Carnival Cruise Line’s BOLT rollercoaster has won Popular Science magazine’s ‘Best of What’s New’ engineering award for its innovation and design work. Installed aboard the cruise line’s flagship Mardi Gras liner, the rollercoaster debuted in July 2021. The rollercoaster features an elevated track that snakes across the cruise liner’s upper decks with almost 250 metres of … [Read more...] about World’s first ‘at sea’ rollercoaster wins engineering award
New research centre to transform relationship between people and robots
Five UK universities will jointly receive a share of £25million in funding for a new national robotics research centre aimed at improving collaborative technology and helping businesses to unlock the full potential of automated industrial manufacturing. Led by Loughborough University, the Made Smarter Innovation Research Centre for Smart, Collaborative Industrial Robotics … [Read more...] about New research centre to transform relationship between people and robots
Engineers create salt-grain-sized camera
Researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington have designed an ultracompact camera the size of a coarse grain of salt that’s capable of producing crisp, full-colour images on a par with a conventional compound camera lens 500,000 times larger in volume. According to the research team, the system could enable minimally invasive endoscopy with medical … [Read more...] about Engineers create salt-grain-sized camera
Industrial robots get the human touch
Eureka Robotics, a tech spin-off from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, has upgraded its force-feedback Dynamis software technology for industrial robots to give it improved touch sensitivity and precision. The engineers behind the software say that it makes industrial robots almost as sensitive as human hands. Dynamis is a complex artificial intelligence … [Read more...] about Industrial robots get the human touch
UWE Bristol opens new state-of-the-art engineering building
The University of the West of England in Bristol has officially opened its new state-of-the-art School of Engineering building. The four-storey building, which boasts some 8,500 square metres of floor space, features teaching studios, modelling and simulation suites, laboratories, specialist workshops and student learning zones. Equipped with the latest digital technology, … [Read more...] about UWE Bristol opens new state-of-the-art engineering building