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Engineering & Technology: issue 7

26 April 2008

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Featured article

Hold on a second, I smell burning

Not wasting waste

How does Switzerland maintain its position as the world's number one recycler of household waste?

Also in this issue

  • A big green apple

    'Eco hotels' across the US are letting sustainability fans keep a clear conscience when they're on the road.


  • The third industrial revolution

    We need a new energy agenda for the 21st century, argues climate change policy guru Jeremy Rifkin.


  • Flow motion

    Reusable cores have changed the way that NXP does chip designs, and it has applied techniques that could affect the way everyone does it.


  • Model workers

    Modelling hardware using virtual platforms is becoming mainstream – so now attention is turning to the speed of simulation.


  • Trading up

    Moving to an ARM from the 8bit world? Some things you need to know.


  • Exploring the origins of man

    Can autonomous underwater vehicles reveal the secrets of the ancient world?


  • Medicine’s great strides

    Engineers working on neural prosthetics say a solution will be available within four years


  • India’s renewable future

    It is not just the developed nations that are increasing their use of renewable energy, one of the fastest growing regions is India.


  • Nuclear power- Is the white paper enough?

    Does the UK government’s nuclear power White Paper deliver the goods? The government must offer more incentives if the UK is to have a nuclear replacement programme.


  • Beyond the cutting edge

    High-end medical application techniques are coming back into mainstream computing


  • Viewpoint and 60 second interview

    Viewpoint with Dave Lipsey, Ordnance Survey. 60 second interview with Andrew Mackay, Service Birmingham


  • Greyer shade of green

    Are sustainable IT policies always compatible with an organisation's wider corporate agenda?


  • Research at a distance

    Multinational firms have not yet farmed out all their research and development to China and India but they are taking a much more global approach to this high-value activity. John Dwyer reports.


  • African promise

    The time is ripe for global companies to consider Africa as a viable location for low-cost manufacturing, argues Sigi Osagie.


  • Self-maintenance works for repair firm

    Market pressures forced British Airways’ electrical components repair company to seek new ways of increasing efficiency, so it created its own ‘lean’ vision. By Andrew Thomas, Paul Byard and Paul Henry.


  • Band of gold

    The satellite industry is undecided about which frequency band is best 


  • Licensed to do anything

    Usage rights will be key for the future communications spectrum auctions


  • No accounting for difference

    Organisations wishing to deal with their truly global clients need a strategy that goes beyond the traditional servicing of international accounts. Global Account Management is a technique that should be considered.


  • Sun, sea and seminars

    Why host your annual corporate event in a boring business centre in a nondescript industrial city, when you could go to the shores of the Red Sea? (Egypt’s state-of-the-art International Conference Centre at Port Ghalib).