Professional futurologist Ian Pearson delivers a forecast on what ‘Xmas’ will be like 12 years from now, while the E&T editors imagine what it will be like waking up on the day in 2020.
With the festive season now upon us E&T takes a look at what researchers around the world have gifted us this year.
America’s turkeys now have something else to fear on top of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
What will portable wireless devices look like in the future? E&T looks into his high-technology crystal ball.
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.
QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group has launched its new Dragon Runner Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV)
A new research facility in Denmark will allow scientists to experiment with different physical loads on wind turbine blades to develop larger and stronger blades.
New research suggests that 90,000 UK manufacturing jobs will be lost next year
Official figures released last week show that the number of central and eastern European migrants from the so-called A8 accession countries registering to work in the UK is running at a three year low.
E&T considers what Christmas 2020 will be like, given suitable engineering and technological advances. Also, the role of the turkey in oil production; the control and automation features of the theatre; how to be a better manager and many more features. Plus industry news, sector-specific articles and regular columns.
E&T ponders whether simultaneous lunar missions by three Asian nations are signs of a new space race or just coincidence.
In the latest update to his blog, Jack relates how he and his sisters have swapped roles with his engineer parents in the run up to Christmas.
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