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Lorna Sharpe

Lorna Sharpe

Lorna Sharpe is news editor of E&T and Transport sector editor.

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  • Dr Phil Bennett, Crossrail's Technology Director

    My Way

    Crossrail is Europe’s biggest engineering project, and Dr Phil Bennett is the central figure in rolling-out the complex ICT systems that will run and manage the system. He explains all to E&T.

Latest articles

  • Smart drivers

    The computer technology going into our road vehicles is close to delivering everything we expect from desktops and home entertainment systems. E&T looks at what’s on offer.

  • Transition to the skies

    E&T reports on one of a new crop of flying cars: a futuristic unfolding vehicle made of carbon fibre, which is also one of the world’s most fuel-efficient planes.

  • Turn green at the next corner

    Can satellite navigation systems, car-to-car and car-to-road communications help reduce carbon emissions?

  • Lighter than air

    Efficient fuel cells could turn hydrogen fuel into a realistic option, discovers E&T, but only if we can figure out how to make it cleanly and distribute it to users.

  • Back to propellers

    Jet engine makers think that a hybrid of the turbofan and the turboprop could make aircraft significantly more efficient – if only it can be quietened. E&T reports.

  • The future is seamless

    E&T explains that the European Union has been rolling along the path to rail harmonisation for 20 years, with the occasional delay en route.

  • On the grid for green

    When you picture green cars, the last thing on your mind would be the typical 200mph racing car. But, as E&T discovers, several new racing series are shattering that conception.

  • Green shoots from tumbleweed

    Old gas-guzzling cars are reaching the end of their tenure and, as E&T explains, financially crippled car makers are in a race to hit upon the sustainable car for the future.

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[You write it!] How GPS vehicle tracking can help improve personal safety

GPS vehicle tracking systems have come a long way from the bulky and extremely expensive original versions and the technology is finding new homes in everything from mobile phones to hand held gaming consoles.

After all - Deviant railway

E&T recalls a whistle-stop visit to the world’s only railway with dual nationality.

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