Tag: engineering
COVID-19 made school kids more interested in STEM, survey reveals
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a generation of schoolchildren interested in a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), research has revealed. A survey of 1,000 kids aged 11-17 […]
Facebook launches UK mentorship programme for aspiring young engineers
Facebook has announced a UK mentorship programme to help children from disadvantaged schools across London in pursuit of an engineering career. Some 120 aspiring engineers will have the chance to […]
Feed hungry minds and engineer chocolate bar of the future! #ISeeMore
It’s no secret that kids like to ask the question ‘why’, but just how much? New research reveals that curious kids in the UK ask their parents a whopping 22,174 […]
Half of Brit teens would consider engineering career, says report
At last some good news for those worried about the skills shortage, especially with forthcoming Brexit. A new report by recruitment website Jobsite shows that as many as 50% of […]
Check out the MASSIVE EMPTY TUNNELS under the streets of London
As Londoners will know, the city has been disrupted for several years by the construction of Crossrail – a new train line that will join east and west suburban rail […]
Dyson's Top 10 Best Inventions: Bagless, 'Ballbarrow', boats and more!
James Dyson is a British engineering legend. A graduate of two of the UK's most prestigious design schools (Byam Shaw School of Art – now part of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design – and The Royal College…
Dyson launch £1,000 Airblade Tap that washes and dries hands
Dyson, the British engineering firm that revolutionised the vacuum cleaner, are now looking to overhaul the humble tap with the introduction of their new Airblade Tap system. Costing £26.9 million to develop, the tap uses an infrared system to track…
Learn what it takes to become a Royal Navy engineer with this new iPhone app
Thinking of becoming one of the Royal Navy's elite engineers? Then test your mettle with this new iPhone app. Designed to replicate the challenging scenarios that the engineers face on a daily basis, the app features five mission that include…
Gang smuggles 1,638 gallons of vodka across Russian border through massive pipeline
How far would you go out of your way to get cheap vodka? Personally, I may brave the Tesco value range, but I don’t think I’d ever go as far as the group of Russians and Estonians who created a massive pipeline across the Russian border to avoid import tax.
