Engineering Engineering http://stevenimmons.org/taxonomy/term/7/atom/feed 2008-03-28T10:44:21-07:00 Deskilling Britain - the accelerating UK ICT Skills Crisis http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/13062008/deskilling-britain-accelerating-uk-ict-skills-crisis 2008-06-13T06:59:11-07:00 2008-06-13T06:59:11-07:00 SteveNimmons Important commentary from Philip Virgo on the reduction of ICT skills in the UK market. This has a potential to not only impact IT business, but right across science, engineering and other industries...

]]> Important commentary from Philip Virgo on the reduction of ICT skills in the UK market. This has a potential to not only impact IT business, but right across science, engineering and other industries...

Deskilling Britain - the accelerating UK ICT Skills Crisis - It is not just the threat to what is left of the UK ICT industry. The shortage of those capable of supporting computation intensive industries threatens the continuance of the UK as a major location for leading edge research, let alone product development and support, in pharmeceuticals, aerospace and multi-media content production and publishing.

[When IT Meets Politics]

]]> MADE IN IBM LABS: IBM Cools 3-D Chips with H2O http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/05062008/made-ibm-labs-ibm-cools-3-d-chips-h2o 2008-06-05T11:18:00-07:00 2008-06-05T11:18:00-07:00 SteveNimmons MADE IN IBM LABS: IBM Cools 3-D Chips with H2O - In IBM’s labs, tiny rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other, a design that promises to advance Moore’s Law in the next decade and significantly reduce energy consumed by data centers.

[IBM Newsroom]

]]> MADE IN IBM LABS: IBM Cools 3-D Chips with H2O - In IBM’s labs, tiny rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other, a design that promises to advance Moore’s Law in the next decade and significantly reduce energy consumed by data centers.

[IBM Newsroom]

]]> Boeing breaks UAV world record http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/25052008/boeing-breaks-uav-world-record 2008-05-25T03:52:41-07:00 2008-05-25T03:52:41-07:00 SteveNimmons Boeing breaks UAV world record - Boeing claims to have broken a world record for the endurance of an unmanned aerial vehicle weighing 500kg to 2,500kg

[News from The Engineer]

]]> Boeing breaks UAV world record - Boeing claims to have broken a world record for the endurance of an unmanned aerial vehicle weighing 500kg to 2,500kg

[News from The Engineer]

]]> 10 Genius Inventions We're Still Waiting For http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/27042008/10-genius-inventions-were-still-waiting 2008-04-27T13:17:32-07:00 2008-04-27T13:17:32-07:00 SteveNimmons 10 Genius Inventions We're Still Waiting For - PM's resident roboticist imagines new tech that will transform our lives, from OnStar for your kids to cords that won't get tangled-even a life simulator. Now all we need is someone to invent it.

]]> 10 Genius Inventions We're Still Waiting For - PM's resident roboticist imagines new tech that will transform our lives, from OnStar for your kids to cords that won't get tangled-even a life simulator. Now all we need is someone to invent it.



 [Popular Mechanics Tech News]

]]> New law targets corporate killing http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/06042008/new-law-targets-corporate-killing 2008-04-06T01:19:20-07:00 2008-04-06T01:19:20-07:00 SteveNimmons New law targets corporate killing - A law comes into force aimed at easing prosecution of negligent firms for manslaughter. [BBC Business News]

]]> New law targets corporate killing - A law comes into force aimed at easing prosecution of negligent firms for manslaughter. [BBC Business News]

]]> NanoDynamics exhibits nano-scale metals at Printed Electronics Europe http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/05042008/nanodynamics-exhibits-nano-scale-metals-printed-electronics-europe 2008-04-05T11:56:54-07:00 2008-04-05T11:56:54-07:00 SteveNimmons NanoDynamics exhibits nano-scale metals at Printed Electronics Europe - NanoDynamics will display its selection of metal flakes and powders for printed electronics industry applications at Printed Electronics Europe, April 8-9, 2008 in Dresden, Germany. [Printed Electronics News]

