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Engineering & Technology: 10 May 2008

The Institution of Engineering & Technology's flagship magazine. The coverage is wide, including electronics, electrical and power engineering, communications and IT. Available in print and online.


Featured articles

Out of mind, out of sight
'Metamaterial technology' may sound more prosaic and down to earth than 'invisibility', yet it is these materials that may soon lead to a real-life invisibility cloak.

The factory of dreams
From Cinechrome to 3D, we look back at 100 years of innovation in cinema projection engineering.

Engineering the void
A vacuum is filled by virtual particles ready to pop into existence if additional energy is supplied. Rather than going to waste, they can have plenty of interesting uses.

Switch cycle
Switched reluctance motors can boost the power efficiency of consumer goods, but need finely-tuned control

A test of mettle
The race is on to get 32nm processes in production as chipmakers argue over the value of metal gates.

Innovation hotbed
How the automotive sector is pushing the automation and control envelope.

All the fun of the fair
Thrills without spills is the aim of control technology in fairgrounds.

THE HIGH PRICE OF OIL
Oil prices are already high, but even darker times could lie ahead

THE MAN WITH THE PLAN
E&T talks to energy secretary John Hutton about the UK’s power strategy

SUGAR RUSH
What are the alternatives to sugar and grain-based biofuel crops?

Changing Platforms
IT's biggest hitters are fighting for supremacy in the switch and router market

Profile
How an international law firm moved from paper based operations to an electronic system

Our flexible friends
Factory automation requires a partnership between robot, system provider and end user

the broadband olympics
E&T looks at the innovative technologies that will debut at the Beijing Games

roaming in beijing
The 2008 Olympics will see network operators offering a variety of mobile services

Too ill to take time off?
Managers need to understand more about illness at work in order to combat illness-related absenteeism

WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN
Competition investigation isn’t just the domain of big companies such as Intel

FROM MORTAR BOARDS TO DRAWING BOARDS
The recent Knowledge Transfer Partnerships awards in London revealed some interesting collaborations between the engineering and academic communities


Regular columns

Editorial
Technology like you've never seen.

News

Digital gallery brings art to rail travellers

Smart plasters help to treat diabetes

‘Bird's nest’ opens

UK prepares for super-fast broadband

Fuel-cell portables set for 2009

EU ban on Indonesian carriers extended

Honeywell moves production to Malaysia

Prisons install biometric ID systems for drug addicts

Wounded model helps nurses learn

Cross-border science clusters to challenge US

Synthetic biologists tackel awareness issues
Researchers developing custom-built living organisms are recognising that they have to win public support for their work, writes Chris Edwards.

Feedback
In this issue's letters: moving from industry to teaching and the prospects for UK recycling.

If you ask me
The downside of donating healthcare equipment to developing countries, plus the problems with synthetic biologists' engineering analogies.

The global engineer
Is there any point in giant planes, ships and hotels? Our travel columnist volunteers her opinion.

Gadgets
New ways of controlling multimedia content without leaving your chair.

On my desktop
Expert advice on how to keep your computer healthy.

Events
Forthcoming dates for your diary.

After all: everything explained
Vitali Vitaliev opens an antiquarian book to dig up some answers, as well as questions.

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