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UTM – A digital eye on the sky
Some technologies have a way of promoting, or provoking, further waves of innovation. Mass eVTOL services will make huge demands…
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National grids are powered by big plants generating electricity from coal, nuclear and gas, which is then delivered across hundreds…
Decentralised – Unlocking the power grid
What are the immediate effects on the construction sector? The construction sector has been in the news frequently over recent…
COVID-19 and the construction sector
Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology (DLT), a database of transactions that has been agreed to be shared across multiple…
Blockchain for financial services – Moving into mainstream
Balfour Beatty believes that the rise of digitisation and robotics in construction will bring about a huge increase in productivity.…
Digitalisation – Modelling a smarter future
Manufacturers are always seeking greater efficiencies from their processing equipment. Automation has boosted efficiency in assembly and other areas of…
Machining technology – Forging efficiency, sustainability and quality
The world is changing at a rate faster than we’ve ever seen before. A large proportion of that change can…
Making science fiction, factCyber security – Weakness is not an option
A common thread – or concern – with technological developments in finance is cyber security. Will these technologies strengthen or…
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Is 2020 to be the year that the purpose of business pivots to prioritise values over value? Environmental, social and…
Values over value
If the evolution of metallurgy and materials science began with the development of steelmaking in the first industrial revolution, it…
Advanced materials – Lighter, stronger and more sustainable
What does the situation look like now? Similar to a number of other sectors, manufacturing is beginning to see its…
COVID-19 and the manufacturing sector
What are the immediate effects on the financial services sector? With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting almost every sector, it comes…
COVID-19 and the financial services sector
What are the immediate effects on the technology sector? Whilst it is impossible to escape the inevitability of COVID-19 impacting…
COVID-19 and the technology sector
What are the immediate effects on the food and beverage sector? The Food & Beverage sector saw an almost immediate…
COVID-19 and the food and beverage sector