]]> NanoDynamics exhibits nano-scale metals at Printed Electronics Europe - NanoDynamics will display its selection of metal flakes and powders for printed electronics industry applications at Printed Electronics Europe, April 8-9, 2008 in Dresden, Germany. [Printed Electronics News]

]]> Leading South American Telecom Company Selects IBM For IT Services http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/29032008/leading-south-american-telecom-company-selects-ibm-it-services 2008-03-29T00:10:09-07:00 2008-03-29T00:10:09-07:00 SteveNimmons Leading South American Telecom Company Selects
IBM For IT Services - IBM and Telefónica Argentina, Chile, Colombia y Perú, a leading private company in the global telecommunications market, today announced they have extended their information technology (IT) services contract. [IBM Newsroom]

]]> Leading South American Telecom Company Selects
IBM For IT Services - IBM and Telefónica Argentina, Chile, Colombia y Perú, a leading private company in the global telecommunications market, today announced they have extended their information technology (IT) services contract. [IBM Newsroom]

]]> IBM Builds State-of-the-Art Data Center for Telecom Egypt http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/29032008/ibm-builds-state-art-data-center-telecom-egypt 2008-03-29T00:09:12-07:00 2008-03-29T00:09:12-07:00 SteveNimmons IBM Builds State-of-the-Art Data Center for Telecom Egypt - IBM and Telecom Egypt today announced the construction of an innovative, state-of-the-art data center for Telecom Egypt that includes the world's most sophisticated energy-efficient green technologies. [IBM Newsroom]

]]> IBM Builds State-of-the-Art Data Center for Telecom Egypt - IBM and Telecom Egypt today announced the construction of an innovative, state-of-the-art data center for Telecom Egypt that includes the world's most sophisticated energy-efficient green technologies. [IBM Newsroom]

]]> Microsoft nears bottom of Greenpeace league table http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/28032008/microsoft-nears-bottom-greenpeace-league-table 2008-03-28T12:33:23-07:00 2008-03-28T12:33:23-07:00 SteveNimmons Microsoft nears bottom of Greenpeace league table - In the campaigner's latest green league table of electronics companies, Samsung and Toshiba have stolen Nokia's top spot and Microsoft comes third to last [ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

]]> Microsoft nears bottom of Greenpeace league table - In the campaigner's latest green league table of electronics companies, Samsung and Toshiba have stolen Nokia's top spot and Microsoft comes third to last [ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

]]> California lowers goal for zero-emission cars http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/28032008/california-lowers-goal-zero-emission-cars 2008-03-28T12:20:36-07:00 2008-03-28T12:20:36-07:00 SteveNimmons California lowers goal for zero-emission cars - Read full story for latest details.

]]> California lowers goal for zero-emission cars - Read full story for latest details.

[CNN Tech News]

]]> BAA's Terminal 5 baggage woes http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/28032008/baas-terminal-5-baggage-woes 2008-03-28T10:36:59-07:00 2008-03-28T10:36:59-07:00 SteveNimmons BAA's Terminal 5 baggage woes - Could Terminal 5's first-day baggage-handling troubles accelerate adoption of RFID?

David Bicknell [Tune in to RFID]

]]> BAA's Terminal 5 baggage woes - Could Terminal 5's first-day baggage-handling troubles accelerate adoption of RFID?

David Bicknell [Tune in to RFID]

]]> Boost for medical engineering http://stevenimmons.org/blogs/stevenimmons/28032008/boost-medical-engineering 2008-03-28T01:25:26-07:00 2008-03-28T10:44:21-07:00 SteveNimmons Boost for medical engineering - The Wellcome Trust and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council have launched a joint £45m initiative to boost UK medical engineering innovation [News from The Engineer]

]]> Boost for medical engineering - The Wellcome Trust and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council have launched a joint £45m initiative to boost UK medical engineering innovation [News from The Engineer]

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