How to... defuse a bomb
With the use of IEDs and landmines increasing in modern warfare, bomb disposal specialists are turning to cutting-edge technology.
Smartphones are geared up to crunch through a lot of data in delivering apps and Internet service, but all this new funky stuff places new drains on battery staying-power. Emerging envelope-tracking technologies may be able to help.
In the first of our regular sports technology features, we look at the technology being developed to protect NFL players from serious head injuries.
It doesn't seem so long ago that analysts were predicting leaner, greener terminals that almost harked back to the original tenets of centralised computing... So where has the 'thin-client' concept ended up?
Tired of knowing nothing? Allow E&T to show you how to do everything: fly around the world in six hours; solve the energy crisis; print a gadget; regenerate a city centre; land a human on Mars; defuse a bomb; cut traffic jams; reach 100mpg; extract more oil and other such useful life skills.
The E&T podcast: twitching technology
Features editor Vitali Vitaliev heads to Rutland Water Nature Reserve to speak to senior reserve officer Tim Mackrill about technology in bird watching.
Analysis: Scotland’s silicon survivors 
During the 1990s, Scotland’s Silicon Glen looked as though it could rival other world centres for chipmaking. It could not compete with California’s Silicon Valley itself but the country looked an attractive choice to a number of Far Eastern technology companies who promised to build and expand plants there.
Consumer electronics giants stake future on smart handsets
Leading smartphone makers look to entrench their positions, but Europe’s car manufacturers continue to struggle despite rising UK sales.
How system designers and social scientists can complement each other’s work
It’s all too easy for a wall to rise between people and systems when designers fail to take account of motivation and behaviour, warns John Berry.
Interview: Sandi Rhys Jones, Engineering UK
Sandi Rhys Jones is the vice chair of the Governing Body of the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering, Construction and Technology. She has strong views on why there’s more to the gender debate than merely the ‘pipeline’ issue. It all starts, she says, with careers advice.
PhotoEssay: London Underground
Londoners have been experiencing the advantages and frustrations of underground rail travel for 150 years.
How to... land a human on Mars
With Curiosity last year becoming the fourth rover to land on Mars, how long will it be before a human walks on the Red Planet?
How to... go around the world in six hours
Day trips to the other side of the Earth may soon be a reality thanks to Air travel at five times the speed of sound.
How to... reach 100mpg
Despite the allure of the electric vehicle the humble petrol engine will continue to be the mainstay for cars for the foreseeable future.
How to... save a city centre
With countless high streets being slowly colonised by charity shops and discount stores, the future looks bleak for many UK town centres. Can technology provide the answer?
Broadcast - lessons from London 2012
For the BBC the 2012 Olympics presented one of the biggest technological challenges in the corporation's history of sports coverage - so what were the key lessons the broadcaster learn from the experience?
Punk and a new hierarchy in management
How we lead teams in our organisations is undergoing a shift that reflects changes in society. Nick Smith talks to an author whose new book explains the 'death of deference'.
How to... print gadgets
Making solid objects with simple moving parts is easy. The next challenge is to print the smartphones of the future.
Building Information Modelling - DNA for buildings
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the software-based method of mapping every aspect of a built structure's equivalent to DNA, from initial design and construction to refurbishments and eventual destruction.
How to... solve the energy crisis
Nuclear fusion seems to have always been thirty years away, but the seeming interminable quest appears to be edging ever closer with the construction of the ITER reactor in the South of France.
How to... cut traffic jams
Traffic congestion is the bane of modern motorists, but mobile communications may soon be supplying the answer for the beleaguered commuter.
How to... extract more oil
With demand for oil continuing to grow, the pressure is on to maximise the reserves.
Hannover Messe 2013 celebrates new age of industrial integration
E&T magazine is once again a preferred media partner for this year’s Hannover Messe showcase of industrial and engineering technology innovation. This second of three previews introduces the 11 technology-specific trade shows that make-up Hannover Messe 2013 - including details of FREE ENTRY for IET members.
For and Against: Fracking
For
Fracking is one of the best things to happen to onshore gas exploration for a century
Director at No Hot Air
Nick Grealy
Nick Grealy is director of the energy consultancy No Hot Air, specialising in public perception and acceptance issues of shale energy worldwide. For further information, visit www.nohotair.co.uk
Against
Fracking is dangerous to the environment and throws good energy after bad
Campaigner with Frack Off
Ian Ratcliffe
Ian Ratcliffe is a campaigner with the anti-fracking environmental pressure group Frack Off. For further details, go to www.frack-off.org.uk
Extraction of natural gas by fracking is good news for energy needs
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