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Undercover Engineers: The Resurrection of Concorde
In Manchester Airport’s Aviation Viewing Park sits Concorde G-BOAC, known as ‘Alpha Charlie’. It is an engineering marvel; a feat of Anglo-French avionic brilliance that could cross the Atlantic in...
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The Body Architect: Merging Humans, Fashion and Technology
Lucy McRae is an inventor who has a truly unique approach to technology. Trained as a ballerina and an architect, she spends her days looking at transforming the human body. In her own words she is...
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Engineering the First Hydrogen-Powered RC Boat
The by-products of hydrogen fuel cells are heat and water, which makes them far more environmentally friendly than fossil fuels. As it has become more unacceptable to drive a car that emits carbon...
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Body Hacking: Arrival of the Grinders
As we have seen with the rise of the Maker Movement, people are hacking in the physical as well as the virtual world. But why stop at hacking objects? There are people out there who are hacking their...
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Adrian Newey: F1 Design That Starts With a Pad and Pencil
Adrian Newey, Chief technical officer of Red Bull Racing, is rightly held in high regard in the world of Formula 1, regularly described as a genius by his peers. He is the only designer to have won...
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Sir James Dyson: It’s Time to Nurture British Engineers
Sir James Dyson is on a mission to reignite British design and engineering after opening the Royal College of Art Dyson building. The central feature of this space will be a set of 40 incubators for...
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Engineering the Autonomous Car
It is strange that while much of our life is governed by health and safety, it’s perfectly legal for one to zoom around in a metal box with wheels at 70mph. However, after the world’s first licence for...
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Behind London’s Wall of Steel: Designing the Thames Barrier
The large, stainless steel ‘hoods’ on each pier of the Thames barrier are what make this London landmark so instantly recognisable to both tourists and locals alike. But while people may find it easy...
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Lord Rees Astronomer Royal on Aliens, the Big Bang, and the Multiverse
In a rare opportunity to speak to one of Britain’s greatest living scientists we decided to ask the Astronomer Royal, Lord Rees, the big questions: is there extraterrestrial life out there, are there...
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The Future of Advertising Will Stop You In Your Tracks
As we become ever-numb to traditional forms of advertising, it is growing increasingly important for companies to incorporate new technology into their campaigns to excite and captivate their intended...
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Mark Champkins: The Science Museum’s Inventor-in-Residence
Coming up with ideas and inventions on demand is tricky. I work as the Science Museum’s “inventor-in-residence” and it is my job to generate a stream of products and ideas that are interesting to the...
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Engineering 3D-Printed Stem Cells
While much has been said on the topic of 3D printing within the context of the maker movement, it is in the medical world where arguably the most important advances are being made. Scientists at the...
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Graciously Green: The Designer, Low-Energy Light Bulb
Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) or, in the vernacular, energy-saving light bulbs, last 8 times longer than the traditional light bulb and use about 80 per cent less energy. This is all well and good,...
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The Hand Craftsmanship Behind a McLaren
Car enthusiasts tend to talk about the McLaren Technology Centre in hushed tones such is the reverence for the place. Since it opened in 2003 it has taken on an almost mythical quality and it is true,...
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Inventing the Cardboard Bicycle
Would you have thought it possible to make a bicycle from cardboard? It may seem like an unlikely form of transportation but one such inventor, an Israeli engineer and systems developer, Izhar Gafni,...
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Helios Bars: The Arrival of the Smart Bike
In congested cities like London, the bicycle can be one of the most efficient ways of getting about the place. The issues of safety and theft, however, have put many people off this mode of travel....
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The Evolution of Visual Effects in Film
Visual effects have grown substantially since Georges Méliès sent a spaceship crashing into the moon over 100 years ago. From 7ft blue avatars, tigers in the ocean to hundreds of little yellow minions,...
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The 3D-Printed Prosthetic Hand
When carpenter Richard Van As cut off four of his fingers on his right hand in a circular saw accident in 2011 he was presented with a problem: how to continue his work as a carpenter without...
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How to Make Your Own Cider
Real Cider is a tremendously satisfying drink — quintessentially English, beautifully refreshing. The methods of production — on the smaller scale, at least — really haven’t changed that much over the...
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The Quest to Touch Virtual Objects
Media, from television and radio to the internet, only takes advantage of two of our senses: sight and sound. Traditionally speaking, our sense of touch has rarely been utilised in analogue or digital...
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