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Bell Labs marks half-century since Telstar launch
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The satellite communications era is 50 years old this week. The global satcom industry – now earning upwards of $100 billion annually – dates back to the first active communications satellite, Telstar-1, launched by Thor-Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral on 10 July 1962.
The IET launches open access engineering megajournal
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The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched an an online-only open access engineering megajournal.
IET London: Savoy Place to be a host venue during the Olympics
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NOC booking confirmed for 12 July – 19 August 2012.
IET Innovation Awards recognise sports technology
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A new category that recognises sports technology will be part of this year’s Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Innovation Awards.
Blumlein stereo experiments go online at British Library
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The British Library has made available to the public recordings of some of the first experiments in stereo sound made by Alan Dower Blumlein to coincide with the anniversary of the engineer’s birth 109 years ago today.
Big Bang Fair receives Rooke Medal
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The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair received the 2012 Rooke Medal at the Royal Academy of Engineering’s annual awards dinner last night.
Turing Test ‘reworked for programmers’, predicts Hoare
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Professor Sir Tony Hoare has proposed an alternative Turing Test that could yield more effective tools for software developers at a prestige conference dedicated to the developer of arguably the famous method for assessing the quality of artificial intelligence.
Chip debugging technique points way to cancer treatments
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Techniques similar to those used by Intel to debug the floating-point unit in its processors are now being applied to models of human cells in an attempt to better understand how they work. The approach has already led to the development of a safer heart defibrillation technique that slashes the energy needed by a factor of ten.
