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Security shoe scanners to be trialled in UK airports this yearFunctioning prototypes are expected to be developed and trialled at airports over the next 12 months. One of the recipients of the funding is Derbyshire-based Security Screening Technologies, which is working on a step-on shoe-scanner. The machine will create high-contrast images to be analysed by […]

Nissan to begin testing driverless taxi service in direct competition with UberField tests of its ‘Easy Ride’ service will take place in Yokohama, Japan next month, making it one of the first major automakers to test ride-hailing software developed in-house, using its own fleet of self-driving electric cars. During the field test, in the Minatomirai […]

Hadrian’s Wall, virtual fur, rechargeable trains and more: best of the week’s newsJosh Loeb, associate editor The Eccentric Engineer: How Hadrian’s multicultural wall built new communities Britain may not contain many Roman ruins by comparison with places that were at the heart of that great empire, for example parts of Italy and North Africa, but […]

Biofuel production could be boosted with ancient insect enzymesThe researchers made the discovery of a new class of enzymes while studying the digestive system of firebrats: a species generally considered a pest. Firebrats belong to a primitive group of insects which were first recorded on land during the Devonian Period, approximately 240 million years ago. […]

Ruling on diesel car ban in German cities due next weekThe landmark ruling in lower courts in relation to the city centres of Stuttgart and Düsseldorf could dramatically hit the value of 15 million diesel cars on the country’s roads. As many as 70 German cities experienced high levels of nitrogen dioxide emissions in 2017 […]

Hyperloop pod designs unveiled at Dubai exhibitionThe concept of the hyperloop was conceived by billionaire technologist Elon Musk while stuck in a traffic jam and watching aeroplanes flying undisrupted overhead. In a White Paper, Musk proposed a form of autonomous transport in which airtight pods containing passengers, cargo or vehicles are catapulted through a vacuum […]

View from India: Bangalore gets its first tier 4 data centreThe 1,500,000 sq ft facility generates its power using solar and other sustainable sources. After the drone-driven inaugural event, an insight into the facility revealed that this is a green building probably like no other in India. “Our data centre has been awarded a Platinum […]