Nakatsu’s Kingfisher; or how biomimicry beat the boom

The incredible story of how nature helped to solve the prestigious Japanese Bullet Train’s sonic boom headache.

What we can learn from mankind’s first (failed) attempts to fly

Humans had taken to the skies long…

The Dyson Way

In Malmesbury, Wiltshire, Sir James Dyson the mechanical mastermind gives me a tour of his truly complex complex. But, “Dyson isn’t Apple!” Sir James Dyson argues — and he’s right, it’s…

Does it matter if our future shops start to take care of us?

It may say “spectacle maker” above the…

Is this the future of handwriting?

Montblanc’s new Augmented Paper is a technological leap forward for the world’s finest writing instruments

Major Tim Peake explains why nobody can hear you scream in space…

“Is it noisy in space?”

Flippy the burger flipping AI robot: gimmick or game-over for humans?

Dexterous workplace limbs may…

Finally, the scientific reason you can’t concentrate at work…

Open-plan offices might look visually spectacular, but according to new research they might also give companies a thundering headache.

Actuators, actually

Electric motors are amongst the most important and exciting technologies of the…