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In response to the Government’s launch of an industrial strategy, Dr Colin Brown, Director of Engineering at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers made the following statement.

The Prime Minister Theresa May and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond visited Renishaw’s headquarters site near Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire, yesterday (24thNovember) for a tour of the company’s main Research and Development (R&D) facilities.

A robot can now record the amount of books and goods in the Library of the Max-Planck-Institute in Luxembourg, for the first time.MetraLabs proves that their RFID inventory robot TORY can be used in various inventory applications.

The government of New South Wales, Australia, issued a call for energy storage proposals to help wind and solar generators deliver energy to the grid constantly.The call for proposals is part of the government’s Advanced Energy Challenge.Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy Anthony Roberts said that the initiative will stimulate new energy-related ideas and turn them into effective technologies and business models.

TDK Corporation and InvenSense have entered into a definitive agreement wherein TDK agrees to acquire all of the outstanding InvenSense shares for cash at an acquisition price of $13.00 per InvenSense share, for a total acquisition price of $1.3bn. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies.

Engineers think that they could help the NHS meet the Government’s efficiency savings and give NHS patients a better hospital experience if they were given more responsibility for the procurement, maintenance and calibration of medical equipment, according to a new survey of members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.Of the 200 engineers surveyed, 94% said that the UK should have a Chief Engineer, similar to a Chief Nurse or Chief M...

Rapidly evolving technology in the automotive market - from autonomous cars and advanced ADAS systems, to truck platooning and vehicle networking - means that many consumers are unsure about what the future holds for the modern day motorists.

In the lead up to last week’s CES, Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association that organises the event branded the lack of UK support to technology firms ‘an embarrassment’. In contrast, he commented that one of the 'novelties' of this year’s show was ‘an exceptionally strong French presence.’

The scientific goal of the new Center for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA) on the Garching Campus of the TUM is the interdisciplinary investigation of the functionalities and mechanisms of action of proteins – a key to understanding cells, tissues, and organs. Construction work will start in the spring of 2017. Now the building’s façade design has been decided on in a competition. All artistic designs are on exhibit in the b...

Aqua Cooling was called in to regulate the temperature at a Bristol data centre that is the beating heart of the south west of England’s medical emergency provision.The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) provides ambulance services to the people of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and the former Avon area encompassing the cities of Bath and Bristol.