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Lorna Sharpe

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Lorna Sharpe is news editor of E&T and Transport sector editor. Click here to contact the editor.

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  • Tornado chuffing nostalgically up an English hill

    This article has a related video All aboard Tornado: engineering a new steam locomotive

    ‘Tornado’ has passed its first annual maintenance exams. E&T looks at the revived skills and the modern techniques that have brought the UK’s newest steam locomotive onto the mainline, after 20 years of determination to make the dream a reality.

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  • This article has a related video Tornado steam locomotive embraces microelectronics

    Hidden away on the world's newest steam locomotive, Tornado, is a wealth of electronics. E&T discovers what's onboard.

  • Toyota's recalls and the electronification of the car

    Recent problems with both Toyota and Ford cars that required software fixes, not mechanical ones, have raised important questions over the increasing electronic content of modern vehicles, reports E&T.

  • Non-visual feedback and the blind driver

    The innovative use of non-visual feedback techniques is enabling blind people to drive a car, and could have important lessons for other technologies that must interface with humans, reports E&T.

  • Intelligent cars

    Fully autonomous vehicles for everyday use in the future are fantasy, but improved driver aids are evolving and here to stay says E&T.

  • This article has a related video Carriers underway

    The UK’s new aircraft carriers are taking shape in an artificial world that looks out over the sea high above Portsmouth, home of the Royal Navy.

  • Breaking the ice at the North Pole

    You don’t have to be an Arctic explorer to visit the Geographic North Pole these days. E&T visited Murmansk’s Atomflot, where we joined the nuclear icebreaker 50 Years of Victory on a trip to the top of the world…

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Wireless sensing networks are being used to improve the safety of critical infrastructure such as bridges and even helicopter blades.

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In an ultra-competitive industry suffering from chronic overcapacity, just how has Skoda managed to become the UK’s best-loved car? E&T investigates.

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Driverless personal transport is to become a reality at London Heathrow Airport. Dassault Systèmes V5 PLM ensures that this futuristic system is designed, produced and delivered, on time, to budget and with a great user appeal.

Principles of high-assurance software engineering for railway/transportation systems

Electronic transportation systems are increasingly exposed to the trends of microprocessor consolidation, network connectivity and increased software complexity. 

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.

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