Engineering

Risto Siilasmaa, Steve Ballmer of Microsoft & Stephen Elop announcing the planned Microsoft and Nokia partnership in September 2013 - image courtesy of Microsoft

Microsoft smartphone manufacturing to be streamlined as it cuts more jobs

The front view of the Faraday Future FFZERO1 Concept car - image courtesy of Faraday Future.

Faraday Future manufacturing site to be put to a vote by California city council

On 19 May, 2016, San Bernardino County Fire responded to a fire at The Ivanpah concentrated solar power plant in California - image courtesy of San Bernardino County Fire Department. Global Power Grid

Fire at world’s largest concentrated solar power plant caused by own mirrors

The Amazon AWS IoT Button - image courtesy of Amazon

Amazon releases Internet of Things button aka AWS IoT Button

An artist's impression of a cityscape featuring a skyTran system - image courtesy of skyTran

Futuristic skyTran levitating pod transportation set for Lagos, Nigeria

The 2016 Toyota Hybrid Prius. Image courtesy of Toyota

Toyota hybrid car sales reach over 9 million

Yamazaki Mazak's Worcester production line.

Yamazaki Mazak: tools of the trade

Max Steinberg CBE, chair, International Festival for Business 2016.

30 days to International Festival for Business 2016

Stripping away superfluous switches, buttons, touchpads and electronics on the steering wheel could save in manufacturing costs - image courtesy of Continental.

Continental aims to replace fiddly steering wheel buttons with gesture controls

The toughest, smartest, most capable and safest F-150 ever is also the greenest according to Ford - image courtesy of Ford

Ford first to use captured CO2 to make foam and plastic for cars

Many US factory workers are supplementing their income with welfare highlighting the issue of the US minimum wage - image courtesy of Dollar Photo Club.

One third of US factory workers among nation’s ‘working poor’