Professional futurologist Ian Pearson delivers a forecast on what ‘Xmas’ will be like 12 years from now, while the E&T editors imagine what it will be like waking up on the day in 2020.
With the festive season now upon us E&T takes a look at what researchers around the world have gifted us this year.
America’s turkeys now have something else to fear on top of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
What will portable wireless devices look like in the future? E&T looks into his high-technology crystal ball.
The next time you visit the theatre, the scenery and performers you see flying from wing to wing may be under the control of a technology that started life a few years ago in the manufacturing and process industries. E&T raises the curtain on theatrical automation.
A leading power firm has secured a grid connection for a new nuclear power station and acquired options to buy farmland next to an existing nuclear site.
Sweden's Mobitec Group has been chosen to supply electronic information display systems (EIDS) for a major fleet of new buses in Dubai. An initial framework agreement is potentially worth more than $8 million USD, with other orders expected.
Power stations generating a tenth of the UK's electricity capacity could be forced to close more than two years earlier than expected - stoking fears of blackouts, it has been reported.
A commercial aircraft has completed a test flight partially powered by second-generation biofuels, in a move to demonstrate the feasibility of using more sustainable fuels in existing aircraft.
E&T considers what Christmas 2020 will be like, given suitable engineering and technological advances. Also, the role of the turkey in oil production; the control and automation features of the theatre; how to be a better manager and many more features. Plus industry news, sector-specific articles and regular columns.
E&T ponders whether simultaneous lunar missions by three Asian nations are signs of a new space race or just coincidence.
In the latest update to his blog, Jack relates how he and his sisters have swapped roles with his engineer parents in the run up to Christmas.
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