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More on Innovation - more innovation from the RAE-The Royal Academy of Engineering

In my previous blogpost I introduced readers to the RAE's work and their website. Herin we shall dig a little deeper into their comprehesive approach to innovation and present the dedicated part of their magazine Ingenia.

Here are a few examples of innovation themes highlighted  (page one of 2):
Full articles are freely available via their site under the title Innovation Watch

INNOVATION WATCH - Indoor Sunlight Monodraught’s sun pipes are replacing artificial light with daylight in schools, hospitals  and warehouses View full article

INNOVATION WATCH - Pocket-sized programming The Raspberry Pi Foundation promotes creative computing education with its credit-card sized PC View full article

INNOVATION WATCH - Railway track reinforcement Balfour Beatty’s XiTrack is an innovative polyurethane polymer that gels around the  ballast beneath rail tracks to stabilise them View full article

INNOVATION WATCH - Indoor positioning system Cambridge-based Ubisense combines Ultra Wide Band radio, RFID tags and GPS  to create a sophisticated object-tracking system View full article

Innovation Watch - Helping Buildings Breathe A Cambridge based company, Breathing Buildings, has achieved rapid commercial  success by producing a pioneering method of natural ventilation in buildings View full article

Innovation Watch - Greener buses Greener buses View full article

Innovation Watch - Intelligent queue monitoring Retail businesses are using infrared technology to speed up customer queuing times View full article

Innovation Watch - Home area network for energy visibility and control AlertMe is a recent UK innovation helping consumers control their energy usage. View full article

Innovation Watch - Radical approach to air decontamination A machine that decontaminates indoor air and surfaces eliminating viruses, bacteria and  superbugs View full article

Innovation Watch - Secure Hypervisor ‘Virtualisation’ enables computing resources to be optimised for power and performance View full article

INNOVATION WATCH - Flybrid Flywheel Affordable hybrid cars could soon be on the market thanks to a new kind of mechanical  energy storage device. View full article

INNOVATION WATCH - A quiet revolution A new generation of wind turbines designed to take into account the turbulent wind patterns of urban environments. View full article

Innovation Watch: shock absorbing material A flexible polymer that stiffens on impact is now being used in protective sportswear,  military equipment, and in coverings for high-value goods. View full article

Innovation Watch - Autonomous taxis A new form of driverless taxi is set to ferry passengers at Heathrow Terminal 5 View full article

Innovation Watch - Water bottle is a life-saver A water bottle that can filter out microscopic viruses and chemicals to provide survivors  in disaster areas with clean water. I strongly encourage readers to visit the RAE online magazine site.

News and Innovations of Note from the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK. (RAE)

I have added a new feed to my blog, due to the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK. (RAE).

Newly connected to the Academy (RAE) via the professional network Linkedin, I revisited their site with even more enthusiasm upon learning of the EBE-Environmentally Benign Engineering work of Prof Stephan Salter who appears to have adopted my native Scotland and its "eastern capital" Edinburgh where he chose to live and work as long ago as 1973, leaving his native South Africa.

Here is a short introduction from the RAE site dated 24 July 2012:

"Wave energy pioneer receives top Academy Award"

The Royal Academy of Engineering Sustained Achievement Award 2012 has been presented to Professor Stephen Salter, whose career as an engineer holds many notable achievements including 'Salter's Duck' and his pioneering work in the desalination of sea water.

 Professor Salter, a world leader in the fields of renewable energy and geoengineering at      the University of Edinburgh, has spent the last 37 years developing innovative and practical ways of mitigating the impact of climate change. His highly innovative research has resulted in very significant technology transfer through the spin-out of three companies, including Pelamis Wave Power and Artemis Intelligent Power."

Congratulations to Stephen one of many innovators brought to our attention in this case by the Royal Academy of Engineering RAE, UK.

Please do not hesitate to read this feed and visit their site.

RAE News -Wave energy pioneer receives top Academy Award