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Interview - Terry Morgan, Crossrail
23 January 2012
The current president of the Chartered Management Institute, Terry Morgan, is also chairman of Europe's largest infrastructure project.
13 December 2011
Ever-growing consumption of electronic items makes e-waste a major issue around the world. So what is being done to recycle and reuse discarded computers and other accessories?
Classic engineering - The Crystal Palace
12 December 2011
We take a look at the specifications behind one of the grandest endeavours of Victorian engineering.
12 December 2011
Marking the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the world's most notorious totalitarian state, E&T considers some of the former USSR's less sinister technological creations.
Blade Runner and technology's past future
12 December 2011
How has the science, engineering and technology in cinema classic 'Blade Runner' progressed over the 30 years since the film's first release?
BLACK BAG: Kicking the landfill habit
12 December 2011
The UK consigns millions of tonnes of waste to sprawling landfills, but the search is on for an alternative.
GREEN BIN: UK recycling has a long way to go
12 December 2011
The pressure is on to increase the amount of recycled waste and, whilst the UK is making great strides, there's a long way to go.
What makes a zero carbon house?
15 November 2011
The quest to build zero-carbon homes is plagued by controversy, but as Tony James discovers it is vital to a low-carbon future.
Vertical farming paves way for future of agriculture
17 October 2011
As global population rises and land runs short, farms, factories and even entire streets are heading for the skies.
Albert: the man who engineered Britain
17 October 2011
No one did more than Queen Victoria's husband to usher in the age of engineering and technology. E&T talks to author Jules Stewart to find out why Prince Albert was so influential.
17 October 2011
Can man-made islands designed to store energy solve renewable power problems?
Data centres - the next big challenges
13 September 2011
Data centres are now integral to our economies and to national security, but just how ready for full-on professionalism is the data-centres sector?
13 September 2011
Since the final Space Shuttle flight, the world has relied on Baikonur Cosmodrome for its launches. We visited the Kazakhstan site just before a high-profile launch failure last month. The contrast with the brand new Spaceport America, currently emerging from the wilds of the New Mexican desert, couldn’t be greater.
One2Ten: Personal mobility vehicles
12 September 2011
Engineering technology has developed ingenious ways to assist those with personal mobility problems in getting around.
America's ageing nuclear plant
12 September 2011
A great chunk of America's nuclear power fleet is celebrating its 40th birthday right about now. Is this aged stock a danger to society? Or is it just getting warmed up?
The Shard - Europe's tallest building
12 September 2011
We report from the construction site of the Shard – the UK and Europe's tallest skyscraper, to be completed in 2012.
Classic Projects - The Statue of Liberty
12 September 2011
We look at the facts and figures that add up to one of the greatest engineering icons of all time.
The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
12 September 2011
Cost-cutting was probably behind design flaws that led to a syrupy wave streaming through the streets of Boston.
Technologies to read the terrorist mind
15 August 2011
Physical search technologies can always been fooled, it seems. So is layered psychological security the next big development in counter-terrorism?
Digital signs: public displays of interaction
15 August 2011
Digital signage is shifting the way many organisations interface with the world, and its success is driving innovation in areas like display and systems integration.
Burlington - the underground city that never was
15 August 2011
A mere 34 acres in Wiltshire would have provided the UK government with a subterranean des res, and a refuge from war.
World Trade Center - rebuilding a national icon
15 August 2011
It's been ten years since the twin towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed in a terrorist attack. Regeneration of the iconic site was always going to be difficult, but after much soul-searching a new, bigger, stronger and safer tower is rising from Ground Zero.
15 August 2011
A life changed by Google, managing in the Cloud, and the many uses of magnetic levitation
01 August 2011
The ‘eco’ tag is becoming the marketing adjective of choice when describing hotels, but are all eco hotels equal? E&T looks behind the marketing hype.
What went wrong on Deepwater Horizon?
