Mark Langdon is the Control editor.
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The next time you visit the theatre, the scenery and performers you see flying from wing to wing may be under the control of a technology that started life a few years ago in the manufacturing and process industries. E&T raises the curtain on theatrical automation.
As the search for oil moves into deeper waters and harsher environments production is moving onto the seabed.
Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems can cut fuel consumption in some heavy-duty vehicles.
It's a sign of the times when Formula One motor racing says it wants to become more environmentally friendly.
Nitrogen generation technology helps airlines comply with new safety rules
Recent control system upgrades carried out by Schneider Electric have contributed to an 8 per cent increase in productivity at a Corus steel plant in Wales.
Specifying an open building automation system reduces costs and increases flexibility.
A three-dimensional space has been designed to help people with cognitive deficits caused by brain damage improve their functional capacity in daily life activities.
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