Interviews about Engineering

Alan Calverd tells us about some interesting gold rings back in science history...

How do you navigate an empty craft through millions of miles of space?

Could a pair of trousers which track your movements help firefighters or the military?

Driverless cars could change the world- but what legal and ethical challenges do they bring with them?

Could our navigation technology actually be getting in the way of looking where we are going?

GPS is useful, but it has a number of problems, and doesn't work well inside buildings. Could a Cambridge startup...

What is GPS, and how does it tell you where you are?

How ancient mariners managed to get around, with help from coconuts!

The annual International Conference of Navigation was held in Glasgow this year, and we spoke to the president.

Three Brits take the prize for their discoveries on abrupt changes in the properties, or phases, of ultra-thin...

We've all heard of holograms that use light, but what about a sound hologram that allows you to move particles...

Could a light bulb be the latest in internet connectivity? Quite possibly...

What is the Gaia mission and how did it come about in the first place?

Part 1 of George Seabroke's poem Gaia.

What are the instruments on board Gaia and how do they work?

Part 2 of George Seabroke's poem Gaia.

What will Gaia do for the future of space research?

Could a common technique to prevent premature birth actually cause it?

The story behind a mysterious super material and the man that refused to give it away.

The inside of a jet engine can get up to 1600 degrees Celsius, so how do the materials survive this intense heat?

The Solar Orbiter is going closer to the sun than we've ever sent anything before, but how do you design it to...

Researchers may have found a tiny solution for storing big data.

Are Teflon and Velcro really products of NASA's missions to space?

What's happening inside the engine to keep your car moving?