Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented the punch card as a means of inputting control data to one of the earliest automated technologies, the weavers loom. A generation later, Charles Babbage used this innov

The metaverse is often thought of as an alternative virtual space, a world separate from reality where we can hang out with avatars of our friends and families, or shop at virtual stores. But the indu

Alan Lusty founded adi Group, a multidisciplinary engineering business supporting major manufacturers. He is now COO of a group that offers engineering services in 23 sectors, with over 750 employees.

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On two major road projects in the UK work was completed on time and under budget. But not every project can claim such success. Defects, delays and cost overruns plague projects around the world. Proj

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In this episode, we spotlight the remarkable work of the Lightyear Foundation, the winner of the Engineering Matters Awards 2025 Gold Champion for Diversity and Inclusion. The foundation is the only U

At a quarry in Turkey, heavy haul trucks are carrying hundreds of tonnes of materials, with no external power. Its not quite perpetual motion, but it is removing the need for diesel or cables on a ha

LongPath Technologies has taken Nobel-winning discoveries, and applied them to a key cause of climate change: methane leaks from oil and gas facilities. The sector now turns to LongPath to establish m

In 2016 management consultants McKinsey released a report that reverberated around the construction and engineering sectors. This sector, the report said, was consistently delivering projects lateoft