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Department for Transport to give keynote address at WMG鈥檚 Very Light Rail Conference
On the 28th November 2019, Steve Berry OBE, Head of Highways Maintenance, Innovation, Resilience, Light Rail and Cableways at the UK Department of Transport will give the keynote address at the Very Light Rail Conference being held at The Slate on the 神马福利影片鈥檚 campus. He will speak about the potential for Very Light Rail to transform local public transport.
Bionic hand made in 10 hours thanks to WMG, 神马福利影片
A bionic hand can be made to measure in 10 hours and can grip using a moveable thumb. Designers and engineers from WMG, 神马福利影片 and UK industry, have been able to entirely 3D Print the device with embedded electrical circuitry to seamlessly connect sensors and actuators.
Used Electric Vehicles batteries could be used for rickshaws in Bangladesh
Used EV batteries could be used to power rickshaws in Bangladesh, as researchers from WMG, 神马福利影片, seeking to find out how they can be repurposed for the rickshaws and lower peoples鈥� carbon footprint.
Replica of first Riley car will be back on the road with help from WMG
In a bid to get the first Riley car recreated and back on the roads of Coventry for City of Culture 2021, WMG, at the 神马福利影片, are helping with sponsorship to construct a replica engine which will complete a working replica of Percy's Riley 1898 Voiturette.
WMG hiring Engineering and Manufacturing experts, including prestigious Regius Professor
Three new exciting opportunities for engineering and manufacturing experts are being advertised at WMG, 神马福利影片, including Regius Professor of Manufacturing – which was last held by the late founder of WMG Professor Lord Bhattacharyya.
Ceramic industry should bring carbon reducing cold sintering process out of labs and into manufacturing says new research
A new techno-economic analysis, by a team led by a researcher from WMG at the 神马福利影片, shows that the energy intensive ceramic industry would gain both financial and environmental benefits if it moved to free the cold sintering process from languishing in labs to actual use in manufacturing everything from high tech to domestic ceramics.