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Engineering & Technology: issue 14

9 August 2008

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Featured article

The science of winning

The science of winning

Despite all technological gadgets and gizmos, sport is still about perspiration and inspiration.

Also in this issue

  • Let the games begin

    Active computer games, such as those championed by the Ninetndo Wii, may soon end up as an Olympics discipline. We review the state of the growing sports games industry in the UK and elsewhere.


  • Mini robocup

    The robo world cup is upon us and we find that robotic nano football offers some promising foundation technologies.


  • Inventors' inbox

    Our resident inventors take a reluctant look at how best to snuff out our fellow creatures.


  • Healthcare’s hi-tech lifelines

    Wearable body monitors are reaching into sports and healthcare as preventative medicine gets active.


  • The great builders

    The amount of hardware to design digital silicon keeps spiralling upward. Can the tools cope? 


  • Testing the water

    Upgrades to the UK telephone network mean that utilities control systems will have to be upgraded for the 21st century


  • Power is nothing without control

    Nuclear power is all the rage but what will keep it under control in the future?


  • Searching for common ground

    As the European Parliament struggles to pull all the strands of a common energy policy into a coherent strategy it is becoming clear that common ground is hard to find.


  • Bring me sunshine

    With the spotlight on renewable energy, the hunt is on to find winning technologies. We look at three solar power projects from MIT.


  • Virtual reality enters the real world

    Applications are being developed for virtual environments that can speed time-to-market, operational efficiency, and engender innovative business practices, discovers James Hayes.


  • 60 Second Interview

    High-street homewares and furnishings retailer The Pier recently deployed Sarian’s mobile routing technology to provide back-up connections to support online chip-and-pin transactions at all 35 of its stores. Alex Meek, head of information systems at The Pier, tells us about the project.


  • RFID

    From the Beijing Olympics to Arsenal's North Bank stand, RFID technology is proving its worth at sporting events


  • Finnish first

    Find out how Finland is gearing up for a new wave of innovation.


  • Engines

    A new type of petrol engine is claimed to be as efficient as diesel.


  • Here, there and everywhere

    How phone and data links are provided in disaster areas.


  • Olympics and IT – be aware, be very aware

    The upcoming Olympics could see the start of a wave of cyber-terror attacks against the UK.


  • Mobile's game of risk

    Which operating system should mobile developers support?


  • Unlocking the talent of Generation Y

    The head of public affairs for the Chartered Management Institute examines the demands made of today’s younger managers, debunks the myths surrounding them and gives clues about how organisations can attract and retain Generation Y.


  • Mountains of motivation

    Twenty years ago climber Stephen Venables became the first Englishman to reach the top of Everest without using bottled oxygen. Today, Venables is all about motivating the management community. ‘People want to be inspired,’ he says.