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A Leeds company has been fined for safety failings after a trainee technician at the company needed hospital treatment along with skin grafts after receiving an electric shock while using unsafe testing equipment. The twenty two year old technician spent five days in hospital with injuries both to his chest and arms after the incident took place Read more...

Scientists have created a new electronic membrane that could in the future replace pacemakers as the membrane is fitted over the heart to keep it beating regularly for a indefinite period of time. The device resembles a spider web like structure with sensors and electrodes attached around it which continually monitor the hearts activity and if Read more...

A new warning has been issued by the Approved Cables Initiative regarding the quality of cable. This warning has been released after Trading Standards announced that more budget cuts are likely to leave the country vulnerable to more counterfeit and dangerous equipment. The Trading Standards Institute has announced that budgets are more than Read more...

The UK are beginning to venture into the world of electrical vehicles and British Gas are the next major company to try out these vehicles as they have announced that it has ordered 100 electric vans from Nissan. British Gas has just completed a successful six month trial period with Nissan, during which time they used 28 vans. Today they have Read more...

A £500 million initiative has been announced that aims to boost the use of electric and hybrid vehicles. These vehicles only represent one per cent of car sales in the UK and will be launched today by Nick Clegg. The Deputy Prime Minister said he wanted to encourage all drivers to get rid of their petrol and diesel cars by making it cheaper Read more...

Many people across the world live in remote areas and if they happened to run out of milk or bread they would have to travel for miles and miles before they reach their nearest shop. Peter Fox a UK based engineer is trying to cut out this hassle as he believes vending machines are the answer. People who live in remote areas only have two options Read more...

A new plane design could end the argument over who gets the window seat. A firm is attempting to build a private jet whereby the entire cabin wall is a screen that looks like a giant window. Live video from outside the plane creates the images that can be displayed on the screens or if the passengers wish images of their own can be shown or Read more...

An iconic DeLorean car built in Belfast in the 1980s is the centrepiece of a special project by students in the city. Queens’s university students are planning to transform the car over the year long project. The vehicle was brought back to Belfast from a cow shed in County Leitrim. The car spent many years on the sunny roads of South Read more...

Carbon Monoxide also known as CO is well known as a senseless killer because people cannot see it, smell it or taste it. Thousands of families are at risk every year of carbon monoxide poisoning as they do not have a carbon monoxide detector fitted in their home.  CO is the result of combustion burning of a fuel such as wood-burning Read more...

A standard RAC diesel VW Transporter van has been fully equipped with an totally portable fast charging unit which can deliver around 15 miles of range to a stricken electric vehicle in less than half an hour. Equivalent to a “gallon of electricity”, the RAC believes this should be sufficient to get the driver safely on their way home or to Read more...