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Buses, Bankers and the Beer of Revenge
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Member News
Issue 30: 18 July 2012
Setting the stage for the greatest show on earth
IET Honorary Fellow Sir John Armitt is chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority, charged with building the stage for the UK’s greatest sporting event. It’s all about building confidence, he says.
Keri Allan caught up with Olympic boat designer Stuart Morris, whose research is helping to inform a new blueprint for the ultimate kayak design.
Working hard to forge strong relationships, IET volunteers and staff have taken full advantage of the opportunities the Games offer to raise the profile of the IET and the contributions of engineers and technologists, reports Keri Allan.
Throughout the history of sport, athletes have always used the very best technologies available in order to push the boundaries of performance, but where do you draw the line, and who draws it? asks Dr David James, senior lecturer, sports engineering at Sheffield Hallam University
About Member News magazine
Member News is a news magazine, and, alongside its website, covers the Institution's activities, aiming to make members feel part of the global IET community. This combined offering features in-depth profiles and interviews of IET members, whose work influences the IET and the wider community, together with informative feature articles, news stories, opinion pieces, and event write-ups from the IET's global networks.
Contributing to Member News
If you have material you think would be of interest, please contact the editor at membernews.editor@theiet.org. Contributions are invited in two categories:
- Members in the news – up to 200 words detailing career moves, achievements etc.;
- Community reports - up to 800 words comprising an event write-up or report from Local Networks, Technical and Professional Networks or other IET community.
Also in this issue
From the vaults 
Sarah Hale describes how technology and sport have gone hand in hand to bring events like the Olympics to the homes of the masses.
Engineering a sporting chance
Throughout the history of sport, athletes have always used the very best technologies available in order to push the boundaries of performance, but where do you draw the line, and who draws it? asks Dr David James, senior lecturer, sports engineering at Sheffield Hallam University
Computing in schools: must try harder
As many members, parents and students will be aware, the school’s curriculum for ICT has received much media attention for all the wrong reasons, EurIng Alan Berry and Stephanie Fernandes report on the IET’s role in redressing this deficiency
Setting the stage for the greatest show on earth
IET Honorary Fellow Sir John Armitt is chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority, charged with building the stage for the UK’s greatest sporting event. It’s all about building confidence, he says.
The river wild
Keri Allan caught up with Olympic boat designer Stuart Morris, whose research is helping to inform a new blueprint for the ultimate kayak design.
First off the starting blocks
Working hard to forge strong relationships, IET volunteers and staff have taken full advantage of the opportunities the Games offer to raise the profile of the IET and the contributions of engineers and technologists, reports Keri Allan.
Godiva Awakes
As part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, on 28 July a spectacular vision of Lady Godiva for the 21st century will awake and journey from Coventry to London to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
MyCommunity
Connecting engineers, forming communities: Fiona Dew talks us through MyCommunity, the IET’s new online networking platform
