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.