneLongt) February 14, 2014
The Technology Strategy Board is investing up to £1.25m in feasibility studies to bring emerging imaging technologies closer to commercial use. This competition will support projects that could enable richer, more wide-ranging information to be gained from imaging, creating new applications and value propositions, with the potential to disrupt existing markets. Projects must be collaborative and business-led, and the competition is open to all UK-based companies and research organisations. The TSB funds feasibility studies in pre-industrial research, in which a business partner will attract up to 65% public funding of their project costs (75% for SMEs). The projects could last up to 12 months, with total costs of up to £150k per project. Key dates: Competition opens : 3 February 2014 Registration…
Just came across this review on the BMW i3 in Greater Manchester Business News. Pete James, Chairman of the ARTS Network is currently awaiting delivery of his i3 so we hope to have a review and some images from him posted up on the community area. My eye was also attracted to the article below the i3 on the forthcoming sale of a Talbot Lago T26 Cabriolet. Wish I had enough pennies in my piggy bank to bid for that car.
Spain breezes into record books as wind power becomes main source of energy http://t.co/tfcCgDOuPa http://t.co/GEihw2npRT — Javier de Pablo (@JavidePablo) February 13, 2014
Three teens from the Simon Langton schools in Canterbury have won a trip to the FIRST LEGO League World Festival in the USA, after winning the National Final of the IET’s FIRST LEGO League (FLL) UK robotics competition. The competition is one of the IET’s leading initiatives to encourage more young people to study STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects in order to pursue a career in engineering. Oli English, Emma English and Carlos Purchase-Galarza, who made up the ‘Invicta’ team, beat off competition from 29 other teams at the event at Loughborough University on Saturday, 1 February to be crowned FLL UK Champions. One of the winning team, 14-year-old Carlos, said: “It is going to be an amazing experience meeting teams from all around the world and having fun together in…
We had a great event at the Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham last night and Mike Kay and Sue Harrison have now made their presentation available in the files area . We also have a few photos of people at the event in the photos area. Please let us know what you think!
**A Women You Should Know Exclusive** By Lori Day – In mid-January, this article on The Huffington Post hit my Facebook newsfeed like a Justin Bieber deportation petition—it was everywhere . In it, HuffPost Family News Editor Jessica Samakow writes: Pay attention, 2014 Mad Men: This little girl is holding a LEGO set. The LEGOs are not pink or “made for girls.” She isn’t even wearing pink. The copy is about “younger children” who “build for fun.” Not just “girls” who build. ALL KIDS. In an age when little girls and boys are treated as though they are two entirely different species by toy marketers, this 1981 ad for LEGO — one of our favorite images ever — issues an important reminder. Read the full article...
Due to flooding situation in Worcester, SKYLON event at Worcester University this Thursday has been postponed to a future date. — IET H&W (@IETHandW) February 11, 2014
Schoolboy makes charity film in own bedroom using webcam and Lego http://t.co/RbuHHFZb9K — Lynsay Callaghan (@IETLCallaghan) February 10, 2014
The IET Women's Network is proud to have been given an opportunity to film the Women in Telecoms and Technology and Maggie Berry's Women in Technology event: An Evening with Dame Stephanie Shirley: To view the video Women in Telecoms and Technology and Maggie Berry's Women in Technology Network are pleased to announce that our first joint meeting, and first meeting of 2014, featuring a conversation with Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, one of the UK's most influential and inspirational women in technology. Stephanie Shirley arrived in Britain in 1939 as an unaccompanied child refugee. In 1962, she founded the IT company now known as Xansa. An ardent philanthropist, she has given away over 50 million pounds via the Shirley Foundation. This evening provided an opportunity to hear some of Dame…
The Oxford RobotCar - Driving Driverless Car Research Professor Paul Newman From: TAROS 2013, 29th August 2013, Oxford 2013-08-29 00:00:00.0 Transport Channel >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend
Sad to see the images of the suspended railway line at Dawlish and other parts of the South West route. I travel along that line when I go to visit the Devon & Cornwall Network Committee and its a lovely train journey. Here's hoping that the Network Rail team get the line back on track, although looking at the appalling destruction caused by the weather, its going to be many months of sheer hard work and brilliant engineering to achieve that.
New bionic hand gives an amputee a grip -- and a sense of touch http://t.co/JfAvh2H8s6 pic.twitter.com/XOBE6R8zva — WIRED (@WIRED) February 6, 2014
Bombardier has won a £1bn contract to provide trains for the Crossrail project, the government has announced .
The problem...with engineers Prof S Grainger From: The problem...with engineers, 14th January 2014, Stafford 2014-01-14 00:00:00.0 News Channel >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend
The IET has been approached by John Peat, one of the Directors of the B17 Steam Locomotive Trust to ascertain if any members are interested in getting involved with the project. For further details and John's contact details please see here. You can also view a copy of the Trust's Newsletter here . This is an exciting project to rebuild a locomotive that played a great role in our railway heritage and its hoped that IET members will consider getting involved with the Trust.
Latest Industry News Skills Factory subsidy supports BEng degree at University of Wolverhampton: The Black Cou... http://t.co/5HS24Y0CtH — Made in the Midlands (@madeinthemids) February 5, 2014
