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01 Feb
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Casting a $20 Million Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope

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Building a mirror for any giant telescope is no simple feat. The sheer size of the glass, the nanometer precision of its curves, its carefully calculated optics, and the adaptive software required to run it make this a task of herculean proportions. But the recent castings of the 15-metric ton, off-axis mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope forced engineers to push the design and manufacturing process beyond all previous limits.  

01 Feb
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Create Kinect 3D Avatars Using Your Body

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Last week, we showed you how Microsoft’s new Kinect API lets you use your hands to draw on a painting program. But how about using gestures to create 3D models of any shape that you can use as Kinect avatars? No problem! That’s exactly what Microsoft Research’s Beijing team showed early this month at the company’s TechFest 2013.  

01 Feb
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Kinect Fusion Lets You Build 3D Models of Anything

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At Microsoft’s annual TechFest on Tuesday, international research teams had a chance to show off their latest tools, toys, and APIs to each other, and to us. We got a look at everything, including a robot-powered Haptic touch screen, a gesture recognition API from Jamie Shotton, a custom Kinect avatar builder, and lots of real-time 3-D capture software that will be on it’s way to you soon.   Here’s Kinect Fusion, which can live 3-D model anything that will stand still, including me. Brought to you by the Microsoft Research Cambridge team–who also brought you KinEtre.   We’ll be bringing…

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World – Goodbye

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.   Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World – Energy & Efficiency

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy. &n Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

01 Feb
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IET – Ones to Watch Report

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The IET’s Ones to Watch report looks at six of the UK’s most promising and innovative engineering and technology industries where the UK is already among the global leaders – or has the potential to achieve that position in the near future. The six industries are: space, robotics, 3D printing, new energy networks, food manufacturing and cyber security.  

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World – Nigel Fine, IET Chief Executive

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.   Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World – Royal Mail

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.   Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World -The National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.   Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World – Nestlé

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.   Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World – Mott MacDonald

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.   Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World – Harlow Enterprise Zone

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.   Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World – Roma Agrawal, Structural Engineer

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.   Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World – Coming Up Part 4

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.   Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World – Wessex Water

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.   Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

01 Feb
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Working to Engineer a Better World – HETA

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The IET has joined forces with ITN Productions to make an online news programme to promote greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.   Natasha Kaplinsky presents the programme, Working to Engineer a Better World, which features many different faces of engineering in the 21st Century – demonstrating how important engineering and technology have become to our everyday lives.  

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