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• 25 years in a flash

  Sir David Brown, former chairman of Motorola, talks to E&T about the past, present and future of the cellular industry.

  
  

• A Stirling idea

  This innovative manufacturer found that the real block to selling its hot idea was not the skills gap, but a shortage of cold cash, reports E&T.

  
  

• A better model for modern cities

  Can we really design a sustainable city? Well, it would be a good start to understand what sustainability involves. E&T considers a new book on the subject.

  
  

• Carriers underway

  The UK's new aircraft carriers are taking shape in an artificial world that looks out over the sea high above Portsmouth, home of the Royal Navy.

  
  

• Frozen out of broadband

  The Earth's southernmost continent is not kind to technology. Successfully getting data out of the many scientific stations dotted around Antarctica is not easy, as E&T finds out.

  
  

• Getting a purchase on Christmas

  Christmas is coming, but if you're short on inspiration for gift ideas, don't worry: retailers are using the wisdom of crowds to help.

  
  

• Good cold country

  E&T salutes engineering and innovation that have helped Norway to achieve impressive results in oil exploration, tunnelling and construction in an extremely cold climate.

  
  

• In search of the zero-emission continent

  Can efforts to make Antarctic research stations energy self-sufficient work? E&T puts on a polar coat to find out.

  
  

• Inventors' inbox - snowed under with ideas

  Our in-house inventors Mark Sheahan and Patrick Andrews exchange emails on how to avoid the repetition of last winter's technology freeze-up in the UK.

  
  

• Korea's consumer tech miracle

  In the second of a two-part feature on Korea, E&T looks at how the country's consumer tech giants are facing increased competition on home soil.

  
  

• Mighty networks from little decisions grow

  On New Year's Day it will be exactly 25 years since the UK got its first cellular network. E&T looks at the way that small decisions shaped the growth of the UK and global cellular networks.

  
  

• Out of cold storage

  Work is progressing on several fronts to take superconductors out of the laboratory fridge into the real-world.

  
  

• Partners who deliver

  Collaborating with a university can bring great value, but manufacturers also need to be aware of the potential pitfalls, says E&T.

  
  

• Pole position

  Deep under the ice of Antarctica, a telescope is taking shape - not one in the conventional sense of the word, based around optics or a radio dish, but a huge array of optical sensors designed to look for sub-atomic particles called neutrinos, explains E&T.

  
  

• Thin clients' fat challenge

  Thin clients may face thin times over the coming months, but the arguments in their favour remain sound, reports E&T.

  
  

• Welcome to the new ice age

  The answer to peak power problems has always been storage, but that has proven to be a difficult feat to achieve. As E&T discovers, the answer may be found in ice.

  
  

• What comes FIRST

  E&T hears the iconoclastic engineer Dean Kamen's plans to save the world.

  
  

• Words with the environmental explorer

  As an explorer he's walked from pole to pole. As an environmental engineer he's worked on sustainability projects the world over. As a motivational speaker he sets new goals for management and gives the odd talk about cannibalism. E&T hears Tim Jarvis's story.