11 July 2011
BP's major environmental catastrophe could have been prevented with better management. E&T talks to author Loren C Steffy, whose new book explains what went wrong.
11 July 2011
What can we expect from the next generation of hospitality? E&T casts its gaze into the future to divine the most likely developments.
We simply need more wind turbines
11 July 2011
The UK's wind energy deployment is somewhat sad at present, but all that is about to change.
11 July 2011
With a blizzard of 'eco' kitemarks smattering the tourist industry, we ask whether it is even possible to identify standard 'green' credentials when it comes to crossing borders, and take our pick of the most environmentally responsible getaways.
Marlon Brando's six-star eco paradise
11 July 2011
E&T reports from Tetiaroa, Marlon Brando's French Polynesian getaway, now trying to become energy self-sufficient and environmentally sustainable.
11 July 2011
Is the Internet keeping vital information from you? Are robots taking over the world? Ah well, you won't care about it when you're dead. Or will you...?
Interview: Helga Nowotny, ERC President
13 June 2011
What motivates Helga Nowotny, president of the European Research Council, into her sixth decade of encouragement for engineers to be adventurous in their research?
Photo Competition: Can you tell what it is?
13 June 2011
Your chance to win a prize by simply guessing what the role of our photo competition winner is. We'll give you a clue: it's in engineering.
16 May 2011
The world's thirst for electricity remains unquenched, and Brazil has plans for an ambitious hydroelectric project. However, the damage caused will be substantial.
Classic Projects: Eiffel Tower
16 May 2011
Immortalised in countless movies, the Eiffel Tower is the most identifiable of French landmarks and one of the icons of 19th century structural engineering
16 May 2011
The politics of space exploration, scientific siblings and a dramatic rescue
Rescue robots - where were they in the Japanese quake relief efforts?
15 April 2011
Japan has invested heavily in robotics, so why have robots been of little use in the relief effort after the earthquake?
Olympics Watch - Eton Dorney Lake
15 April 2011
In the build-up to London 2012 Olympic Games, E&T looks at the Olympic course for rowing, canoeing and kayaking
Tsunami defences - can you keep the waves at bay?
15 April 2011
Some of the world's most extensive sea defences did little to protect Japan's coast from the devastating tsunami - is it time to develop buildings to withstand such an impact?
15 April 2011
The power of metaphor, future airports, dressing for space, and why India loves technology
Redundancy lesson for Japan's comms infrastructure
15 April 2011
E&T examines how, even under the twin onslaughts of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Japan's communications infrastructure continued to operate
Classic Projects: Relocation of Abu Simbel
14 March 2011
The relocation of the temple complex of Abu Simbel was more than just a technical challenge.
Manufacturing for Space – the ISS
14 March 2011
In use for more than a decade, the International Space Station will remain in orbit until at least 2020. E&T visited Thales-Alenia Space in Turin where ISS pressurised modules were built.
Towards the mysteries of the Big Bang
14 February 2011
The Large Hadron Collider and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider are two of the most amazing machines ever built. We bring you exclusive reports from both.
Sunshine highways: Roads of the future
14 February 2011
The roads of the future may forego the usual tarmac in favour of solar panels, harvesting energy to defrost winter ice, communicate danger and generate electricity. Meet the engineers hoping to plot a new route for our cars.
Classic Projects: Great Pyramid at Giza
17 January 2011
What were the greatest engineering projects of all time? In the first of a new series, E&T visits a World Wonder.
17 January 2011
Latest-generation CCTV cameras are bringing intelligent observation to some of the world’s most scrutinised cities. E&T zooms in on the innovations.
17 January 2011
If anybody really needs mobile broadband, it’s the emergency services. But upgrading the tried-and-trusted TETRA radio system raises questions about spectrum allocation.
Exclusive: The real history of tractors in the Ukraine
07 December 2010
We present a literary exclusive: The true story of the real engineer behind global best-seller 'A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian', as presented by the author – his daughter.
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