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Electric motors and gearboxes may never look the same again
Jon Severn meets Justin Levine, the managing director of Parvalux Electric Motors,  the man for whom design is a mainstay of his strategy to rejuvenate the company
Bi-stable displays gain momentum
Despite LCD dominance, opportunities remain for emerging display technologies
Airlines assess carbon costs
Only around 40 per cent of the 20 carriers surveyed currently monitor and report emissions data, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Lenovo aces out Acer
Chinese PC OEM Lenovo shipped 4.9m PCs worldwide in the second quarter, up 22.9 per cent from 3.96m in the first quarter
Moving towards design for sustainability
Alastair Fuad-Luke explains how design engineers can make a bigger difference by adopting a policy of Design for Sustainability
It’s a wireless world
Nick Flaherty talks to Alan Gatherer, chief technical officer for the wireless infrastructure division at Texas Instruments, about next generation Long Term Evolution wireless technology
The world’s aerospace industry has always been at the very edge of manufacturing materials and technology development. Companies have worked closely with aircraft manufacturers over many years to develop innovative solutions able to meet the increasingly higher performance standards set by aerospace manufacturers and federal regulators.
 
At 45m long, and with a span of 42m, the AirbusA400M multi-role military transport aircraft versatile and innovative aircraft is by any standards an impressively large machine.
 
Interest in unmanned aerial vehicles is increasing, as technological developments make them feasible for a variety of military and civilian applications